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Ordered:
Laid down:	9 December 1975
Launched:	9 March 1978
Commissioned:	11 May 1979
Decommissioned:
Fate:
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	23,482 tonnes
Length:	185.1 m
Beam:	24 m
Draught:	9 m
Propulsion:	Sulzer 8 cylinder RND90 22,300shp
Speed:	21 knots
Range:
Complement:	114 RFA 36 RNSTS 45 RN Air Squadron personnel
Armament:	2 Oerlikon 20 mm guns 4 7.62 mm machine guns
Aircraft:
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RFA Fort Austin (A386) is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Fort Austin was laid down at Scott Lithgow in 1975, launched in 1978 and commissioned in 1979. When the Falklands War began, the ship headed south, taking part in the landings at San Carlos Water as an ammunition ship. In 2000, the ship was part of the British deployment to help restore order in Sierra Leone.

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