Erroneous statement in caption.
She was built in Italy and later converted at Belfast see below
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O.N.384837. 11,445g. 3,802n. 17,933d. 173.01(BB) x 30.64 x 8.197 metres.
Post 1988: 26,421g. 12,221d. 175.10
Two, 18-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (400 x 460mm) Pielstick vee type 18PC2-5V-400 by Lindholmen Motor Ab, Gothenburg, single reduction geared to twin screw shafts. 21,000 BHP, 19¼ kts. Thwartship thrust controllable pitch propeller forward.
4.3.1980: Keel laid by Cantieri Navale Breda S.p.A., Venice (Yard No.293), for Sea Containers Ltd., Bermuda.
28.11.1980: Launched.
7.1981: Completed for Contender 2 Ltd., (Sea Containers Ltd., managers), Bermuda.
1982: Converted into RoRo cargo / Aircraft transport during the Falklands War when chartered by the Ministry of Defence, London.
1983: Reverted to a RoRo / Containership.
1984: Sold to Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast for conversion into a helicopter carrier / aviation training ship on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (Navy), London.
1986: Renamed ARGUS.
1988: Sold, upon completion of conversion and acceptance trials, to the Ministry of Defence (Navy), London.
She was built in Italy and later converted at Belfast see below
7822550
CONTENDER BEZANT.
O.N.384837. 11,445g. 3,802n. 17,933d. 173.01(BB) x 30.64 x 8.197 metres.
Post 1988: 26,421g. 12,221d. 175.10
Two, 18-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (400 x 460mm) Pielstick vee type 18PC2-5V-400 by Lindholmen Motor Ab, Gothenburg, single reduction geared to twin screw shafts. 21,000 BHP, 19¼ kts. Thwartship thrust controllable pitch propeller forward.
4.3.1980: Keel laid by Cantieri Navale Breda S.p.A., Venice (Yard No.293), for Sea Containers Ltd., Bermuda.
28.11.1980: Launched.
7.1981: Completed for Contender 2 Ltd., (Sea Containers Ltd., managers), Bermuda.
1982: Converted into RoRo cargo / Aircraft transport during the Falklands War when chartered by the Ministry of Defence, London.
1983: Reverted to a RoRo / Containership.
1984: Sold to Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast for conversion into a helicopter carrier / aviation training ship on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (Navy), London.
1986: Renamed ARGUS.
1988: Sold, upon completion of conversion and acceptance trials, to the Ministry of Defence (Navy), London.
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