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RFA GREY ROVER  1970 - 2006
1970 replaced Black Ranger as Portland tanker. Lebanon evacuation 1975. November 1983 Lebanon during Operation 'Offcut'. After her final South Atlantic tour, she sailed for the Caribbean where she took part in the biggest drugs bust in recent times, with a haul of approximately £350 million of cocaine. Laid up Portsmouth March 2006. Towed to Liverpool for scrapping October 2009. 
Photo 1978.

RFA GREY ROVER 1970 - 2006

1970 replaced Black Ranger as Portland tanker. Lebanon evacuation 1975. November 1983 Lebanon during Operation 'Offcut'. After her final South Atlantic tour, she sailed for the Caribbean where she took part in the biggest drugs bust in recent times, with a haul of approximately £350 million of cocaine. Laid up Portsmouth March 2006. Towed to Liverpool for scrapping October 2009.
Photo 1978.

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