RFA ARGUS A135 1:1 BUILD

RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary operated by the Ministry of Defence under the Blue Ensign. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for a four-year conversion to an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA Engadine. In 1991, during the Gulf War, she was fitted with an extensive and fully functional hospital to assume the additional role of Primary Casualty Receiving Ship. In 2009, the PCRS role became the ship's primary function. Argus is due to remain in service until 2024

General characteristics
Type:	Aviation training / Casualty receiving ship
Displacement:	28,081 tonnes
Length:	175.1 m (574 ft 6 in)
Beam:	30.4 m (99 ft 9 in)
Draught:	8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Lindholmen Pielstick 18 PC2.5V diesels, twin propellers; bow-thruster
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Range:	20,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Complement:	80 RFA 50 RN (Part of the Maritime Aviation Support Force) 137 RN air squadron personnel (When embarked) 200 Nursing and Medical Staff (When the Hospital is activated)
Sensors and processing systems:	Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
Armament:	2 × Oerlikon 20 mm/85 KAA on GAM-BO1 mountings 4 × 7.62mm GPMGs Mk44 Miniguns Seagnat chaff launchers
Aircraft carried:	Three spots for up to six medium helicopters, CH47 Chinooks, Westland Merlins, WAH-64 Apache or AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
Aviation facilities:	1 Aircraft lift from Flight Deck to 4-Deck number 2 hangar, 4x hangars
Notes:	can carry four Merlins or five Apaches, it can land a Chinook but it won't fit in the hangar