RFA Stromness (A344) [SEP] manufacturer
, it was sunk in an exercise by the U.S. Carrier Strike Group Two off the coast of North Carolina.
Construction.
Originally known as RFA "Stromness" (A344), the vessel was built at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend as Yard Nr 2017, United Kingdom, for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 5 October 1965 and launched on 16 September 1966.
RFA operational history.
In 1973 she brought the expedition members of the Joint Services Egmont Islands Expedition (JSEI)
- Lockheed Saturn, a civil airliner transport first flown in 1946
- NPO Saturn, a Russian jet engine manufacturer
- Saturn AL-31, a family of military turbofan engines developed by NPO Saturn
- MV "Saturn", a 1977 Scottish ferry
- RFA "Stromness" (A344) or USNS "Saturn", a British Royal Navy fleet stores ship sold to the United States Military Sealift Command
Literature.
- "Saturn" (magazine), a science fiction magazine
- "Saturn"