[3] The ship had the capability to supply fuel and other liquid cargo to vessels using four pairs of replenishment rigs which were located between the forward and aft superstructures.

[4] She received detached Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter of 814 Naval Air Squadron as Olynthus Flight, while in support of HMS Victorious’s 1966/67 Far East deployment.

[4] While flying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Frank Twiss KCB, DSC, she replenished the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) River-class destroyer escort, HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), on 20 December 1966, and also participated in a CASEX A17 along with the Royal Navy’s Amphion-class submarine, HMS Andrew (P423/S23/S63) and from RAF Changi, Singapore, a 205 Squadron Avro Shackleton, a maritime patrol aircraft.

[2] In November and December 1970 Olwen was involved in Operation Burlap giving humanitarian assistance to East Pakistan after a cyclone caused extensive damage and flooding.

[7] She stood back from the Falkland Islands in support of the frigates with an 819 Naval Air Squadron Westland Sea King helicopter embarked.

[4] In 1999 Olwen was wthdrawn from service and laid up at Portsmouth and on 19 September 2000 she was handed over for disposal; purchased by the Eckhardt Organisation, Germany, for scrap.