Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- RFA Argus is a Royal Fleet Auxiliary aviation training and primary casualty receiving ship, previously the container ship MV Contender Bezant, launched in 1981. She was purchased in 1984 and renamed RFA Argus in 1987. She is currently in service.
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