She helped evacuate British nationals from Cyprus during the Turkish invasion 1974. After taking on stores at Glen Douglas and Plymouth, RFA
Regent sailed from
Plymouth on 19 April 1982 for Operation Corporate arriving in the
Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) on 8 May. She was one of the last to return home arriving back on 15 September 1982. She was also deployed for the first
Gulf War in 1991.
Regent was decommissioned in October 1992. She sailed from
Devonport on 21 January 1993 under the name
Shahzadelal, for the delivery run to the Indian breakers. She arrived at
Alang for scrapping on 19 February 1993. ==References==