High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! RFA Engadine (K08) was a helicopter support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The need for Engadine was seen in the mid-1960s as more and more helicopters were deployed from Royal Navy aircraft carriers and surface combatants. The ship was ordered in August 1964, from Henry Robb of Leith , and commissioned in December 1967, replacing HMS Lofoten. She was named after the Engadin valley in south-east Switzerland and this area is reflected in the alpenhorns and edelweiss flowers on her badge.