RFA Pearleaf (A77) in 1986
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History | |
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Name | RFA Pearleaf |
Builder | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow |
Launched | 15 October 1959 |
Completed | 15 January 1960 |
In service | 28 January 1960 |
Out of service | 9 May 1986 |
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Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leaf-class tanker |
Displacement | 25,790 long tons (26,204 t) |
Length | 568 ft (173 m) |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Draught | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel engine, 1 shaft |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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Operations: | Falklands War |
RFA Pearleaf (A77) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She was the second ship to bear the name.
Citations
References
- "RFA Pearleaf 1977-78". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "RFA Pearleaf 1960 -1986". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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