RFA Pearleaf (A77)
_underway_in_1986.JPEG) RFA Pearleaf (A77) in 1986 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | RFA Pearleaf |
| Builder: | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 15 October 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 15 January 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 May 1986 |
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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) |
| Service record | |
| 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.
Service history
Pearleaf and her sister-ship Plumleaf (A78) were originally built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, in Scotstoun, Glasgow, for and owned by Jacobs & Partners Ltd, London. They were both taken over on completion by the Ministry of Defence, on a 20-year bareboat charter.[1]
Chartered in 1960, she served until 1986 and saw service during the Falklands War.[2]
Pearleaf was returned to owners, and then sold to Petrostar Co. Ltd of Saudi Arabia. Renamed Nejmat el Petrol XIX, she served as a static fuel storage facility.[1]
In 1993 she was sold to shipbreakers Nasir Trading Co. at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, where demolition commenced on 8 March 1993.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "RFA Pearleaf 1977-78". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ↑ "RFA Pearleaf 1960 -1986". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
