RFA Bayleaf (A109)

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RFA Bayleaf (left) performing a replenishment at sea with the USS Carter Hall
Career RFA Ensign
Launched: 27 October 1981
Commissioned: 26 March 1982
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Displacement: 37,390 tonnes
Length: 170.7 m (560 ft 0 in)
Beam: 25.9 m (85 ft 0 in)
Draught: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: Two Crossley Pielstick 14PC 2V engines, 14,000 hp (10,400 kW) sustained; one shaft
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 56
Armament: 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns
4 × 7.62 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: None

RFA Bayleaf (A109) is a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

[edit] See also

Bristol Group