RFA Bayleaf (A79)
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | RFA Bayleaf |
Launched: | 28 October 1954 as London Integrity |
Commissioned: | 16 June 1959 and renamed Bayleaf |
Decommissioned: | Returned to her owners in March 1973. Name reverted to original |
Fate: | Arrived Burriana, Spain, for demolition on 26 January 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Leaf class tanker |
Displacement: | 17,960 tons full load |
Length: | 556 feet 6 inches (169.6 m) |
Beam: | 71 feet 5 inches (21.8 m) |
Draught: | 30 feet 6 inches (9.3 m) |
Propulsion: | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel. |
Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
For other ships of the same name, see RFA Bayleaf.
RFA Bayleaf (A79) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.