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Career |
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Ordered: |
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Laid down: |
13 December 1971 |
Launched: |
11 August 1972 as GREY MASTER |
Commissioned: |
17 March 1983 and renamed SIR CARADOC |
Decommissioned: |
June 1988 |
Fate: |
Renamed STAMVEIEN in July 1988. HUA LU in 1994 MORNING STAR 11 in 2002 ROYAL NUSANTARA in 2006 |
Struck: |
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General characteristics |
Displacement: |
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Length: |
406' 10" |
Beam: |
53' 11" |
Draught: |
16' 02.5" |
Propulsion: |
4 x 9 cyl Normo diesels. |
Speed: |
16 knots |
Range: |
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Complement: |
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Armament: |
None fitted |
Aircraft: |
None |
Motto: |
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RFA Sir Caradoc (L3522) was a temporarily chartered roll-on roll-off ferry of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It was procured to fill the gap caused by loss and damage to the Round Table class landing ships logistics during the Falklands War.