RFA Sir Caradoc (L3522)

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Career RFA Ensign
Ordered:
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:
General characteristics
Displacement:
Length: 406' 10"
Beam: 53' 11"
Draught: 16' 02.5"
Propulsion: 4 x 9 cyl Normo diesels.
Speed: 16 knots
Range:
Complement:
Armament: None fitted
Aircraft: None
Motto:

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.