RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029)
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 RFA Sir Lancelot. San Carlos Water.1982 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |   |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Lancelot |
| Ordered: | December 1961 |
| Builder: | Fairfield S&E |
| Laid down: | March 1962 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1989 |
| Fate: | Sold commercially June 1989 and was renamed Lowland Lancer. Commissioned in the Republic of Singapore Navy as Perseverance (L 206) on 5 May 1994. Purchased commercially and renamed Glenn Braveheart in 2003. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Round Table class LSL (prototype) |
| Displacement: | 3,370 tons standard 5,550 tons fully loaded |
| Length: | 412 feet (126 m) |
| Beam: | 60 feet (18 m) |
| Draught: | 13 feet (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Denny Sulzer (later B&W) diesels. Power: 9,520 bhp (7099 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,200 nautical miles (17,040 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 2,180 tons |
| Complement: | 68 crew, up to 340 passengers |
| Armament: | Two 40 mm Bofors AA guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to 20 Wessex helicopters (1973) |
RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) was a Round Table class landing ship logistic of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the first of the class. Initially managed for the Army dept by British India SN Co. transferring to the RFA in 1970. In 1982 as part of the Amphibious Task Group, she entered San Carlos Water on 21 May and uniquely remained for the duration. Having received an unexploded bomb on 24 May which penetrated the starboard side, she was temporarily evacuated pending its removal. Thereafter she remained in SCW providing accommodation and base facilities to a variety of military units. Following the cessation of hostilities and some repairs, she operated around the Falklands until 26 July, returning to Portsmouth on 18 August.
She was sold commercially in 1989 to the company Lowline in South Africa and was re-named Lowland Lancer. She initially operated as a cross-channel ferry on the Weymouth to Cherbourg route. This was followed by a spell as the replacement Royal Mail ship while the RMS St Helena was undergoing repairs. On arrival in Cape Town, the vessel stayed in South Africa and opened as a floating casino.
The ship was again sold in 1992, this time to Singapore, being renamed RSS Perseverance and put into service with the Republic of Singapore Navy.
In December 2003 the ship was sold to a private naval support company GLENN Defense Marine Asia, and renamed Glenn Braveheart. She is used as a protection vessel for those ships believed to be under terrorist threat.
[edit] References
- Raymond Blackman, Ships of the Royal Navy (Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1973)
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