RFA Brambleleaf (A81)

For other ships of the same name, see RFA Brambleleaf.

History
RFA Brambleleaf (A81) at Portsmouth Harbour

Name:	RFA Brambleleaf
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down:	23 July 1974
Launched:	22 January 1976
Commissioned:	20 February 1980
Honours and awards:	Al Faw 2003
Fate:	Towed to Gent for Scrapping 18 August 2009
General characteristics
Class & type:	Leaf-class tanker
Displacement:	40,870 t (40,225 long tons) full load
Length:	170.7 m (560 ft 0 in)
Beam:	25.9 m (85 ft 0 in)
Draught:	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 Crossley-Pielsticks pc 2 v14 on one shaft
Speed:	15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement:	56 RFA

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with the support/freighting tanker RFA Brambleleaf of 1959, also with the pennant number A81. On 18 August 2009 she was towed to Ghent for scrapping.

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