RFA Sir Geraint (L3027)

History

United Kingdom
Namesake:	Geraint
Ordered:	April 1964
Builder:	Alex. Stephen
Laid down:	June 1965
Launched:	26 January 1967
Commissioned:	12 July 1967
Decommissioned:	1 May 2003
Fate:	Sold commercially and renamed Sir G in July 2005. Scrapped in India in December 2005
General characteristics
Class & type:	Round Table class LSL
Displacement:	3,270 tons standard 5,674 tons fully loaded
Length:	412 ft (126 m)
Beam:	60 ft (18 m)
Draught:	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 Mirrlees National ALSSDM10 diesels. Power: 9,400 bhp (7,010 kW)
Speed:	17 knots
Range:	9,200 miles at 15 knots
Capacity:	2,404 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 Geraint (L3027) was a landing ship logistic of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

She served in the Falklands War as part of the taskforce sent to recover the islands.

Sir Geraint was listed for disposal in May 2003 and was reported broken up in India in December 2005.

References

Raymond Blackman, Ships of the Royal Navy (Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1973)

Round Table-class landing ships logistics

Original design

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Sir Bedivere Sir Galahad (1966) Sir Geraint Sir Lancelot Sir Percivale Sir Tristram

Republic of Singapore Navy	Perseverance (ex-Sir Lancelot)

Modified design

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Sir Galahad (1987)

Royal Australian Navy	Tobruk

Brazilian Navy	Almirante Sabóia (ex-Sir Bedivere) Garcia D'Avila (ex-Sir Galahad (1987))

Preceded by: Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank
Followed by: Bay class

List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Australian Navy

British Naval Forces of the Falklands War

Royal Navy	Active Alacrity Ambuscade Andromeda Antelope ^S Antrim Ardent ^S Argonaut Arrow Avenger Brilliant Bristol Broadsword Cardiff Conqueror Cordella Courageous Coventry ^S Dumbarton Castle Endurance Exeter Famella Fearless Glamorgan Glasgow Hecla Herald Hermes Hydra Intrepid Invincible Junella Leeds Castle Minerva Northella Onyx Penelope Pict Plymouth Sheffield ^S Spartan Splendid Valiant Yarmouth

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Appleleaf Brambleleaf Bayleaf Blue Rover Engadine Fort Austin Fort Grange Plumleaf Pearleaf Olna Olmeda Regent Resource Sir Bedivere Sir Galahad ^S Sir Geraint Sir Lancelot Sir Percivale Sir Tristram Stromness Tidespring Tidepool

Ships Taken Up From Trade	Alvega Anco Charger Astronomer Atlantic Conveyor ^S Atlantic Causeway Avelona Star Balder London Baltic Ferry British Avon British Dart British Enterprise III British Esk British Tamar British Test British Trent British Wye Canberra Contender Bezant Eburna Elk Europic Ferry Fort Toronto G.A.Walker Geesport Iris Irishman Laertes Lycaon Nordic Ferry Norland Queen Elizabeth 2 Rangatira Salvageman Saxonia Scottish Eagle St Edmund St Helena Stena Inspector Stena Seaspread Strathewe Tor Caledonia Uganda Wimpey Seahorse Yorkshireman

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service	Goosander Typhoon

^S - Sunk

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