RFA Plumleaf (A78)
![]() Plumleaf refueling USS America (CVA-66), circa 1970
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Name | RFA Plumleaf |
Operator | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
Builder | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Company Ltd |
Launched | 29 March 1960 |
Completed | August 1960 |
Decommissioned | May 1986 |
In service | 24 August 1960 |
Out of service | 1986 |
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Honours and awards | Falkland Islands 1982 |
Fate | Scrapped in Kaohsiung 17 December 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leaf-class tanker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 24,940 t (24,546 long tons) |
Length | 562 ft 0 in (171.30 m) |
Beam | 72 ft 1 in (21.97 m) |
Draught | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Depth | 39 ft 1 in (11.91 m) |
Installed power | 9,500 bhp |
Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel. |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
RFA Plumleaf (A78) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.
Launched on 29 March 1960, she measured 12,692 gross register tonnage, with a length of 562 feet, a beam of 72 feet 1 inch and a draught of 30 feet 1⁄4 inch. She was powered by a 6-cylinder diesel engine giving the ship a top speed of 14 knots.[1]
Plumleaf was built for Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London, as Corheath, by Blyth Shipbuilding Company, however, her charter was agreed early and she ran trials as Plumleaf before entering RFA service in 1960.[2]
She saw service during the Falklands War. Plumleaf was decommissioned in 1986, arriving at Kaohsiung for demolition on 17 December 1986.[3]
Battle honours
[edit]On 23 November 1984 Plumleaf received her Falklands Islands 1982 Battle honour, presented by Admiral Sir Nicolas Hunt, GCB LVO – FOSNI.[4][5]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Plumleaf (5279979)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Puddefoot 2009, p. 188.
- ^ "RFA Plumleaf (II)". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Operation Corporate Battle Honour Awards - Historical RFA". historicalrfa.uk. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "MOD Acronyms and Abbreviations" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Puddefoot, Geoff (2009). The Fourth Force The Untold Story of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary since 1945. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-046-8.