RFA Pearleaf (A77)

RFA Pearleaf (A77) in 1986
History
Name: RFA Pearleaf
Builder: Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Launched: 15 October 1959
Commissioned: 15 January 1960
Decommissioned: 8 May 1986
Identification: IMO number: 5272593
Fate:
  • Sold, 1986
  • Scrapped, 1993
General characteristics
Class and type: Leaf-class tanker
Displacement: 25,790 long tons (26,204 t)
Length: 568 ft (173 m)
Beam: 72 ft (22 m)
Draught: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion: 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Service record
Operations: Falklands War

RFA Pearleaf (A77) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She was the second ship to bear the name.

Service history

Pearleaf and her sister ship Plumleaf (A78) were originally built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, in Scotstoun, Glasgow, for and owned by Jacobs & Partners Ltd, London. They were both taken over on completion by the Ministry of Defence, on a 20-year bareboat charter.[1]

Chartered in 1960, she served until 1986 and saw service during the Falklands War.[2]

Pearleaf was returned to owners, and then sold to Petrostar Co. Ltd of Saudi Arabia. Renamed Nejmat el Petrol XIX, she served as a static fuel storage facility.[1]

In 1993 she was sold to shipbreakers Nasir Trading Co. at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, where demolition commenced on 8 March 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "RFA Pearleaf 1977-78". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "RFA Pearleaf 1960 -1986". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.


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