1967 to 2008    

L3004 RFA Sir Bedivere

UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary

2009 to present - BR Brazilian Navy - G25 NDCC Almirante Saboia    




L3004 RFA Sir Bedivere

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Flight Deck: BD
Call Sign: GSRE
Shipyard: Hawthorn Leslie





  Events


History of UK RFA Sir Bedivere L3004

1964OrderedOrdered
1965-oct-31Laid downLaid down Hawthorn Leslie Yard No 760.
1966-jul-20LaunchedLaunched
1967-may-18CommissionedCommissioned
1982-apr-29DeploymentDeployment Operation Corporate Departed SMC Marchwood for South Atlantic, leaving theatre 25 Oct 1982.
1994RefitRefit HMD Rosyth until 1998, under refit by Babcock at Rosyth to displace 7700 tonnes and increase length by 12 m.
1998-aug-28DeploymentDeployment HMNB Portsmouth International Festival of Sea Participated in IFoS 1998., Portsmouth, on board Gazelle ZB676
2002-sep-10DeploymentDeployment deployed to Arabian Gulf in support of mine counter-measures.
2003-mar-19DeploymentDeployment Operation Telic to support mine clearance operations in Iraq, completing 28 May 2003.
2006-oct-11DeploymentDeployment SL Freetown Port Sierra Leone Operation Vela (Green Eagle) in support of Exercise Green Eagle phase of Operation Vela, off Sierra Leone
2008-feb-18DecommissionedDecommissioned
2008-feb-18Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Brazil as NDCC Almirante Saboia
2009RefitRefit Refit by AP Group (Falmouth) until at least May 2009 for Brazilian Navy

History of BR NDCC Almirante Saboia G25

2009-may-21CommissionedCommissioned ex UK RFA Sir Bedivere



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  Specifications


Round Table class
65crew
340troops
3270light (tn)
5550full load (tn)
125.60length (m)
19.60beam (m)
4.30draught (m)
8000range (nm)
17max speed (knots)
9520power (shp)

2Naval Engine diesel

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  Builder


UK Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn




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