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RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)

UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary

1968-2004

Round Table class

L · Landing Ship/Platform Dock

Flight Deck:PV
Call Sign:GVTA
Shipyard:Hawthorn Leslie

Timeline

DateEvent
1965 Ordered
Jul 27, 1966 Laid down Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn, Yard No 762.
Oct 4, 1967 Launched
Mar 23, 1968 Commissioned
May 1974 Deployment PE SIMA Callao departed Callao at the end of May to monitor the French Nuclear tests around Mururoa Atoll
Apr 1977 Deployment MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta Departed Malta with 3 CBAS Salerno Flt Gazelles aboard XX377 / E, XX381 / F, XX383 / G
Apr 5, 1982 Deployment SMC Marchwood Departed SMC Marchwood for South Atlantic with a flight of 3CBAS Gazelles embarked, leaving theatre 28 Jun 1982. Operation Corporate
Jan 1997 Deployment departed UK as part of amphibious element of Far East deployment, returned end of Aug. Task Group 327 Ocean Wave 97 deployment
Jun 1997 Deployment HK Victoria Harbour last RFA vessel to leave Hong Kong before its handover to China. Ocean Wave 97 deployment
Jan 15, 2003 Deployment to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 28 May 2003. Operation Telic
Aug 17, 2004 Decommissioned
Dec 2009 Fate: scrapped Canada Dock scrapped at Leavesley International in Liverpool and mostly completed by Jun 2010. Breakers Yard