1968 to 2004    

L3036 RFA Sir Percivale

UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary





L3036 RFA Sir Percivale

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





  Events


History of UK RFA Sir Percivale L3036

1965OrderedOrdered
1966-jul-27Laid downLaid down Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn, Yard No 762.
1967-oct-04LaunchedLaunched
1968-mar-23CommissionedCommissioned
1974-mayDeploymentDeployment PE SIMA Callao departed Callao at the end of May to monitor the French Nuclear tests around Mururoa Atoll
1977-aprDeploymentDeployment MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta Departed Malta with 3 CBAS Salerno Flt Gazelles aboard XX377 / E, XX381 / F, XX383 / G
1982-apr-05DeploymentDeployment SMC Marchwood Operation Corporate Departed SMC Marchwood for South Atlantic with a flight of 3CBAS Gazelles embarked, leaving theatre 28 Jun 1982.
1997DeploymentDeployment last RFA vessel to leave Hong Kong before its handover to China.
2003-jan-15DeploymentDeployment Operation Telic to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 28 May 2003.
2004-aug-17DecommissionedDecommissioned
2009-decFate: scrappedFate: scrapped Canada Dock Breakers Yard scrapped at Leavesley International in Liverpool and mostly completed by Jun 2010.



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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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