Round Table class - L - Landing Ship/Platform Dock IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: GH Call Sign: GABN Shipyard: Swan Hunter (Wallsend) Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: transferedPort VisitDeployment History of RFA Sir Galahad (1988) L3005 1984-sepOrderedOrdered 1985-jul-12Laid downLaid down Swan Hunter (Wallsend) at Wallsend, Yard No 125. To replace RFA Sir Galahad sunk in South Atlantic 1986-dec-13LaunchedLaunched 1987-nov-25CommissionedCommissioned 1997-janDeploymentDeployment Task Group 327 Ocean Wave 97 deployment departed UK as part of amphibious element of Far East deployment, returned end of Aug. 2002-novPort VisitPort Visit Dartmouth, Devon 2003-jan-15DeploymentDeployment Operation Telic to support combat, post-combat and reconstruction operations in Iraq, completing 5 Aug 2003. 2003-mar-28Port VisitPort Visit at Umm Qasr, Iraq 2007-julDecommissionedDecommissioned in Portsmouth 2007-julFate: transferedFate: transfered To Brazil as NDCC Garcia DAvila History of NDCC Garcia D'Avila G29 2007-julCommissionedCommissioned ex UK RFA Sir Galahad 2009-mar-06Port VisitPort Visit Simonstown in support of 3rd Sea Power for Africa Symposium Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event