RFA Bayleaf (A79)
RFA Bayleaf (A79) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.
| History | |
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| Name: |
London Integrity (1955–59, 1973–77)[1] RFA Bayleaf (1959–73)[1] |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England[1] |
| Yard number: | 460[1] |
| Launched: | 28 October 1954[1] |
| Commissioned: | 16 June 1959 and renamed Bayleaf[1] |
| Decommissioned: | Returned to her owners in March 1973; name reverted to original[1] |
| Renamed: | London Integrity (1954-59 and 1973-77)[1] |
| Homeport: | London (with LOF)[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5038466 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in January 1977[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leaf class tanker |
| Displacement: | 12,126 GRT, 6,940 net, 17,930 deadweight[1] |
| Length: | 556 ft 6 in (169.62 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 71 ft 5 in (21.77 m)[1] |
| Draught: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)[1] |
| Installed power: | 6800 bhp[1] |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.[1] |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h)[1] |
| Notes: | sister ship: RFA Brambleleaf (A81) |
Bayleaf was launched by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees.[1] She was launched as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas Freighters in 1954 and completed in 1955.[1] She was a sister ship of RFA Brambleleaf (A81) built by the same shipyard for LOF the previous year.
She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Bayleaf.[1] She was returned to her owners in 1973, with whom she traded as the London Integrity again until the end of 1976.[1]
On 7 January 1977 she was sold for scrap and on 25 January 1977 she arrived in Burriana in Spain to be broken up.[1]
References
- Sedgwick et al., p. 71
Sources and further reading
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J. (1993) [1992]. London & Overseas Freighters, 1948-92: A Short History. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-68-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617037.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)