RFA Brambleleaf (1959)

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class small tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with RFA Brambleleaf of 1979, an active RFA tanker also of pennant number A81.

For other ships with the same name, see RFA Brambleleaf.

History
United Kingdom
Name:

London Loyalty (1953–59),[1] RFA Brambleleaf(1959–72)[1]

Mayfair Loyalty (1972–74)[1]
Owner:
  • London and Overseas Freighters (1953–72),[1]
  • Mayfair Tankers (1972–76)[1]
Port of registry:
Builder: Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England[1]
Yard number: 454[1]
Launched: 16 April 1953 as London Loyalty[1]
Commissioned: 22 May 1959 and renamed Brambleleaf[1]
Decommissioned: Returned to her owners in March 1972 & name changed to Mayfair Loyalty[1]
Renamed:
  • London Loyalty (1953-59),
  • Mayfair Loyalty (1972-76)[1]
Identification: IMO number: 5050244
Fate: Scrapped July 1976[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Leaf class tanker
Displacement: 12,123 GRT, 7,042 net, 17,960 deadweight[1]
Propulsion: 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.[1]
Notes: sister ship: RFA Bayleaf (A79)

RFA Brambleleaf was built by Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees.[1] She was launched as the civilian London Loyalty for London & Overseas Freighters in 1953 and completed on 8 January 1954.[1] She was a sister ship of RFA Bayleaf (A79) built by the same shipyard for LOF the following year.

She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Brambleleaf.[1] She was returned to her owners in 1972, who transferred her to their Mayfair Tankers subsidiary and registered her in Liberia as the Mayfair Loyalty.[1]

On 9 September 1974 she was laid up at La Spezia, Italy.[1] On 27 February 1976 she was sold for scrap, and demolition began in La Spezia in July of that year.[1]

References
  1. Sedgwick et al., p. 69

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)


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