RFA Sir Lancelot
RFA Sir Lancelot. San Carlos Water. 1982
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Sir Lancelot |
| Namesake: | Lancelot |
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| Ordered: | December 1961 |
| Builder: | Fairfield S&E |
| Laid down: | March 1962 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1989 |
| Fate: | Sold commercially, June 1989 |
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| South Africa | |
| Name: | Lowland Lancer |
| Owner: | Lowline |
| Fate: | Sold to Republic of Singapore Navy, 1992 |
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 Singapore
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| Name: | RSS Perseverance |
| Owner: | Republic of Singapore Navy |
| Acquired: | 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | 2003 |
| Fate: | Sold commercially |
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| Singapore | |
| Name: | Glenn Braveheart |
| Owner: | Glenn Defense Marine Asia |
| Acquired: | 2003 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking, 2008 |
| General characteristics as Sir Lancelot | |
| Class and type: | Round Table class LSL (prototype) |
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| Length: | 412 ft (126 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range: | 9,200 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,180 tons |
| Complement: | 68 crew, up to 340 passengers |
| Armament: | 2 x 40 mm Bofors guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to 20 Wessex helicopters (1973) |
RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) was the lead ship and prototype of the Round Table class landing ship logistics, an amphibious warfare design operated by the British Armed Forces. Commissioned in 1964, the ship was initially operated by the British-India Steam Navigation Company, then was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970. Sir Lancelot was decommissioned and sold in 1989 to the South African company Lowline; she was renamed Lowland Lancer, and was used as a Channel ferry, then a floating casino. The vessel was purchased by the Republic of Singapore Navy in 1992, and was commissioned as RSS Perseverance (L206) in 1994. She was sold again in 2003, to Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which renamed the ship Glenn Braveheart. In early 2008, the ship was sold for breaking up as scrap, and taken to Bangladesh.
Constructed by Fairfield S&E, the vessel was laid down in March 1962, launched on 25 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 January 1964.
The ship was initially managed for the British Army by the British-India Steam Navigation Company, then was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970.
In 1982, as part of the Amphibious Task Group engaged in the Falklands war, she entered San Carlos Water on 21 May and uniquely remained there for the duration of the conflict. On the 24 May at around 10:15, she was hit by a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb, which failed to explode, from one of four Argentinian Air Force A-4 Skyhawks. This bomb penetrated her starboard side of the ship and she was temporarily evacuated pending its removal. Thereafter she remained in San Carlos Water providing accommodation and base facilities to a variety of military units. Following the cessation of hostilities and some repairs, she operated around the Falklands until 26 July, returning to Portsmouth on 18 August.
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