RFA Sir Percivale
RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
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| Namesake: | Percivale |
| Laid down: | May 1966 |
| Launched: | 4 October 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 23 March 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 2004 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping |
| Status: | Scrapped (2010) |
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| Class and type: | Round Table class landing ship logistics |
| Displacement: | 5,674 t (5,584 long tons) |
| Length: | 125.5 m (411 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 51 |
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| Aircraft carried: | One spot for Westland Sea King or Westland Lynx aft, one spot for CH-47 Chinook, Sea King or Lynx on main vehicle deck |
RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) was a Round Table class landing ship logistics. She originally entered British Army service in 1968, managed for the Ministry of Transport by British India Steam Navigation Company, but was taken over by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary along with the other members of the class in 1970. The first twelve years of the ship's life were quiet, with some time spent in the Pacific, until the Falklands War broke out in April 1982. Along with all the Navy's other amphibious assault shipping, Sir Percivale went south to participate in the recapture of the Falkland Islands. She pioneered the supply runs to Teal Inlet and was the first British ship to re-enter Stanley Harbour. Unlike the Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram and Sir Lancelot, the ship emerged unscathed from the conflict.
The ship also served in the Gulf War in 1991 and twice deployed to the Adriatic to support British operations in the Balkans. In 1996 Sir Percivale took part in combined exercises with Jordan, followed by Green Wader 96, the first exercise of the then newly formed Amphibious Squadron of the Joint Rapid Deployment Force. In 1997, the ship took part in the large Ocean Wave 97 deployment to the far east and was present for the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese. Following this ceremony, Sir Percivale escorted the ships of the former Hong Kong Squadron (3 Peacock class patrol vessel) to their new owners in the Philippines. During other parts of Ocean Wave, the ship took Royal Marines to Brunei, Singapore and Thailand for various exercises. 1998 saw further exercises as Sir Percivale took part in practice amphibious assaults in Norway, France and Spain.
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