RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
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 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 6728642 |
| 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 (LSL) vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.
Sir Percivale took part in the Falklands War and the 1991 Gulf War.
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. At this time, all the RFA were manned by Hong Kong Chinese civilian crew. 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 served in the Gulf War in 1991 and twice deployed to the Adriatic to support British operations in the Balkans.
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