RFA Sir Percivale

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RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
Namesake
Percivale
Laid downMay 1966
Launched4 October 1967
Commissioned23 March 1968
Decommissioned17 August 2004
IdentificationIMO number: 6728642
FateScrapped 2009
General characteristics
Class and type
Round Table class landing ship logistics
Displacement5,674 t (5,584 long tons)
Length125.5 m (411 ft 9 in)
Beam18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draught3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 10-cylinder four-stroke turbo-charged Mirrlees National ALSSDM10 diesel engines, 9,400 hp (7,000 kW)
  • 400 hp (300 kW)
    Bow thruster
Speed16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement51
Armament
Aircraft carriedOne 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.

Background

She originally entered

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.

Operational history

Falklands War

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 ships were crewed by Hong Kong Chinese civilian sailors.[1] 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.

1991-1999

The ship served in 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

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.

2000-2004

Sir Percivale, 2004

In 2000, Sir Percivale was deployed to Sierra Leone to support British forces training the army of that country. In September 2000, the ship was alongside in Freetown when British forces who had been taken hostage were rescued in a raid by the Parachute Regiment and the SAS ("Operation Barras"). Since then the ship has been deployed during operations connected with Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.

The ship was to have a SLEP overhaul, but an equivalent overhaul of Sir Bedivere proved so costly that plans were abandoned and new ships were procured instead.

Sir Percivale was decommissioned on 17 August 2004 and was laid up alongside at Marchwood Military Port, Southampton.

The ship was sold to Leavesley International and scrapping commenced in Canada Dock, Liverpool on 16 December 2009.[2]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-848-32046-8
    .
  2. ^ "Sir Percivale (6728642)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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