RFA Sir Percivale
1968 Round Table-class landing ship logistics of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) was a Round Table class landing ship logistics (LSL) vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.
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RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Namesake | Percivale |
Laid down | May 1966 |
Launched | 4 October 1967 |
Commissioned | 23 March 1968 |
Decommissioned | 17 August 2004 |
Identification | IMO number: 6728642 |
Fate | Scrapped 2009 |
General characteristics | |
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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
Armament |
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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 |
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Sir Percivale took part in the Falklands War and the 1991 Gulf War.