For other ships of the same name, see RFA Orangeleaf.
| RFA Orangeleaf (A80) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | RFA Orangeleaf (A80) |
| Operator: | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| Launched: | 8 February 1955 as Southern Satellite |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1959 and renamed Orangeleaf |
| Decommissioned: | May 1978 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Seoul 14 September 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Leaf-class tanker |
| Displacement: | 17,960 tons full load |
| Length: | 556 ft 6 in (169.62 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft 5 in (21.77 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel. |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
RFA Orangeleaf (A80) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She served between 1959 and 1978.
See also[]
- RFA Orangeleaf (A110) - the current (as of 2014[update]) Orangeleaf.
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