RFA Pearleaf (A77)

For other ships of the same name, see RFA Pearleaf.


Career (United Kingdom)
RFA Pearleaf (A77) in 1986
Name:	RFA Pearleaf
Builder:	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Launched:	15 October 1959
Completed:	15 January 1960
In service:	28 January 1960
Out of service:	9 May 1986
Identification:	IMO number: 5272593 Pennant number: A77
Fate:	Sold, 1986 Scrapped, 1993
General characteristics
Class & type:	Leaf-class tanker
Displacement:	25,790 long tons (26,204 t)
Length:	568 ft (173 m)
Beam:	72 ft (22 m)
Draught:	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion:	1 × 6-cylinder Doxford diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Service record
Operations:	Falklands War

RFA Pearleaf (A77) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She was the second ship to bear the name.

Citations[]

References[]

"RFA Pearleaf 1977-78". historicalrfa.org. http://www.historicalrfa.org/the-adventures-of-a-conway-lad-on-rfa-pearleaf-1977-78. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
"RFA Pearleaf 1960 -1986". rfaaplymouth.org. http://rfaaplymouth.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=834. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

External links[]

The Falklands Conflict - Data Library - Ships

v t e Leaf-class tankers

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Appleleaf (A79) Appleleaf (A83) Bayleaf (A79) Bayleaf (A109) Brambleleaf (1959) Brambleleaf (1980) Cherryleaf (1959) Cherryleaf (1973) Oakleaf Orangeleaf (A80) Orangeleaf (A110) *Pearleaf* Plumleaf

Royal Australian Navy	Westralia (ex-Appleleaf (A79))

Followed by: Tide class

Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

v t e British Naval Forces of the Falklands War

Royal Navy	Active Alacrity Ambuscade Andromeda Antelope ^S Antrim Ardent ^S Argonaut Arrow Avenger Brilliant Bristol Broadsword Cardiff Conqueror Cordella Courageous Coventry ^S Dumbarton Castle Endurance Exeter Famella Fearless Glamorgan Glasgow Hecla Herald Hermes Hydra Intrepid Invincible Junella Leeds Castle Minerva Northella Onyx Penelope Pict Plymouth Sheffield ^S Spartan Splendid Valiant Yarmouth

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Appleleaf Brambleleaf Bayleaf Blue Rover Engadine Fort Austin Fort Grange Plumleaf *Pearleaf* Olna Olmeda Regent Resource Sir Bedivere Sir Galahad ^S Sir Geraint Sir Lancelot Sir Percivale Sir Tristram Stromness Tidespring Tidepool

Ships Taken Up From Trade	Alvega Anco Charger Astronomer Atlantic Conveyor ^S Atlantic Causeway Avelona Star Balder London Baltic Ferry British Avon British Dart British Enterprise III British Esk British Tamar British Test British Trent British Wye Canberra Contender Bezant Eburna Elk Europic Ferry Fort Toronto G.A.Walker Geesport Iris Irishman Laertes Lycaon Nordic Ferry Norland Queen Elizabeth 2 Rangatira Salvageman Saxonia Scottish Eagle St Edmund St Helena Stena Inspector Stena Seaspread Strathewe Tor Caledonia Uganda Wimpey Seahorse Yorkshireman

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service	Goosander Typhoon

^S - Sunk

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