RFA Cherryleaf (1959)

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History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Cherryleaf
Builder, Sunderland
Launched28 May 1953
Commissioned15 May 1959[1]
Decommissioned4 February 1966
IdentificationIMO number: 5069697
Fate
  • Returned to owners, 1966
  • Scrapped 1975
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeLeaf-class tanker
Tonnage
  • 12,402 t (12,206 long tons) grt
  • 7,338 t (7,222 long tons) nrt
  • 18,560 t (18,267 long tons) dwt
Length544 ft (166 m)
Beam72 ft 9 in (22.17 m)
Draught30 ft 8 in (9.35 m)
Propulsion6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 6,600 bhp (4,900 kW)[2]
Speed13.25 knots (15.25 mph; 24.54 km/h)

RFA Cherryleaf (A82) was a Leaf-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Launched in 1953 as Laurelwood, the ship was acquired by the RFA, and renamed Cherryleaf in 1959.[3]

In 1966 the ship was returned to her previous owners and renamed Agios Constantinos. She was renamed Aeas in 1967, and as Irene's Fortune in 1972. She was scrapped on 13 December 1975.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Blackman 1960, p. 55.
  2. ^ "2nd Leaf Class". RFAnostalgia.org. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Cherryleaf". Historical RFA. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Laurelwood (5069697)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  • Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.


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