RFA Orangeleaf (A80)
For other ships of the same name, see RFA Orangeleaf.
_refueling_USS_Shangri-La_(CVA-38)_and_Carlo_Martgottini_(F595)_c1967.jpg) Orangeleaf refueling USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) and Carlo Martgottini (F595), in 1967 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| 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 2009) Orangeleaf.
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