RFA Sir Bedivere

The Royal Navy Fleet Auxillary "SIR BEDIVERE" anchored in the Portsmouth Naval Base in July

1989.

 

Name: RFA Sir Bedivere

Builder: Hawthorn Leslie

Laid down: October 1966

Launched: 20 July 1966

Commissioned: 18 May 1967

Decommissioned: 18 February 2008

Homeport: Marchwood, Hampshire

Fate: Sold to Brazil

Commissioned: 21 May 2009

Class & type: Round Table-class landing ship logistics

Displacement: 6,700 tonnes full load

Length: 137 m (449 ft 6 in)

Beam: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)

Draught: 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in)

Propulsion: 2 × Mirrless Blackstone diesels 2 shafts

Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)

Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Complement: 49

Armament: 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns 4 × 7.62 mm machine guns

Aviation facilities: helicopters on aft platform, no hangar

 

Camera: Olympus AZ-4 Zoom 35mm SLR.

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