RFA OAKLEAF A111

RFA OAKLEAF A111

Class……………………………Third Leaf Class Support Tanker

Builder………………………..Uddervallavarvet Aktiebolaget, Uddevalla, Sweden

Yard number……………….312

Laid down..………………….

Launched….…………………2 July 1981 (as OKTANIA for Rederi AB Oktetten, Stockholm

Started RFA Service……..14 August 1986

Completed.………………….22 October 1981

Propulsion.…………………..1 shaft driven by Uddevalla- Burnmeister and Wain 4L80GFCA : 2-stroke single acting 4-cylinder oil engine

Speed..…………………………15.5 knots

Range…………………………..

History

•2 July 1981: Launched as OKTANIA for Rederi AB Oktetten, Stockholm

•29 March 1985: Approval given to charter her to replace RFA PLUMLEAF

•June 1985: Purchased by James Fisher & Sons, Barrow-in-Furness for bare-boat charter to the MoD (N)

•1986: Converted for RFA requirements by Falmouth Shiprepairer Ltd.

•14 August 1986 : Formally renamed RFA OAKLEAF (A111)

•12 March 2007: Arrived Portsmouth for the last time and laid up for disposal.

•29 September 2010: Left Portsmouth under tow of the tug MEGA ONE bound for ship breakers in Turkey

•22 October 2010: Arrived under tow at Aliaga, Turkey for breaking up by Leyal Ship Recycling Ltd.

 

 

RFA OAKLEAF on 23 May 1989 preparing to leave the Gosport Fuel Jetty, Portsmouth

 

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