RFA Sir Geraint
1967 Round Table-class landing ship logistics of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RFA Sir Geraint (L3027) was a Landing Ship Logistic of the Round Table class. She saw service in the Falklands War and Sierra Leone.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Namesake | Geraint |
Ordered | April 1964 |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Laid down | June 1965 |
Launched | 26 January 1967 |
Commissioned | 12 July 1967 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 2003 |
Identification | IMO number: 6707894 |
Fate | Sold commercially and renamed Sir G in July 2005. Scrapped in India in December 2005 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Round Table class LSL |
Displacement |
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Length | 412 ft (126 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots |
Range | 9,200 miles at 15 knots |
Capacity | 2,404 tons |
Complement | 68 crew, up to 340 passengers |
Armament | Two 40 mm Bofors AA guns. |
Aircraft carried | Up to 20 Wessex helicopters (1973) |
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