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Name | London Integrity (1955–59, 1973–77) [1] RFA Bayleaf (1959–73) [1] |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England [1] |
Yard number | 460 [1] |
Launched | 28 October 1954 [1] |
Commissioned | 16 June 1959 and renamed Bayleaf [1] |
Decommissioned | Returned to her owners in March 1973; name reverted to original [1] |
Renamed | London Integrity (1954-59 and 1973-77) [1] |
Homeport | London (with LOF) [1] |
Identification | IMO number: 5038466 |
Fate | Scrapped in January 1977 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leaf-class tanker |
Tonnage | 12,126 GRT, 6,940 NRT, 17,930 DWT [1] |
Length | 556 ft 6 in (169.62 m) [1] |
Beam | 71 ft 5 in (21.77 m) [1] |
Draught | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) [1] |
Installed power | 6800 bhp [1] |
Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine. [1] |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) [1] |
Notes | sister ship: RFA Brambleleaf (A81) |
RFA Bayleaf (A79) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.
Bayleaf was launched by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees. [1] She was launched as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas Freighters in 1954 and completed in 1955. [1] She was a sister ship of RFA Brambleleaf (A81) built by the same shipyard for LOF the previous year.
She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Bayleaf. [1] She was returned to her owners in 1973, with whom she traded as the London Integrity again until the end of 1976. [1]
On 7 January 1977 she was sold for scrap and on 25 January 1977 she arrived in Burriana in Spain to be broken up. [1]
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