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For other ships with the same name, see RFA Bayleaf.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Sedgwick et al., p. 71

Sources and further reading

  • Sedgwick, Stanley; Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J. (1993) [1992]. London & Overseas Freighters, 1948-92: A Short History. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-68-1.
  • Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617037.


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