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

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class small tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

RFA Brambleleaf was built by Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees.[1] She was launched as the civilian London Loyalty for London & Overseas Freighters in 1953 and completed on 8 January 1954.[1] She was a sister ship of RFA Bayleaf built by the same shipyard for LOF the following year.

She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Brambleleaf.[1] She was returned to her owners in 1972, who transferred her to their Mayfair Tankers subsidiary and registered her in Liberia as the Mayfair Loyalty.[1]

On 9 September 1974 she was laid up at La Spezia, Italy.[1] On 27 February 1976 she was sold for scrap, and demolition began in La Spezia in July of that year.[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 Sedgwick et al., p. 69

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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