RFA Brambleleaf (A81)
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For other ships of the same name, see RFA Brambleleaf.
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| Career | |
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| Name: | RFA Brambleleaf |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1974 |
| Launched: | 22 January 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 20 February 1980 |
| Fate: | Due for scrapping 15 March 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leaf-class tanker |
| Displacement: | 40,870 t (40,225 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 170.7 m (560 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 25.9 m (85 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Crossley-Pielsticks pc 2 v14 on one shaft |
| Speed: | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 56 RFA |
RFA Brambleleaf (A81) is a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with the small fleet tanker RFA Brambleleaf of 1959, also with the pennant number A81.


