RFA Orangeleaf (A110)
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| Name: | RFA Orangeleaf |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Launched: | 1973 |
| Commissioned: | 1979 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leaf-class fleet support tanker |
| Displacement: | 40,870 tonnes |
| Length: | 560 ft (170.69 m) |
| Beam: | 85 ft (25.91 m) |
| Draught: | 36 ft (10.97 m) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 56 |
| Armament: | 2 20mm GAM-BO1 4 7.62 mm GPMGs |
| Notes: | Pennant number: A110 |
RFA Orangeleaf (A110) is a Leaf-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
RFA Orangeleaf saw action in the Gulf War in 1991. During early-to-mid-2004, the ship took part in a deployment with a French carrier battle group, centred around the Charles de Gaulle to the Indian Ocean.
She also appeared in the International Fleet Review of 2005.
As MV Balder London, before joining the RFA, she saw action in 1982, carrying aviation fuel to the Falkland Islands from Ascension. At the end of the conflict, she entered San Carlos water.
On 23 Ocotber 2009, she was moved from Birkenhead dry-docks into the River Mersey and so to the Cammell Laird shipyard to continue her major refit.
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