RFA Brambleleaf (1959)

History
United Kingdom
Name	London Loyalty (1953–59), RFA Brambleleaf(1959–72) Mayfair Loyalty (1972–74)
Owner	London and Overseas Freighters (1953–72),; Mayfair Tankers (1972–76);
Port of registry	London (1953–59); ; Monrovia (1972–76);
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England
Yard number	454
Launched	16 April 1953 as London Loyalty
Commissioned	22 May 1959 and renamed Brambleleaf
Decommissioned	Returned to her owners in March 1972 & name changed to Mayfair Loyalty
Renamed	London Loyalty (1953-59),; Mayfair Loyalty (1972-76);
Identification	IMO number: 5050244
Fate	Scrapped July 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Leaf class tanker
Displacement	12,123 GRT, 7,042 net, 17,960 deadweight
Propulsion	1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.
Notes	sister ship: RFA Bayleaf (A79)

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class small tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with RFA Brambleleaf of 1979, an active RFA tanker also of pennant number A81.

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 (A79) 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

^ ^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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617037. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

"London & Overseas Freighters 1941-97". LOF-News.

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[SKO69-1] ^ ^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

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