RFA Brambleleaf (A81)

RFA Brambleleaf at Portsmouth Harbour
History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Brambleleaf
Ordered	30 April 1973
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	23 July 1974
Launched	22 January 1976
Commissioned	20 February 1980
Out of service	September 2007
Identification	IMO number: 7342029 Pennant number: A81
Honours and awards	Falkland Islands 1982 Al Faw 2003
Fate	Scrapped August 2009
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 (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	56 RFA

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. Originally built as MV Hudson Deep she was chartered by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1980.