RFA Oakleaf (A111)
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For other ships with the same name, see RFA Oakleaf.
RFA Oakleaf (A111) was a Leaf-class fleet support tanker, formerly of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.
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Name | RFA Oakleaf |
Builder | A. B. Uddevalla, Sweden |
Launched | 2 July 1981 |
Completed | 1981 |
Acquired | 1986 |
Decommissioned | 2007 |
Identification | IMO number: 7915814 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2010 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leaf-class tanker |
Displacement | 49,377 t (48,597 long tons) |
Length | 173.7 m (569 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × 4-cylinder Burmeister and Wain long stroke oil engine, 12,000 hp (8,948 kW) |
Speed | 14.5 knots (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) |
Complement | 36 |
Armament | 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns |
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Formerly the Swedish vessel MV Oktania, built by A. B. Uddevalla, Sweden, and completed in 1981, Oakleaf was added to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1986, before being decommissioned in 2007.