RFA Bayleaf
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Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
have borne the name RFA Bayleaf:
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
have borne the name RFA Bayleaf:
- RFA Bayleaf was an oiler, previously the civilian vessel Cervic. She was bought in 1915 and renamed RFA Bayol, and used as a dummy vessel to imitate the battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
. She was renamed Bayleaf in 1919 and sold later that year. - RFA BayleafRFA Bayleaf (A79)RFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.Bayleaf was launched by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees. She was launched as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas Freighters in 1954 and completed in...
was an Leaf-classLeaf class tankerThe Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...
tankerTank shipA tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...
, built as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas FreightersLondon & Overseas FreightersLondon & Overseas Freighters Ltd. was an ocean-going merchant shipping company that for most of its history was based in the United Kingdom.-Counties Ship Management:...
in 1955. She was bareboat charterBareboat charterA bareboat charter is an arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a ship or boat, whereby no crew or provisions are included as part of the agreement; instead, the people who rent the vessel from the owner are responsible for taking care of such things....
ed in 1959 and returned to her owners in 1973. - RFA BayleafRFA Bayleaf (A109)RFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Construction:Bayleaf was one of four ships ordered from Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1973, and laid down in 1975 as the Hudson Sound. When the ordering company ran into financial difficulties, the ships were laid up, and...
is a Leaf-class tanker chartered in 1982 and in active service as of 2009.