 Sir Tristram being carried home by the heavy lift ship MV Dan Lifter in 1983
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sir Tristram |
| Namesake | Tristan |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie |
| Laid down | February 1966 |
| Launched | 12 December 1966 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 16 December 2005 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6704373 |
| Status | Training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Round Table-class landing ship logistics |
| Displacement | 6,407 t (6,306 long tons) |
| Length | 135.8 m (445 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 17.1 m (56 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 51 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | One spot for Westland Sea King or Westland Lynx aft, one spot for Boeing Chinook, Sea King or Lynx on main vehicle deck |
TV Sir Tristram (L3505) formerly RFA Sir Tristram, is a Round Table-class landing ship logistics that was converted to a Special Forces Training Vessel in 2008.[1] She was launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967. As with others of her class, she was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970, and was crewed by British officers and Hong Kong Chinese sailors.[2] The ship saw service in the Falklands War of 1982, and was badly damaged at Fitzroy on 8 June.
- ^ "RFA Sir Tristram".
- ^ Puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950 pp. 69-70. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-848-32074-1.