&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:RFA_Brambleleaf-Portsmouth-01.JPG) RFA Brambleleaf at Portsmouth Harbour
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| History | |
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| 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 |
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| Fate | Scrapped August 2009 |
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| 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.