RFA Sir Lancelot. San Carlos Water. 1982
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Sir Lancelot |
Namesake | Lancelot |
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Ordered | December 1961 |
Builder | Fairfield S&E |
Laid down | March 1962 |
Launched | 25 June 1963 |
Commissioned | 16 January 1964 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1989 |
Identification | IMO number: 5413642 |
Fate | Sold commercially, June 1989 |
History | |
South Africa | |
Name | Lowland Lancer |
Owner | Lowline |
Identification | IMO number: 5413642 |
Fate | Sold to Republic of Singapore Navy, 1992 |
History | |
Singapore | |
Name | RSS Perseverance |
Owner | Republic of Singapore Navy |
Acquired | 1992 |
Commissioned | 5 May 1994 |
Decommissioned | 2003 |
Identification | L-206IMO number: 5413642 |
Fate | Sold commercially |
Notes | Used as a submarine tender |
History | |
Singapore | |
Name | Glenn Braveheart |
Owner | Glenn Defense Marine Asia |
Acquired | 2003 |
Identification | IMO number: 5413642 |
Fate | Sold for breaking, 2008 |
General characteristics as Sir Lancelot | |
Class and type | Round Table class LSL (prototype) |
Displacement |
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Length | 412 ft (126 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 9,200 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity | 2,180 tons |
Complement | 68 crew, up to 340 passengers |
Armament | 2 x 40 mm Bofors guns |
Aircraft carried | Up to 20 Wessex helicopters (1973) |
RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) was the lead ship and prototype of the Round Table class landing ship logistics, an amphibious warfare design operated by the British Armed Forces.
Sir Lancelot sailed with the British Task Force that took part in the Falklands War. Whilst in San Carlos Water, an Argentine plane dropped a bomb that penetrated her hull, but the bomb failed to explode.