RFA Brambleleaf (1959)

RFA Brambleleaf (A81) was a Leaf-class small tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	London Loyalty (1953–59),[1] RFA Brambleleaf(1959–72)[1] Mayfair Loyalty (1972–74)[1]
Owner:	London and Overseas Freighters (1953–72),[1] Mayfair Tankers (1972–76)[1]
Port of registry:	London (1953–59)[1] Monrovia (1972–76)[1]
Builder:	Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England[1]
Yard number:	454[1]
Launched:	16 April 1953 as London Loyalty[1]
Commissioned:	22 May 1959 and renamed Brambleleaf[1]
Decommissioned:	Returned to her owners in March 1972 & name changed to Mayfair Loyalty[1]
Renamed:	London Loyalty (1953-59), Mayfair Loyalty (1972-76)[1]
Identification:	IMO number: 5050244
Fate:	Scrapped July 1976[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Leaf class tanker
Tonnage:	12,123 GRT, 7,042 net, 17,960 deadweight[1]
Propulsion:	1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.[1]
Notes:	sister ship: RFA Bayleaf (A79)

RFA Brambleleaf was built by Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees.[1] She was launched as the civilian London Loyalty for London & Overseas Freighters in 1953 and completed on 8 January 1954.[1] She was a sister ship of RFA Bayleaf (A79) built by the same shipyard for LOF the following year.

She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Brambleleaf.[1] She was returned to her owners in 1972, who transferred her to their Mayfair Tankers subsidiary and registered her in Liberia as the Mayfair Loyalty.[1]

On 9 September 1974 she was laid up at La Spezia, Italy.[1] On 27 February 1976 she was sold for scrap, and demolition began in La Spezia in July of that year.[1]