RFA Cherryleaf (1959)

RFA Cherryleaf (A82) was a Leaf-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

For other ships with the same name, see RFA Cherryleaf.

History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Cherryleaf
Builder: Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland
Launched: 28 May 1953
Commissioned: 15 May 1959[1]
Decommissioned: 4 February 1966
Identification: IMO number: 5069697
Fate: Returned to owners, 1966
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Leaf-class tanker
Tonnage:
  • 12,402 t (12,206 long tons) grt
  • 7,338 t (7,222 long tons) nt
  • 18,560 t (18,267 long tons) dwt
Length: 544 ft (166 m)
Beam: 72 ft 9 in (22.17 m)
Draught: 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m)
Propulsion: 6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 6,600 bhp (4,900 kW)[2]
Speed: 13.25 knots (15.25 mph; 24.54 km/h)

Launched in 1953 as Laurelwood, the ship was acquired by the RFA, and renamed Cherryleaf in 1959.[3]

In 1966 the ship was returned to her previous owners and renamed Agios Constantinos. She was renamed Aeas in 1967, and as Irene's Fortune in 1972. She was scrapped on 13 December 1975.[4]

References
  1. Blackman 1960, p. 55.
  2. "2nd Leaf Class". RFAnostalgia.org. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Cherryleaf". Historical RFA. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. "Laurelwood (5069697)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  • Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.


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