RFA Sir Bedivere
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RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004) was a Landing Ship Logistic of the Round Table class. She saw service in the Falklands War, the Persian Gulf and Sierra Leone. In 2009, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy and renamed NDCC Almirante Saboia (G-25), where she saw service in Haiti.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Sir Bedivere |
Namesake | Bedivere |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie |
Laid down | 31 October 1965 |
Launched | 20 July 1966 |
Commissioned | 18 May 1967 |
Decommissioned | 18 February 2008 |
Homeport | Marchwood, Hampshire |
Fate | Sold to Brazil |
Brazil | |
Name | NDCC Almirante Saboia |
Namesake | Henrique Sabóia |
Commissioned | 21 May 2009 |
Identification |
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Motto | "Sua praia, nossa missão!" ("Your beach, our mission!") |
Nickname(s) | "Hippo" |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Round Table-class landing ship logistics |
Displacement | 6,700 tonnes full load |
Length | 137 m (449 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 20 m (65 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 49 |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | helicopters on aft platform, no hangar |
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