RFA Cherryleaf (A82)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | RFA Cherryleaf |
| Builder: | Rheinstahl Nordseewerke[1] |
| Yard number: | 321[1] |
| Launched: | 16 October 1962 |
| Commissioned: | February 1973[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 1980[1] |
| Renamed: | Overseas Adventurer (1962-73 and 1980-81), Petrostar XIV[2] or Petrostar XVI[1] (1981-87) |
| Homeport: | London (with LOF) |
| Fate: | Set on fire by AGM-65 Maverick missile strike in 1986[1] |
| Status: | Scrapped 1987[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leaf-class tanker |
| Tonnage: |
14,027 long tons (15,710 ST; 14,252 t) gross 7,764 long tons (8,696 ST; 7,889 t) net 18,957 long tons (21,232 ST; 19,261 t) deadweight[1] |
| Length: | 559 ft 4 in (170.48 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draught: | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Installed power: | 8400 bhp[1] |
| Propulsion: | 7-cylinder MAN diesel[1] |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h)[1] |
RFA Cherryleaf (A82) was a Leaf-class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the third ship to bear this name.
She was launched in Emden,[1] Germany in 1962 as Overseas Adventurer for a subsidiary of London & Overseas Freighters (LOF). She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in February 1973 and renamed RFA Cherryleaf.[1]
In 1980 she was returned to LOF and her name reverted to Overseas Adventurer.[1] In 1981 LOF sold her to Petrostar Co Ltd of Saudi Arabia who renamed her either Petrostar XIV[2] or Petrostar XVI.[1]
On 5 April 1986 during the Iran–Iraq War she was off Halul Island[2] en route from Bahrain to Sharjah when Iranian helicopters[1] hit her with AGM-65 Maverick missiles.[2] Her accommodation was gutted by fire and four crewmembers were killed.[1] She was towed to Sharjah where she was declared a total loss[1] and laid up for disposal on 9 April 1986.[1] She was sold to a Taiwanese shipbreaker and arrived Kaohsiung for demolition on 24 January 1987.[1] Demolition began on 19 February 1987.[1]
References
Sources and further reading
- ACIG team (2004). "Tanker War, 1980-88". Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database (ACIG): 26. http://s188567700.online.de/CMS/index.php.
- Sedgwick, Stanley (1993) [1992]. Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J.. eds. London & Overseas Freighters, 1948-92: A Short History. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617681.
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617010.
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