RFA Bayleaf (A79)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name	London Integrity (1955–59, 1973–77) RFA Bayleaf (1959–73)
Port of registry	(1955–59, 1973–77)
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Co., Stockton-on-Tees, England
Yard number	460
Launched	28 October 1954
Commissioned	16 June 1959 and renamed Bayleaf
Decommissioned	Returned to her owners in March 1973; name reverted to original
Renamed	London Integrity (1954-59 and 1973-77)
Homeport	London (with LOF)
Identification	IMO number: 5038466
Fate	Scrapped in January 1977
General characteristics
Class and type	Leaf-class tanker
Tonnage	12,126 GRT, 6,940 NRT, 17,930 DWT
Length	556 ft 6 in (169.62 m)
Beam	71 ft 5 in (21.77 m)
Draught	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Installed power	6800 bhp
Propulsion	1 × 6-cylinder Doxford single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Notes	sister ship: RFA Brambleleaf (A81)

RFA Bayleaf (A79) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.

Bayleaf was launched by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees. She was launched as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas Freighters in 1954 and completed in 1955. She was a sister ship of RFA Brambleleaf (A81) built by the same shipyard for LOF the previous year.

She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA Bayleaf. She was returned to her owners in 1973, with whom she traded as the London Integrity again until the end of 1976.

On 7 January 1977 she was sold for scrap and on 25 January 1977 she arrived in Burriana in Spain to be broken up.

Sources and further reading

• Sedgwick, Stanley; Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J. (1993) [1992]. London & Overseas Freighters, 1948-92: A Short History. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-68-1.
• Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617037.

External links

• "London & Overseas Freighters 1941-97". LOF-News. Retrieved 29 June 2010.