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RFA Sir Bedivere
History
Army Commissioned Ship Ensign RFA Sir BedivereUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Sir Bedivere
NamesakeBedivere
BuilderHawthorn Leslie
Laid down31 October 1965
Launched20 July 1966
Commissioned18 May 1967
Decommissioned18 February 2008
HomeportMarchwood, Hampshire
FateSold to Brazil
RFA Sir BedivereBrazil
NameNDCC Almirante Saboia
NamesakeHenrique Sabóia
Commissioned21 May 2009
Identification
  • IMO number: 6617154
  • MMSI number: 710482000
  • Callsign: PWSB
Motto"Sua praia, nossa missão!" ("Your beach, our mission!")
Nickname(s)"Hippo"
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeRound Table-class landing ship logistics
Displacement6,700 tonnes  full load
Length137 m (449 ft 6 in)
Beam20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught3.98 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Mirrless Blackstone diesels
  • 2 shafts
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement49
Armament
  • 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns
  • 4 × 7.62 mm machine guns
Aviation facilitieshelicopters on aft platform, no hangar

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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