RFA Plumleaf (A78) was a Leaf-class

Leaf class tanker

The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

 support tanker

Tanker (ship)

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 of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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 of the United Kingdom

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She was launched on 29 March 1960. She displaced 26,4080 tons, with a length of 560', a beam of 72' 1" and a draught of 30' 0.25". Her 1 x 6 cylinder Doxford diesel gave the ship a top speed of 15 knots. She saw service during the Falklands War

Falklands War

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. Plumleaf was decommissioned in 1986, arriving at Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung

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for demolition on 17 December 1986.
Prior to being sent for demolition, RFA Plumleaf spent time in Gibraltar being made ready for handover.