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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
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| Launched:
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| Commissioned:1979
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| Decommissioned:
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| Fate:
| to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Westralia
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:37,747tons
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| Length:170M
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| Beam:26M
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| Draught:Approx 10.5M(loaded)
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| Propulsion:2x Crossley-Pielstick 14 cyl diesels driving single CPP.
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| Speed:14.5
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| Range:
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| Complement:60
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| Armament:
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| Aircraft:Nil
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RFA Appleleaf (A79) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Built by Cammell Laird as Hudson Cavalier and operated under charter from Jardine Mathieson.
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