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	Bay Class Alternative Landing Ship Logistics (ALSLs)
		Sir Tristram was rebuilt to a slightly modified design while Sir Galahad was deemed beyond repair, and was replaced with a new vessel of the same name.
		Sir Bedivere entered dockyard hands in late 1994 to begin a Service Life Extension Programme (SLEP), designed to extend her lifespan by a further fifteen years.
		This capability was rarely used and additionally RFA Sir Geraint came close to sinking in 1998 when she started to take in water through her bow doors.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/bay.htm (1625 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 8 Jul 2003 (pt 10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		RFA's Grey Rover, Bayleaf, Brambleleaf and Orangeleaf were deployed as Fleet tankers.
		RFA Argus was deployed in her role as Primary Casualty Receiving Facility.
		RFA Sea Crusader was used in the strategic sea lift role.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030708/text/30708w10.htm (1320 words)

	ARGENTINE AIR FORCE ESCUADRON III GRUPO 5 DE CAZABOMBARDEO V BRIGADA AEREA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sir Lancelot was damaged by the impact of a 1000-pound bomb that penetrated the ship's starboard side and lodged in a stern compartment.
		Unfortunately RFA Sir Lancelot was unintentionally run aground during the action and could not be re-floated.
		LSL (troop landing ship) RFA Sir Galahad was struck by a IAI Navy Dagger 1000-pound bomb that penetrated the hull and stopped in the battery room without exploding.
	www.skyhawk.org /2C/arf5.htm (2723 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Navy ships in Dartmouth for regatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Landing Ship Logistic (LSL) RFA Sir Bedivere arrived in the picturesque Devon town in the wee small hours of the night, mooring in the centre of the River Dart, where she joined the recently-commissioned offshore patrol vessel HMS Tyne.
		Members of Sir Bedivere’s ship’s company were involved in the festivities right from the start, with Commanding Officer Capt Shaun Jones RFA representing the Royal Fleet Auxiliary at the opening ceremony.
		With the ship dressing overall, she formed a fitting backdrop to the events and competitions held both on and off the water – she was moored adjacent to the finish line for many of the water-borne races.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0309/0003090401.asp (780 words)

	Bay Class Large Amphibious Landing Ships Alternative Landing Ship Logistic [ALSL]
		The existing RFA Landing ships were designed to run up on a beach to discharge their cargo of men and vehicles.
		These vessels will replace four of the current LSLs — RFAs Sir Geraint, Sir Percivale, Sir Tristram, which are over 30 years old, and RFA Sir Galahad - by 2005, and represent a marked increase in capability, especially in a near-doubling in the carrying capacity of each ship and through increased speed of offload.
		The future of RFA Sir Bedivere, which underwent a ship life extension program between 1995 and 1998, will be reviewed.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/alsl.htm (1088 words)

	Falklands Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sir Anthony Parsons, Britain's envoy at the United Nations, and Sir Nicholas Henderson, Britain's ambassador to the United States, fly home from UN peace negotiations for urgent talks with Mrs Thatcher.
		RFAs Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram bombed at Fitzroy.
		Killed in Action: RFA Sir Galahad: 3rd EO C F Hailwood, 2nd EO P A Henry GM, 3rd EO A J Morris, Elec Fit Leung C, Butcher Sung Y F RFA Sir Tristram: Seaman Yeung S K, Bosun Yu S C 1st Welsh Guards: L/Cpl A Burke,
	www.hms-yarmouth.com /falklands_diary.htm (1939 words)

	General News of Wednesday, 1 September 2004
		Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - Two British naval ships, RFA Sir Bedivere and RFA Fort Rosalie, docked on Wednesday at the Tema Harbour with supporting logistics and supplies for a bilateral training exercise.
		The six-week exercise code-named "Ex-Western Rhumba 2004" is a joint military exercise aimed at practicing tactics, techniques and procedures required to operate in the jungle.
		It said the engineers supporting the exercise would undertake civil action programmes involving the construction of classrooms and the repair of infrastructure and training facilities within the exercise area.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=65221 (137 words)

	Navy Matters \| LSD(A)
		The existing and already modernised RFA Sir Bedivere will however probably be retained to at least 2012 in order to achieve the required 5 ship force level.
		An order for the design and construction of two ALSL ships (to directly replace RFA Sir Geraint and Sir Percivale) valued at £140 million was placed on 18 December 2000 with Swan Hunter (Tyneside), creating 1,000 new jobs at their Tyneside shipyard, and sustaining 200 jobs off-site.
		The first (of 32) complete blocks for RFA Largs Bay were placed on the berth in May 2002, she will be launched in early 2003 and acceptance was scheduled for early 2004, later changed to mid/late 2005.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /lsda.htm (3363 words)

	RFA LSL Ships
		RFA Pearleaf, refueling Sir Tristram in a bit of a swell.
		Sir Lancelot on the beach, general exercise to test the
		Sir Lancelot in one of her guises after disposal.
	home.freeuk.net /rfa.graphical/lsl.html (92 words)

	Sir Lancelot Class
		RFA Sir Bedivere at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
		L3036 RFA Sir Percivale leaving Malta, 21st May 2003.
		RFA Sir Tristram leaving Malta, 15th July 2003.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /sir_lancelot_class.htm (982 words)

	NMOC News Online, Summer 2003, Vol. 23 No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On March 28, Royal Force Auxiliary Ship SIR GALAHAD became the first ship to dock at Umm Qasr to deliver the first wave of humanitarian assistance after the Khawr Abd Allah was cleared.
		RFA SIR GALAHAD's (LSL 3005) successful `leadthrough' by coalition mine warfare ships from the northern Arabian Gulf to the Port of Umm Qasr.
		RFA SIR GALAHAD provided the first wave of humanitarian assistance into Iraq.
	pao.cnmoc.navy.mil /pao/n_online/archive/vol23no1/articles/mine.htm (928 words)

	Newsround 4
		A number of cadets joined the RFA Sir Bedivere at Marchwood and were able to witness the Spithead Review from close range, other cadets were involved with the Field Gun display, Massed Band and also formed the Royal Guard of Honour for Princess Anne at the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.
		Sir Bedivere: The units affiliated ship called in at Dover early in March and the cadets and staff were treated to a guided tour of the ship.
		Sir Bedivere is a Landing Ship Logistics Support Vessel and is manned by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	www.sheppeyseacadets.co.uk /newsround_4.htm (4379 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Devon \| More troops come home
		Royal Marines from 539 Assault Squadron, which is based in Plymouth, arrived home on landing ship RFA Sir Bedivere, which berthed at Millbay Docks.
		The Sir Bedivere left the UK last September to carry out exercises in the Gulf as a support ship.
		And around 50 crew on RFA Sir Percivale have arrived home after more than 100 days at sea.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/2946348.stm (237 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Fearless withdrawn from task force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The fire was put out by crew members and the ship's fixed fire fighting system, and although eleven members of the ship's company were slightly injured - nine by smoke inhalation and two through heat exhaustion - they have now recovered.
		RFA Argus, with three Sea King helicopters embarked, will now join the Task Group under Commodore Niall Kilgour, Commander Amphibious Task Group, in HMS Ocean.
		The other Task Group ships are tanker RFA Brambleleaf, supply ship RFA Fort Austin and landing ship RFA Sir Bedivere.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0011/0000110301.asp (228 words)

	Captain Peter Daniels RFA, Chief Engineer: a profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		My first shore appointment came in June 1985 when I was appointed to Empress State Building in London as Engineer Superintendent to represent the RFA on the AOR Project during the tender award phase.
		After contract award I was appointed to stand by the building of RFA Sir Galahad as Superintendent at the Swan Hunter shipyard and subsequently sailed in her as the first Chief Engineer Officer in 1988.
		After a short relieving appointment in RFA Fort Victoria I was sent to RFA Fort George and am now in RFA Gold Rover in the Caribbean.
	www.marine-society.org /profile/peter_daniels.html (627 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Feb 2003 (pt 4)
		The Royal Navy decommissioned two O-class RFA Fleet tankers during financial year 2000–01: RFA Olwen (commissioned in 1965) and RFA Olna (commissioned in 1966).
		On current plans four of the five Landing Ships Logistics, RFA Sir Geraint, Sir Tristram Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad are expected to be replaced by four larger and more capable Bay Class vessels in 2004 and 2005.1 also refer the hon.
		HMS Iron Duke and RFA Black Rover are also planned to deploy to Sierra Leone waters in the next few weeks as a further demonstration of UK commitment.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030227/text/30227w04.htm (1128 words)

	Port Of Liverpool - Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In addition, NSL carried out the refit and maintenance programme of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort George at Port Glasgow, where the company leased the Inchgreen drydock for the work, transporting equipment, shipyard/project team and workforce 280 miles from the Mersey to carry out the work.
		This was followed by the RFA vessel Sir Bedivere, which came into the Bidston yard in autumn 2003.
		A busy winter 2003/2004 included the assembly, erection and outfitting of a tweendeck and side shell module for the MV Ben My Chree, a string of ferry and tug drydockings and work on the RFA Sir Tristram.
	www.portofliverpool.co.uk /new/marineserv.htm (540 words)

	Sierra Leone News Archives - June 2000 - Sierra Leone Web
		Arriving from Sierra Leone with the Ocean were five other British ships, HMS Chatham, RFA Fort George, RFA Fort Austin, RFA Sir Bedivere and RFA Sir Tristram.
		British U.N. Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock said after the meeting "the current activities of Liberia were potentially or perhaps actually a major threat in what we were trying to do" to resolve the crisis in Sierra Leone.
		Sir Percivale also recovered the outboard engine and fuel tank and will take these in tomorrow." All the men on board were local fisherman, the spokesman said.
	www.sierra-leone.org /slnews0600.html (17107 words)

	Russ Jarvis Opens New Charity Shop - Falkland Islands News
		I had spotted them before on RFA SIR BEDIVERE but the weather was cloudy then and our course was further north.
		Seventeen years earlier, on RFA SIR BEDIVERE, I had taken some slides during the re-supply of that station.
		At that time the ship was anchored off the island but visibility was poor and I heard and smelt the colony though I couldn’t see it.
	www.sartma.com /art_171_5_46_2.html (1216 words)

	Warships Magazine - WEB SPECIAL - Attack on America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The ARG includes the veteran assault ship HMS Fearless (L10) and the Landing Ships RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004), RFA Sir Tristram (L3505), RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) and RFA Sir Galahad (L3005).
		Crucial support is being provided by the RFA supply ships Oakleaf (A111) Fort Rosalie (A385) and Fort Austin (A386).
		As we went to press it was unclear what scale of naval forces would be offered by other NATO countries who had committed themselves to supporting the USA.
	www.warshipsifr.com /pages/terrorism_special.html (1283 words)

	News April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SIR BEDIVERE finally departed from North Western Ship Repairers Bidston on April 26.
		RFA SIR GALAHAD departed from West Alexandra after undergoing work by North Western Ship repairers during the week.
		RFA SIR BEDIVERE was reported out in the river on Sunday April 21, returning to Alfred Lock.
	www.angelfire.com /ab7/issnewsarch/news/2002/042002/042002.htm (16185 words)

	Royal Navy
		On completion of his tour as DWEO, he joined Pheonix NBCD School in 1997 at HMS Excellent where he was Officer-in-Charge of the NBC Practical Training Unit, teaching NBC Defence.
		In January 2001 he was appointed to Flag Officer Sea Training as a WE Seariding Officer, where he was lead Searider in RFAs and a variety of platforms including Portuguese, Greek, German, French and Swedish ships.
		Appointed to the First Mine Countermeasures Squadron as Squadron Engineer Officer (SEO) in 2002, he deployed to the Arabian Gulf embarked in RFA Sir Bedivere.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=2103 (339 words)

	Alternative Landing Ship Logistics (ALSL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although the Landing Platform Dock (Replacement) (LPD(R)) provides the command and control function, it is the ALSLs that embark the largest balance of men, vehicles and stores that will sustain an amphibious assault.
		The future of RFA Sir Bedivere, which underwent a ship life extension programme between 1995 and 1998, will be reviewed.
		An Invitation to Tender (ITT) was issued to five UK shipbuilders on 14 April 2000 for the design and build of two ALSL vessels (with an option to take three more).
	www.mod.uk /business/alsl.htm (335 words)

	Royal Navy: News & Events
		HM Ships Walney, Sandown, Pembroke and Middleton and their mother ship RFA Sir Bedivere have been deployed since April to the east coast of the US as part of the UK contribution to Aurora 04 - a large multi-national exercise hosted by the US Navy off North Carolina.
		Squadron Commander, Cdr Peter Williams, said: “This has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many of the mine countermeasures community.
		He added a key to this ability was the use of RFA Sir Bedivere to carry a team of RN engineers from Portsmouth based Fleet Support Unit who provided support to the ships throughout the deployment.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/content.php?page=1&article=809 (416 words)

	Guest article from Jane's Navy International: Rear Adm David Snelson sketches out UK naval role in the Gulf - Jane's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We concentrate on making sure that everything we've got on the sea is supporting what people on the land have got to do.
		The RFA and merchant vessels are also being escorted into the port by naval assets to ensure the ships get alongside safely," he said.
		I have six RN MCMVs, four American MCMVs and an Australian Clearance Diver Team, plus the RFA Sir Bedivere acting as their support ship.
	www.janes.com /regional_news/africa_middle_east/news/jdw/jdw030404_1_n.shtml (1086 words)

	Maritime Photographic: What's New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She was escorted by the Trinity House vessel Patricia with the reviewing column also including HM Ships Scott, Chatham and Enterprise with RFA Sir Bedivere, MV Leander and the full-rigged 18 th century man’o war replica Grand Turk at the rear.
		The salvage effort was coordinated by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose and involved HMS Marlborough, the RFA’s Argus and Wave Knight, HMS Brecon, the Irish Naval vessel Aoife and the towing vessels Anglian Prince and Carolyn Chouest.
		Onboard the ferry were hundreds of veterans who took part in the Normandy landings, with many returning to the D-Day beaches for the first time in 60 years.
	www.maritimephotographic.co.uk /new.htm (4786 words)

	British Ships
		RFA Sir Bedivere, RFA Sir Tristram, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Percivale
		Sea Crusader provided vital sea lift to Middle East for the British forces in one of her last roles, Sea Crusader left RFA service in July 2003 after a career in RAF service which took her around the world to various conflicts.
		The ship had joined the RFA in October 1996.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /gulf2/ships.html (579 words)

	Royal Insight > Out and About > The Fleet Review at Spithead
		The Duke of York, a Commander in the Royal Navy, embarked on HMS ENTERPRISE for the review and later attended a reception on HMS ILLUSTRIOUS followed by a dinner on HMS INVINCIBLE.
		The Princess Royal, as Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy, was on board HMS ALBION and later RFA SIR BEDIVERE for the fleet review before attending a dinner at Southsea Castle.
		Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were on board RFA FORT GEORGE for the Fleet Review and later on board HMS INVINCIBLE.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page4271.asp (824 words)

	The Prince of Wales - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Queen was embarked on HMS Endurance which escorted Her Majesty in her role as Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Admiral of the Fleet, past a huge gathering of the world's biggest ships.
		Navy Commander The Duke of York watched the spectacle from HMS Enterprise, The Princess Royal from RFA Sir Bedivere, The Duchess of Gloucester from HMS Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent from RFA Fort George.
		As Rule Britannia played from speakers along the seafront, Lieutenant Commander Clive Woodman said the presence of the largest ships from the French and Spanish navies showed that any animosity from 200 years ago was “long since buried”.
	www.princeofwales.gov.uk /news/2005/06.jun/fleet_review.php (715 words)

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