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Tanker RFA PEARLEAF - A 77 at Gosport, undated
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Pearleaf (A77) and her sister-ship Plumleaf (A78) were originally built by
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, in Scotstoun, Glasgow, for and owned by
Jacobs & Partners Ltd, London. They were both taken over on completion by
the Ministry of Defence, on a 20 year bareboat charter.
Chartered in 1960, she served until 1986 and saw service during the Falklands War.
Pearleaf was returned to owners, and then sold to Petrostar Co. Ltd of Saudi
Arabia. Renamed 'Nejmat el Petrol XIX', she served as a static fuel storage facility.
In 1993 she was sold to shipbreakers Nasir Trading Co. at Gadani Beach,
Pakistan, where demolition commenced on 8 March 1993
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