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RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) was a Round Table-class landing ship logistics vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom.The ship saw service in the Falklands War of 1982, where she was bombed and set afire at Fitzroy on 8 June.
RFA Sir Galahad was built by Swan Hunter and entered service in 1988. She was named and given the identical pennant number to the Sir Galahad sunk in the Falklands War.Built as a combined landing craft and ferry with two flight decks for helicopters and bow and stern doors, there was capacity for around 400 troops and 3,440 tonnes of supplies.
Although the design was for a trawler the ship was commissioned as a minesweeper (Pennant number T226). [2] Launched in December 1941 she was the second member of the Round Table class. [3] In March 1943 the Sir Galahad was one of the first ships to respond when the aircraft carrier HMS Dasher sank in the River Clyde. [4]
Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin asked defence minister Al Carns why documents about the 1982 attack on the Sir Galahad were being withheld. ‘Mystifying’ why Falklands War files on ship’s ...
At approximately 14:00 local time both RFA Sir Tristram and RFA Sir Galahad were badly damaged [17] by five A-4Bs of Grupo 5. Three A-4s targeted Sir Galahad, which was hit by three bombs released from the Skyhawk flown by First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón. The second Skyhawk was unable to drop its bombs, and the third overshot the British ship. [16]
The ships were operated and managed by the British India Steam Navigation Company for the Royal Army Service Corps until January 1970, then were transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [5] One vessel, Sir Galahad, was lost during the Falklands War, while another, Sir Tristram, was badly damaged.
RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) - bombed on 24 May and 8 June by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (sunk by torpedo on 21 June and declared a war grave) (†48) - Fatal Damage. Paul J.G. Roberts; RFA Sir Geraint (L3027) D.E. Lawrence; RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) - damaged by unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks. Christopher A. Purtcher-Wydenbruck; RFA Sir ...
The ships (and assigned pennant numbers) [5] in the class were: . Sir Agravaine (T230) launched 5 March 1942; Sir Galahad launched 18 December 1941; Sir Gareth (T227) launched 19 January 1942