Three ships of the
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported by ...
have borne the name RFA ''Bayleaf'':
*
RFA ''Bayleaf'' was an oiler, previously the civilian vessel ''Cevic''. She was bought in 1914 and used as a dummy vessel to imitate the
battlecruiser
The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attr ...
. In 1915 she was converted to an oiler and renamed RFA ''Bayol'', . She was renamed ''Bayleaf'' in 1917 and sold to
Royal Dutch Shell
Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ...
in 1920.
* was an
tanker, built as the civilian ''London Integrity'' for
London & Overseas Freighters
London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. (LOF) was an ocean-going merchant shipping company that for most of its history was based in the United Kingdom.
Counties Ship Management
In 1920 Manuel Kulukundis from the Aegean Sea, Aegean island of Kasos a ...
in 1955. She was
bareboat charter
A bareboat charter or demise charter is an arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a ship or boat, whereby no crew or provisions are included as part of the agreement; instead, the people who rent the vessel from the owner are responsible f ...
ed in 1959 and returned to her owners in 1973.
* is a Leaf-class tanker chartered in 1982 and decommissioned in 2011.
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names