RFA ''Bayleaf'' (A79) was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name. ''Bayleaf'' was launched by the

Furness Shipbuilding Company The Furness Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding company in Haverton Hill, Stockton on Tees, England. It was established during the First World War and operated from 1917 until 1979. Establishment The yard was initially established as an e ...

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...

. She was launched 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 1954 and completed in 1955. She was a

sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They often share a ...

of RFA ''Brambleleaf'' (A81) built by the same shipyard for LOF the previous year. 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 for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA ''Bayleaf''. She was returned to her owners in 1973, with whom she traded as the ''London Integrity'' again until the end of 1976. On 7 January 1977 she was sold for scrap and on 25 January 1977 she arrived in Burriana in Spain to be broken up.

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* 1954 ships Ships of London and Overseas Freighters Leaf-class tankers Ships built on the River Tees {{UK-aux-ship-stub