RFA ''Brambleleaf'' (A81) was a small tanker 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 ...

. RFA ''Brambleleaf'' was built by Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees. She was launched as the civilian ''London Loyalty'' for London & Overseas Freighters in 1953 and completed on 8 January 1954. She was a sister ship of built by the same shipyard for LOF the following year. She was bareboat chartered for the RFA in 1959 and renamed RFA ''Brambleleaf''. She was returned to her owners in 1972, who transferred her to their Mayfair Tankers subsidiary and registered her in Liberia as the ''Mayfair Loyalty''. On 9 September 1974 she was laid up at La Spezia, Italy. On 27 February 1976 she was sold for scrap, and demolition began in La Spezia in July of that year.

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* Tankers of the United Kingdom Ships of London and Overseas Freighters Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Leaf-class tankers 1954 ships Ships built on the River Tees {{UK-aux-ship-stub