| Name: | SIR BEDIVERE |
| Type: | Landing Ship Logistics |
| Launched: | 20/07/1966 |
| Completed: | 05/1967 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 760 |
| Dimensions: | 4473grt, 2179nrt, 2443dwt, 111.64 x 17.68 x 7.93metres; |
| (1998: 7729grt, 2318nrt, 2443dwt, 123.98 x 17.68 x 7.93metres) | |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 10cyl (483 x 686mm), 9400bhp; |
| (1998: 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 12cyl (280 x 300mm), 9788bhp) | |
| Engines by: | Mirrlees National Ltd, Stockport; (1998: Stork-Wartsila) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws + bow thruster (fwd), 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 309987 |
| History: | |
| 05/1967 | Ministry of Transport (British-India Steam Navigation Co, managers), London |
| 1970 | Secretary of State for Defence, London |
| 2009 | Government of Brazil; renamed ALMIRANTE SABOIA |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Allocated pennant number L3004 |
| 05/1967: Built for Army service | |
| 1970: Transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary | |
| 1998: Modernised with new engines, modified superstrucure & lengthened by 12.0metres | |
| Modernisation carried out by Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd at Rosyth | |
| 2012: Still in service |
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