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Name: SIR TRISTRAM
Type: Landing Ship Logistics
Launched: 12/12/1966
Completed: 09/1967
Builder: Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 761
Dimensions: 2404dwt, 4473grt, 2179nrt, 111.64 x 17.68 x 7.93metres;
(1985: 2443dwt, 6824grt, 134.9metres)
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 10cyl (19 x 27ins), 9400bhp
Engines by: Mirrlees National Ltd, Stockport
Propulsion: 2 x Screws; 17.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 334639
History:
09/1967 Ministry of Transport (British-India Steam Navigation Co, managers), London
1970 Secretary of State for Defence, London
No later history known
Comments: Allocated pennant number L3505
05/1967: Built for Army service
1970: Transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
08/06/1982: Damaged by bombs from Argentinian aircraft at Bluff Cove, Falklands
1982 - 1984: Used as an accommodation ship at Port Stanley
1984 - 1985: Rebuilt & lengthened by Tyne Shiprepairers Ltd at Wallsend
17/12/2005: Decommissioned & used for occasional training facility


Above photo, dated 09/1967, is copyright of Graeme Turner

Above photo is copyright of Alex Wood

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above: Returning to the UK on a heavy lift ship. Photo is copyright of Kenneth Ian Griffiths

Above: Leaving the Tees for rebuilding at Tyne Shiprepair. Photo is copyright of Michael Green

Above: Leaving the Tyne 18/06/1988. Photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above: Back on the Tyne at TDE/Middle Dock. Photo is copyright of the Webmaster

Above: Decommissioned at Portland. Photo is courtesy of Photoship