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