OVERVIEW: The APPLELEAF class tanker is a diesel-powered support tanker (AOS).

DETAILS: The APPLELEAF class support tanker is designed to bulk transport fuel between distribution centers, the replenishment of front-line fleet tankers and directly support naval warships. For RAS, APPLELEAF class ships have an amidships derrick allowing a single vessel on either beam and a single point for a vessel astern.

Specifications:

Displacement: 40,200 tons (full load)
Speed: 15.5 knts
Engineering: 1 shaft, 2 diesel engines
Range:
Complement: 60
In Commission: 1979-?
Completed: 4

NOTES: Units in class: APPLELEAF (A 79), BRAMBLELEAF (A 81), BAYLEAF (A 109), ORANGELEAF (A 110). The class is unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class. The APPLELEAF was transfered to Australia as the HMAS Westralia.


SOURCES: Moore, John Evelyn. Jane's Fighting Ships 1987-88. London: Jane's Pub, 1987, pg. 680 ; Leaf-class tanker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved May 4, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf-class_tanker