The ship was originally built for army service, and was taken over by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970. Round Table class ships were exclusively crewed by Hong Kong Chinese sailors from their introduction in 1963 until 1989, when Sir Lancelot was the last RFA to be crewed in this way.[1] Like all of her class, Sir Geraint was named after a Knight of the Round Table.
She was commissioned in 1967 and saw extensive service in many of Britain's naval operations since. Her home port was Marchwood.[2]
In Operation Palliser, the ship was sent to Sierra Leone in 2000 when the U.K. intervened there.
11 September 1978 the Sir Geraint sailed from Alexandra dock, Liverpool en route to Belfast, carrying 13 platoon, Somme company, 1st Battalion Kings Own Royal Border Regiment; a detachment from the RAF and another detachment (unit not disclosed).[citation needed]
Decommissioning
Sir Geraint was listed for disposal in May 2003 and was reported broken up in India on 12 December 2005.[3]
References
↑Puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950 pp. 69-70. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN978-1-848-32074-1.
↑"RFA Geraint". RFA Historical Society. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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