RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) was a landing ship logistics (LSL) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, later in service with the Brazilian Navy as the NDCC Garcia D'Avila.
Construction and design
Sir Galahad was ordered on 6 September 1984 to a design by the shipbuilder Swan Hunter, as a replacement for the landing ship of the same name that had been sunk in the 1982 Falklands War. The ship was laid down at Swan Hunter's Wallsend shipyard on 12 July 1985, was launched on 13 December 1986 and completed on 19 July 1987, entering service on 7 December that year.
The ship was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of at full load and light. Displacement was light and full load. The ship was powered by two Mirrlees Blackstone K9 Major diesel engines, rated at a total of which drove two propeller shafts, giving a speed of . The ship had a range of . On 20 July 2006, the ship sailed from Marchwood to Portsmouth, to be decommissioned.
She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Navio de Desembarque de Carros de Combate (NDCC) Garcia D'Avila on 4 December 2007.
In Brazilian service, she was responsible for transporting vehicles and supplies to Port-au-Prince in support of United Nations peacekeepers deployed in Haiti during MINUSTAH.
In June 2019 it was announced than the ship will be decommissioned on 29 October 2019.
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Image:US_Navy_030328-N-3783H-279_The_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary,_Landing_Ship_Logistic_RFA_Sir_Galahad_(L_3005)_arrives_in_the_Iraqi_port_city_of_Umm_Qsar.jpg|RFA Sir Galahad arrives in the Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr on 28 March 2003
Image:RFA Sir Galahad 2003.jpg|RFA Sir Galahad in Umm Qasr, delivering the first shipment of humanitarian aid from Coalition forces.
Image:RFA Sir Galahad L3005.jpg|RFA Sir Galahad in 2003.
Image:NDCC Garcia D'Avila (G-29).jpg|Ex RFA Sir Galahad (G-29) in 2007.
Image:Garcia D'Avila in Port-au-Prince.jpg|NDCC Garcia D'Ávila unloading an APC during MINUSTAH in Port-au-Prince, 2013.
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