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词条 RFA Empire Gull (L3513)
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}}{{Infobox ship career		Hide header=Ship country=Ship flag=Ship name=*LST 3523 (1944–47)
  • HMS Trouncer (1947–56)
  • SS Empire Gull (1956–70)
  • RFA Empire Gull (1970–80)
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  • Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Ltd (1956-61)
  • British-India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (1961-70)
  • {{navy|United Kingdom|RFA}} (1970–80)
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RFA Empire Gull (L3513) was a landing ship, tank of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was familiarly known as the "Black Pig"{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} and was one of the last serving British LSTs. She was built as LST 3523, one of the Empire Ships, and later commissioned as HMS Trouncer.[1] During the Suez Crisis she was pressed into Government service as SS Empire Gull. In 1970 she was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Empire Gull, serving for ten years before being scrapped.

History

LST 3523 was built by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Lauzon, Quebec, launched on 9 July 1945,[2] and completed in October 1945.[3] In 1947 she was commissioned as HMS Trouncer.

After spending some time mothballed on the River Clyde, she was pressed into service as SS Empire Gull during the Suez Crisis of 1956. She was operated under the management of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company until 1961, when management passed to the British-India Steam Navigation Company. In 1970, she was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and was renamed RFA Empire Gull,[4] and allocated pennant number L3513. She served in the Mediterranean and later between Marchwood and Antwerp[4] and also between Liverpool and Belfast. She was scrapped in Santander, Spain in 1980.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://rfaaplymouth.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=180|title=Landing Ship Gantry/ Tank|publisher=RFA ASSOCIATION, Plymouth and District Branch|quote=RFA Empire Gull. L3513 (Ex LST 3523, Ex HMS Trouncer). RFA Service from 1970 - 1978|accessdate=9 April 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727215300/http://rfaaplymouth.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=180|archivedate=27 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.lutonmodelboat.co.uk/history_lst.html |title=LST (Landing Ship Tank/Troop) |publisher=Luton Model Boat |accessdate=26 February 2009}}
3. ^{{cite book |author1=Mitchell, W. H. |author2=Sawyer, L. A. |lastauthoramp=yes |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=360 |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |location=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://rfaaplymouth.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1243|title=RFA Empire Gull 1970 - 1978.|publisher=RFA ASSOCIATION, Plymouth and District Branch|quote=GRT 4258 ... Marchwood -Antwerp/Zeebrugge runs|accessdate=9 April 2010}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003104706/http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_HTM/LST_3523.htm Colour photo of RFA Empire Gull]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727215300/http://rfaaplymouth.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=180 Landing Ship Gantry/ Tank] (4 images)
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