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| Career (UK) |
 |
| Name: |
RFA Sea Crusader |
| Ordered: |
17 March 1995 |
| Builder: |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan |
| Laid down: |
18 March 1996 |
| Launched: |
7 June 1996 as Celestine |
| Commissioned: |
10 October 1996 and renamed Sea Crusader |
| Decommissioned: |
7 August 2003 |
| Fate: |
Returned to owners in 2003 and name reverted to Celestine |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Sealift |
| Displacement: |
18,031 tonnes full load |
| Length: |
162.49 m (533 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: |
25.2 m (82 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: |
6.52 m (21 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × 7 cyl Kawasaki MAN-B&W diesel engines |
| Speed: |
18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: |
17 |
RFA Sea Crusader (A96) was a fast sealift ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It is described by the RFA as a "Strategic Lift Ro-Ro". It was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan and entered service in 1996. In 1998 the charter was extended to cover until its replacement could be brought into service.
