RFA Sir Bedivere SLEP version by CNCollectables.

Here is a new and highly detailed model of the ship RFA Sir Bedivere SLEP  (modernised)version. L3004. She was commissioned in 1967 and saw extensive service in many naval operations since. Her home port was Marchwood.  In 1982 at Ascension she picked up the sappers of 11 Field Squadron Royal Engineers.She suffered slight damage whilst lying in San Carlos Water when a Skyhawk dropped a bomb that glanced off the ship.  In 1994, the ship was modernised in a service life extension programme to give it an extra 15 years. The ship was lengthened by 12 m, had superstructure altered, new engines  and the ship’s bow thrusters were improved.  This model is of the modernised version. SLEP. After returning to service in 1998, the ship was sent to Sierra Leone in 2000, and in 2002 the Mediterranean and was diverted to the Persian Gulf  accompanied by four British minesweepers. The ship returned to the U.K. in May 2003, carrying the boats and men of 539 Assault Squadron RM.  In  2008, she was sold to Brazil, joining her sister ship Sir Galahad (XAS 003). She was handed over in 2009, after a major refit in Falmouth. She was renamed NDCC Almirante Saboia (G-25).  Thanks to Wikipedia for info. The model is made of resin and metal, released  July 2020. ref N05.

Original price was: £34.95.Current price is: £29.95.

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