NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

Navio de Desembarque de Carros de Combate NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25). (Photo: John D Durrant)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

Navio de Desembarque de Carros de Combate NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25). (Photo: Marinha do Brasil)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

Navio de Desembarque de Carros de Combate (NDCC) Almirante Sabóia (G25). (Photo: Marinha do Brasil)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

Brazilian Navy NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25) at San Juan, PR. (Photo: Angel Moreno)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

Brazilian Navy NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25) alongside Queen's Wharf, Falmouth, April 2009. This vessel was originally the British Round Table Class LSL RFA Sir Bedivere (pennant L3004, callsign GSRE), built between 1965 and 1967 by Hawthorn Leslie and extensively updated to 7700 tonnes displacement between 1994 and 1998 at Rosyth. Due to decommission in 2011, she was sold 3 years early to the Marinha do Brasil. (Photo: dyvroeth)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25) Ex-(Royal Fleet Auxiliary )RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004) was a Landing Ship Logistic of the Round Table class. She saw service in the Falklands War, the Persian Gulf and Sierra Leone. In 2009 she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy. (Photo: Erik Azevedo)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25)

NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G25) ex-RFA Sir Bedivere - L 3004 (UK), Type/class: Sir Bedivere class - landing ship logistic, Built by: R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, in Hebburn (UK) in 1966. (Photo: Rogério Cordeiro)