Round Table-class landing ship logistics

The Round Table class, also known as the Sir Lancelot class, was a British class of six landing ships logistics designed to support the main amphibious warfare ships, and every ship was named after a Knight of the Round Table. They replaced the Second World War Mark 8 landing craft tank, with roll-on roll-off bow and stern doors, ramps to upper and lower vehicle decks, helicopter decks, and a shallow draught that let them beach and unload troops and equipment directly. The first ship, Sir Lancelot, came from Fairfield at Govan in 1963, Sir Galahad and Sir Geraint from Alexander Stephen at Linthouse, and Sir Bedivere and Sir Tristram from Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn. The last, Sir Percivale, was launched in October 1967 and is credited to Swan Hunter, though sources differ on whether the yard was at Wallsend or at Hebburn, where Hawthorn Leslie's yard stood. The ships were managed by British India Steam Navigation for the Army until the Royal Fleet Auxiliary took them over in 1970. Sir Galahad was lost in the Falklands War, and the Bay class replaced them, with Sir Bedivere the last to leave service in 2008. This entry covers the class as a whole, with Swan Hunter as the make of Sir Percivale.