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TV Sir Tristram (L3505) formerly RFA Sir Tristram, is a Round Table-class landing ship logistics that was converted to a Special Forces Training Vessel in 2008. [1] She was launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967.
The Round Table class was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy in 1941–1942. [1] The class were built by two Aberdeen shipbuilding firms Hall, Russell & Company and J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. [2] All were built to a 1936 design, the Star of Orkney, [3] by Hall, Russell & Co but were commissioned as minesweepers. [4]
One vessel, Sir Galahad, was lost during the Falklands War, while another, Sir Tristram, was badly damaged. The former was replaced by a new, 8,861 GT vessel of the same name, while the latter was rebuilt and returned to service. All of the vessels in this class were replaced by the Bay class, [6] [7] with Sir Bedivere the last to leave service ...
Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan), also known as Tristram, Tristyn or Tristain and similar names, is the folk hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. [1] In the legend, his objective is escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed Tristan's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall .
Sir Tristram (7 April 1971 – 21 May 1997) [1] was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who stood at stud in New Zealand, where he sired an extraordinary 45 Group One winners, including three Melbourne Cup winners. His progeny earned him 17 official Leading Australasian sire premierships, plus nine broodmare sire titles.
The Round Table-class landing ship logistics were a class of six ships, all of which would be named after Knights of the Round Table. RFA Sir Percivale. RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) RFA Sir Galahad (1966) (L3005) RFA Sir Geraint (L3027) RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) RFA Sir Tristram (L3505) (as of 2024, used as static special forces training vessel)
Thomas Malory's The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones is the only other medieval handling of the Tristan legend in English. Malory provided a shortened translation of the French Prose Tristan and included it in his Arthurian romance compilation Le Morte d'Arthur. In Malory's version, Tristram is the son of the King of Lyonesse.
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The Story of the Champions of the Round Table is a 1905 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle . The book consists of many Arthurian legends, including those concerning of the young Sir Launcelot , Sir Tristram , and Sir Percival .