1941 Dale-class replenishment oiler for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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| History |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Name | RFA Echodale |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Laid down | 8 January 1940 |
| Launched | 29 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 4 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 12 April 1959 |
| Fate | Arrived at Spezia for scrapping on 20 September 1961 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Dale-class fleet tanker |
| Displacement | 17,000 tons full load |
| Length | 483 ft 4 in (147.32 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft 4 in (18.08 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 6.5 in (8.39 m) |
| Propulsion | Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 44 |
RFA Echodale (A170) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
She was decommissioned on 12 April 1959 and was laid up at Devonport Dockyard.[1]
References
- ^ "Echodale". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
