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Name	RFA Ennerdale
Operator	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Builder	Kieler Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
Yard number	1132
Launched	30 August 1963 (as Naess Scotsman)
Acquired	July 1967
In service	February 1968
Out of service	June 1970
Identification	IMO number: 305869; Pennant number: A213;
Fate	Wrecked and sunk 1 June 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Dale-class mobile bulk tanker
Tonnage	29,189 GRT; 18,066 NRT; 49,209 DWT;
Displacement	62,000 long tons
Length	710 ft 0 in (216.41 m)
Beam	98 ft 7 in (30.05 m)
Draught	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth	51 ft 10 in (15.80 m)
Installed power	16,800 brake horsepower (12,500 kW)
Propulsion	1 x Krupp/B&W 8-cylinder diesel; 1 x shaft;
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	51
Notes

RFA Ennerdale (A213) was a Dale-class Mobile Bulk Tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. She was on a long-term charter from 1967 to support the Royal Navy east of Suez. Ennerdale had no replenishment at sea (RAS) equipment and was later classed as a Mobile Reserve Tanker.^[2]

Construction

Ennerdale was built at Kieler Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany, as Naess Scotsman for the Anglo-Norness Shipping Co Ltd, which was managed by Naess, Denholm & Co Ltd, London. She was launched on 31 August and completed later in 1963.^[3]

The bridge, accommodation and machinery were situated aft, and she needed to undergo a refit to enable her to receive rigs from fleet tankers in RFA service, therefore she was fitted with an astern fuelling rig and an abeam reception facility. In October 1967 she arrived on Tyneside for the modifications by Vickers Ltd Shipbuilding Group, Hebburn, and was renamed Ennerdale.^[1]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b "RFA Ennerdale - Historical RFA". historicalrfa.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b Puddefoot 2009, p. 193.
^ Puddefoot 2009, p. 194.

Bibliography

Puddefoot, Geoff (2009). The Fourth Force The Untold Story of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary since 1945. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-046-8.