RFA Fort Langley

History
Royal Fleet Auxiilary EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Fort Langley
BuilderVictoria MD, Victoria
Launched31 October 1944, as Montebello Park
Completed18 May 1945, as Fort Langley
DecommissionedFebruary 1970
Stricken1970
FateSold for scrapping, 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement115
Armament
  • World War II :
  • 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun
  • 8 × 20 mm AA guns

RFA Fort Langley (A230) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The ship was launched on 31 October 1944 as Montebello Park by Victoria MD in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was completed on 18 May 1945 as Fort Langley for the Ministry of War Transport as an Air stores issuing ship under the management of Alfred Holt and Company. Transferred to the RFA in May 1954, she was decommissioned in February 1970, and laid up at Devonport. Fort Langley arrived at Bilbao for scrapping on 21 July 1970.[1]

Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships. All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland, England. Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "RFA Fort Langley". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "'FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. ^ "The Forts". Angela DeRoy-Jones. Retrieved 13 August 2014.


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