RFA Bacchus (A404)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 4 June 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 8 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 September 1981 |
| Fate:Returned to owners. | |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement:8173 tons | |
| Length:379ft | |
| Beam:55ft | |
| Draught:22ft | |
| Propulsion:Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 five cyl diesel. | |
| Speed:15 | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 36 |
| Armament:Nil | |
| Aircraft:Nil | |
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RFA Bacchus (A404) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British India SN Co.and operated by the RFA on bareboat charter. Designed to carry Naval stores from UK to overseas Naval bases, she pioneered containerisation with "Chacons", small wooden containers developed at Chatham Dockyard.
Her Sister - Ship RFA "HEBE" caught fire and was a Constructive Total Loss in about 1980.
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