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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
17 December 1935 |
| Laid down: |
14 February 1936 |
| Launched: |
20 September 1936 |
| Commissioned: |
28 September 1936 |
| Decommissioned: |
13 April 1962 |
| Fate: |
Sold at Singapore |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
6325 tons |
| Length: |
338 ft |
| Beam: |
49 ft |
| Draught: |
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| Propulsion: |
Steam -triple expansion,2000ihp |
| Speed: |
12 |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
49 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
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RFA Bacchus (A103) was a stores freighter and distilling ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee. Converted to stores issuing ship 1942 and reconverted to freighter 1946. Attached to British Pacific Fleet Train 1945.Took part in Operation Musketeer (Suez)1956.
