RFA Abadol
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RFA Abadol was a tanker in the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary
She was built in Glasgow as the Elder liner Montezuma by Alexander Stephens and Sons Ltd in 1899. She was converted to a dummy battleship mimicking HMS Iron Duke in 1914. She later became the tanker Abadol in 1915. In February 1917 she was renamed Oakleaf. She was lost five months later when on July 25 1917 she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-41 64 miles NW1/4W from the Butt of Lewis.
[edit] Characteristics
- displacement: 7,345 tons gross.
- Length: 485 feet
- beam; 59 feet
- Propulsion: steam, capable of 13 knots
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