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Career |
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Ordered: |
17 December 1935 |
Laid down: |
14 February 1936 |
Launched: |
15 June 1936 - the 2nd ship to bear this name |
Commissioned: |
20 September 1936 |
Decommissioned: |
13 April 1962. Laid up at Singapore. |
Fate: |
Sold at Singapore 14 August 1962 and renamed PULAU BALI. Beached at Singapore 12 August 1964 prior to demolition. |
Struck: |
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General characteristics |
Displacement: |
6325 tons full load |
Length: |
338'00" |
Beam: |
49'04" |
Draught: |
17'11.5" |
Propulsion: |
1 x 3 cyl triple expansion steam,2000ihp |
Speed: |
12 knots |
Range: |
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Complement: |
49 |
Armament: |
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Aircraft: |
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Motto: |
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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 the British Pacific Fleet Train 1945. Took part in Operation Musketeer (Suez) in 1956.