RFA Bacchus (A404)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | from Henry Robb, Leith, by British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd (later P & O)and chartered to MOD (D of S) on long term bearboat charter |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1961 |
| Launched: | 4 June 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 8 November 1962- the 3rd ship to bear this name |
| Decommissioned: | 8 September 1981 |
| Fate: | Returned to owners 1 October 1981. Renamed CHERRY LANKA on 6 November 1981. Arrived Gadani Beach for demolition prior to 31 December 1985 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,173 tons |
| Tonnage: | 4,823 GRT |
| Length: | 379' 03" |
| Beam: | 55' 02" |
| Draught: | 22' 01" |
| Propulsion: | Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 5-cyl diesel engine, 5,500bhp |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Range: | 630 tons fuel oil, 18 tons per day max |
| Complement: | 36, accommodation for 54 |
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RFA Bacchus (A404) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British India Steam Navigation Company 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 1978.
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