RFA Derwentdale (A114)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 14 November 1939 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1941 - the first ship to bear this name |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 May 1959. Laid up at Rosyth. |
| Fate: | Sold commercially December 1959 and renamed IRVINGDALE 1. Arrived Ferol, Spain for demolition 23 July 1966 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16782 tons full load |
| Length: | 483'00" |
| Beam: | 59'06" |
| Draught: | 27'06.25" |
| Propulsion: | 1 x 6 cyl B & W diesel. 502 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 44 |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | Nil |
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RFA Derwentdale (A114) was a fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. She was present at the landings in Madagascar, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. She was damaged by bombing at Salerno and towed to UK via Malta to be re-engined with engines from the Denbydale. Returned to service as a tanker in 1946, her extra accommodation was used for passengers whilst freighting oil on the Trinidad to UK run.
[edit] References
Captain E.E. Sigwart (1969). Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Adlard Coles. ISBN 229-98581-5.
Adams/Smith (2005). The Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 10:1861762593.
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