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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
11 December 1939 |
| Launched: |
27 March 1941 |
| Commissioned: |
10 September 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
10 May 1959. Laid up at Devonport. |
| Fate: |
Sold commercially 9 December 1959 and renamed ROYAUMONT. Arrived Santander for demolition 23 January 1967 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
16836 tons full load |
| Length: |
479' 05" |
| Beam: |
61' 02" |
| Draught: |
27' 00" |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 8 cyl B & W diesel. 502 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed: |
11.5 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
44 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Nil |
| Motto: |
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RFA Dingledale (A144) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. First based at Gibraltar and served as escort oiler on several Malta Convoys. On Operation Pedestal, together with Brown Ranger, she fuelled one cruiser and 24 destroyers in 14 hours. Narrowly escaping damage during a severe air raid in Bone in December 1942, she survived to join the Pacific Fleet Train and was present for the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. After the war she carried out routine freighting duties.
