RFA Eaglesdale (A104)

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Career RFA Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 18 November 1941 as EMPIRE METAL
Commissioned: 9 January 1942 as EAGLESDALE
Decommissioned: 21 July 1958. Laid up on the River Tyne.
Fate: Reportedly sold commercially in November 1959 and renamed N. TISAR. Arrived Hamburg for demolition 29 November 1959
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement: 16820 tons full load
Length: 479'00"
Beam: 61'02"
Draught: 27'01"
Propulsion: 3 cyl Triple expansion steam. 674 nhp. One shaft.
Speed: 11.5 knots
Range:
Complement: 44
Armament:
Aircraft: Nil
Motto:

RFA Eaglesdale (A104) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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