RFA Fort Charlotte (A236)
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Career | |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | |
Launched: | 12 February 1944 named BUFFALO PARK |
Commissioned: | 5 April 1944.Acquired by MoWT in 1945 and renamed FORT CHARLOTTE. Transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948 |
Decommissioned: | 1967 |
Fate: | Sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968 |
Struck: | 1968 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 7201 grt, 3791 nrt,8572 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) |
Length: | 441 ft 06 in |
Beam: | 57 ft 02 in |
Draught: | 26'11.5" |
Propulsion: | 3 cyl triple expansion steam. 2,500 ihp (1860 kW). One shaft. |
Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Range: | 11,400 nautical miles (21,110 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h). |
Complement: | 115 |
Armament: | 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) gun and 8 x 20 mm A.A. guns in WW2 |
Aircraft: | Nil |
Motto: |
RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.