RFA Fort Charlotte (A236)

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Career RFA Ensign
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
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RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.