RFA Arndale (A133)

Career (UK)
Name: RFA Arndale
Ordered: 1936
Builder: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd
Laid down: January 1937
Launched: 5 August 1937
Commissioned: 28 September 1937
Decommissioned: 12 August 1959
Fate: Arrived at Willebroek, Belgium for scrapping on 12 April 1960
General characteristics
Class and type:Dale-class fleet tanker
Displacement:17,210 tonnes full load
Length:481 ft 7 in (146.79 m)
Beam:61 ft 11 in (18.87 m)
Draught:27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion:1 x 4 cyl Droxford diesel engine with a single shaft. 687 nhp.
Speed:11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement:44

RFA Arndale (A133) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, originally one of six ships ordered by the British Tanker Co which were purchased on the stocks by the Admiralty.

She was decommissioned on 12 August 1959 and was laid up at Rosyth.