RFA Arndale (A133)
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Career (UK) |
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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.