RFA War Pathan (X84)

Career
Name: RFA War Pathan
Builder: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Launched: 19 March 1919
Commissioned: 1923
Decommissioned: 16 October 1947
Fate: Sold, 1947
Scrapped, 1950
General characteristics
Type:War-class tanker
Displacement:5,581 long tons (5,671 t)
Length:400 ft (120 m)

RFA War Pathan (X84) was a War-class tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]

The ship was built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. at their Deptford Yard in Sunderland, and launched on 19 March 1919.[2]

Originally managed by Andrew Weir Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd. in 1923 it was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and served throughout World War II.[2]

The ship was sold as a merchant vessel on 16 October 1947 to Bulk Storage Co. (P.Bauer), London and renamed Basing Bank,[2] in 1948 to Basinghall Shipping Co., London, and was scrapped in 1950 at Antwerp.

References

  1. "War Class". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "RFA War Pathan". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.