RFA Echodale (A170)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Echodale
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down:	8 January 1940
Launched:	29 November 1940
Commissioned:	4 March 1941
Decommissioned:	12 April 1959
Fate:	Arrived at Spezia for scrapping on 20 September 1961
General characteristics
Class & type:	Dale-class fleet tanker
Displacement:	16,798 tonnes full load
Length:	483 ft 4 in (147.32 m)
Beam:	59 ft 4 in (18.08 m)
Draught:	27 ft 6.5 in (8.39 m)
Propulsion:	Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement:	44

RFA Echodale (A170) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

She was decommissioned on 12 April 1959 and was laid up at Devonport Dockyard.

Dale-class oilers

Abbeydale Aldersdale Arndale Bishopdale Boardale Broomdale Cairndale Cedardale Darkdale Denbydale Derwentdale Dewdale Dingledale Dinsdale Eaglesdale Easedale Echodale Ennerdale

List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Empire ships beginning with Empire G

Cargo ships	Empire Gable Empire Gabon Empire Gaffer Empire Gage Empire Gala Empire Galahad¹ Empire Galashiels Empire Galaxy Empire Galbraith Empire Gale Empire Galena Empire Gallant Empire Galleon Empire Gallery Empire Galliard Empire Gallic Empire Gallop Empire Galloper Empire Galveston Empire Galway Empire Gambia Empire Game Empire Gangway Empire Gantock Empire Gantry Empire Ganymede Empire Gareth Empire Garland Empire Garner Empire Garrison Empire Garry Empire Garston Empire Gat² Empire Gatehouse Empire Gatwick Empire Gavel Empire Gazelle² Empire Gemsbuck Empire General Empire Geraint Empire Ghyll³ Empire Gilbert Empire Gillian² Empire Glade Empire Gladstone Empire Glen Empire Glencoe Empire Glory Empire Goodwin Empire Governor Empire Gower³ Empire Grebe Empire Grenfell Empire Grey Empire Grove² Empire Fulmar Empire Guernsey² Empire Guillemot Empire Guinevere Empire Gull Empire Gulliver Empire Gunfleet Empire Gunner

Dredgers and Hopper ships	Empire Grassland

Landing ships	Empire Gaelic Empire Gannet Empire Gauntlet Empire Grebe Empire Guillemot Empire Gull

Ocean liners	Empire Grace⁴

Tankers	Empire Gain Empire Ganges Empire Garden Empire Garnet² Empire Gawain² Empire Garrick Empire Gem Empire Gold Empire Granite Empire Grenadier Empire Grosvenor² Empire Gulf Empire Gypsy²

Tugs	Empire George⁵ Empire Gnome⁵ Empire Goblin⁵ Empire Greta⁵ Empire Griffin

A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–Z

1 Refrigerated cargo ship 2 Coaster 3 Collier 4 Cargo liner 5 Coastal tug

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