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

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