RFA Bacchus (A404) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. She was the third ship to bear this name.
.png) RFA Bacchus
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Bacchus |
| Namesake | Bacchus |
| Builder | Henry Robb, Leith |
| Laid down | 18 April 1961 |
| Launched | 4 June 1962 |
| In service | 8 November 1962 |
| Out of service | 8 September 1981 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 4,823 gross register tons (GRT)[1] |
| Displacement | 2,740 long tons (2,780 t) (light), 7,958 long tons (8,086 t) (full load)[1] |
| Length | 350 feet (110 m) pp, 350 feet (110 m) overall[1] |
| Beam | 55 feet (17 m)[1] |
| Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m) max[1] |
| Propulsion | Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 5-cylinder diesel engine on one shaft, 5,500 bhp (4,101 kW)[1] |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
| Range | 720 tons fuel oil[1] |
| Complement | 57[1] |
Built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British-India Steam Navigation Company (later P & O) and operated by the RFA on a long-term bareboat charter. She was designed to carry naval stores from UK to overseas Naval bases, she pioneered containerisation with "Chacons", small wooden containers developed at Chatham Dockyard.[2]
Bacchus was returned to her owners on 1 October 1981, and renamed Cherry Lanka on 6 November 1981. She scrapped at Gadani Beach on 31 December 1985.[3]
Her sister-ship, RFA Hebe (A406) caught fire and was a constructive total loss in 1978 in Gibraltar.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Moore, John E, ed. (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 364. ISBN 0354005065.
- ^ "RFA Bacchus - Historical RFA". historicalrfa.org. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Bacchus (5033454)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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