RFA Dewdale (A151) was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Dewdale |
| Builder | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down | 1939 |
| Launched | 17 February 1941 |
| Commissioned | 14 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 6 May 1959 |
| Fate | Arrived Antwerp for scrapping, 23 December 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dale-class fleet tanker |
| Displacement | 16,782 long tons (17,051 t) |
| Length | 483 ft (147 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft 6 in (18.14 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 8-cylinder B&W diesel, 502 nhp, 1 shaft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 70 |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | |
Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. Her landing craft were in the first assault waves during the North African landings in 1943. Credited with shooting down two Ju 88s at Bougie, she was later damaged by bombing at Algiers and returned to UK for repairs in October 1944. Later in the war she served in the eastern Mediterranean and with the Eastern Fleet during the Malaya Landings.
Reconverted to a tanker at Portsmouth by March 1947, she resumed freighting duties before being sold to Netransmar Cie. SA for scrap in 1959.
References
edit- Captain E.E. Sigwart (1969). Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Adlard Coles. ISBN 978-0-229-98581-4.
- Adams/Smith (2005). The Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-259-7.
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