History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Ennerdale |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Laid down | 1939 |
Launched | 27 January 1941 |
Commissioned | 11 July 1941 |
Decommissioned | March 1958 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, broken up 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 × triple expansion steam engine, 1 shaft |
Speed | 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Complement | 44 |
RFA Ennerdale (A173) was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. Took part in the North African, Italian, and Far East landings.
In August 1943, Captain S.T. Dunster was awarded the OBE. The citation read:
In December 1945 she was damaged by a mine at Port Swettenham and returned to UK for repair. After the war she resumed freighting duties as a tanker.
Ennerdale was sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation for scrapping and broken up 1959–60.