Name RFA Derwentdale Laid down 14 November 1939 Commissioned 30 August 1941 Construction started 14 November 1939 Length 147 m Builder Harland and Wolff | Yard number 1052 Completed 30 August 1941 Decommissioned 19 May 1959 Launched 12 April 1941 Draft 8.39 m | |
RFA Derwentdale (A114) was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War.
She was taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. She was present at the landings in Madagascar, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. She was damaged by bombing at Salerno and towed to the UK via Malta to be re-engined with engines from the Denbydale. She returned to service as a tanker in 1946, her extra accommodation was used for passengers whilst freighting oil on the Trinidad to UK run. She was decommissioned on 19 May 1959 and was laid up at Rosyth.
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