Name RFA Scotol Decommissioned August 1947 Launched 23 June 1916 Draft 5.03 m | Commissioned November 1916 Class and type 1000-ton class tanker Length 67 m | |
Fate Sold, 21 April 1948Wrecked, 12 May 1969 | ||
RFA Scotol was a 1000-ton class tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
The ship was built by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., at Willington Quay, Howdon, Northumberland, and launched on 23 June 1916. First used as a Port Oiler at Dover, and then stationed at Portland until August 1947, the ship was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd (H.L.R. Bell, Managers) Southampton on 21 April 1948 and renamed Hemsley I.
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Fox Cove on 12 May 1969 off Porthcothan, Cornwall, en route from Liverpool to the breakers at Antwerp.
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