RFA Fort Dunvegan (A160)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Fort Dunvegan
Launched:	28 February 1944
Acquired:	Transferred to the RFA on 19 March 1951
Commissioned:	14 April 1944
Decommissioned:	1968
Fate:	Scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1968
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fort class stores ship
Displacement:	7243 grt, 4062 nrt, 6,711 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length:	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam:	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught:	26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m)
Propulsion:	3 cyl triple expansion steam 2,500 ihp (1,860 kW) One shaft.
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h)
Range:	11,400 nautical miles (21,110 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	115
Armament:	During the Second World War: 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) gun 8 × 20 mm A.A. guns

RFA Fort Dunvegan (A160) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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