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RFA Dingledale (A144)
Rfa Dingledale FL24903
Career (UK) RFA Ensign
Name: RFA Dingledale
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Govan
Laid down: 11 December 1939
Launched: 27 March 1941
Commissioned: 10 September 1941
Decommissioned: 10 May 1959
Fate: Sold into civilian service on 9 December 1959 as Royaumont
Arrived at Santander for scrapping on 23 January 1967
General characteristics
Class & type: Dale-class fleet tanker
Displacement: 16,836 tons full load
Length: 479 ft 5 in (146.13 m)
Beam: 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m)
Draught: 27 ft (8.23 m)
Propulsion: Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement: 44

RFA Dingledale (A144) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

She was first based at Gibraltar and served as escort oiler on several Malta Convoys. During Operation Pedestal, together with RFA Brown Ranger, she fuelled one cruiser and 24 destroyers in 14 hours. Narrowly escaping damage during a severe air raid in Bône in December 1942, she survived to join the Pacific Fleet Train and was present for the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. After the war she carried out routine freighting duties. She was decommissioned on 10 May 1959 and was laid up at Devonport.

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