| RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | RFA Fort Charlotte |
| Launched: | 12 February 1944, as Buffalo Park |
| Acquired: | 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 11 June 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1967 |
| Renamed: | Fort Charlotte, 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, January 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: |
7,201 gross register tons (GRT) Net tonnage (NT) of 3,791 8,572 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam: | 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range: | 11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 115 |
| Armament: |
World War II : • 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun • 8 × 20 mm AA guns |
RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Launched on 12 February 1944 as Buffalo Park, the ship was acquired by the Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Fort Charlotte. The ship was transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948. Decommissioned in 1967, she was sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968.
See also[]
- RFA Fort Langley (A230)
- RFA Fort Duquesne (A229)
- RFA Fort Rosalie (A186)
- Fort Cataraqui (ship)
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