RFA Echodale (A170)
RFA Echodale (A170) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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| History | |
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| Name: | RFA Echodale |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Laid down: | 8 January 1940 |
| Launched: | 29 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 4 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 April 1959 |
| Fate: | Arrived at Spezia for scrapping on 20 September 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dale-class fleet tanker |
| Displacement: | 16,798 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 483 ft 4 in (147.32 m) |
| Beam: | 59 ft 4 in (18.08 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft 6.5 in (8.39 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 |
She was decommissioned on 12 April 1959 and was laid up at Devonport Dockyard.[1]
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