RFA Fort Charlotte (A236)

RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History


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) 3,791 NT 8,572 tonnes 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

Launched on 12 February 1944 as SS Buffalo Park a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1944 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. The ship was acquired by the Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Fort Charlotte, a Fort ship. The ship was transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948. Decommissioned in 1967, she was sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968. [1][2] During World War II, 28 were lost to enemy action, and four were lost due to accidents. Many of the surviving 166 ships passed to the United States Maritime Commission. The last recorded scrapping was in 1985,[3][4][5] and two ships, the former Fort St. James and Fort St. Paul, were listed on Lloyd's Register until 1992.[4]

References

"'FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
"The Forts". Angela DeRoy-Jones. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
"FORT SHIPS A – J". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
"FORT SHIPS K – S". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
"FORT SHIPS T – Y". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

Fort ships
Canadian type: Fort Rosalie North Sands type: Fort Abitibi Fort Albany Fort Athabaska Fort Cataraqui Fort Duquesne Fort La Montee Fort Stikine Fort Charlotte Fort Langley
Other	1944 Bombay explosion-Fort Stikine
See also:- Empire ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

Park ships
Canadian type	Albert Park Alexandra Park Champlain Park Cromwell Park Eastwood Park Elgin Park Fairmount Park Frontenac Park Garden Park Gaspesian Park Grafton Park Hampstead Park Highland Park Lakeside Park Lakeview Park SS Montebello Park Noranda Park Outremont Park Portland Park Princeton Park Rupert Park Selkirk Park Seven Oaks Park Simcoe Park Sunalta Park Waverley Park Wellington Park Winona Park
Dominion type	Bell Park Cartier Park Dartmouth Park Lorne Park Maissoneuve Park Sutherland Park Westdale Park Yoho Park (I)
North Sands type	Alder Park Algonquin Park Banff Park Belwoods Park Chippewa Park Dentonia Park Elk Island Park Elm Park Gatineau Park Glacier Park Green Gables Park High Park Hillcrest Park Jasper Park Kawartha Park Kildonan Park Kootenay Park (I) La Salle Park Lafontaine Park Laurentide Park Mount Douglas Park Mount Orford Park Mount Revelstoke Park Mount Robson Park (I) Nemiskan Park Point Pelee Park¹ Point Pleasant Park Port Royal Park Prince Albert Park Rideau Park Riverdale Park Riverview Park Rocky Mountains Park Rondeau Park Rosedale Park Runnymede Park Sibley Park Stanley Park Tweedsmuir Park Westmount Park Whiteshell Park Withrow Park Yamaska Park
Revised type	Argyle Park Ashby Park Baldwin Park Evangeline Park Hamilton Park Mohawk Park (I) Mulgrave Park Rockland Park Shakespeare Park Sunset Park Willow Park
Scandinavian type	Ainslie Park Avondale Park Beresford Park Bloomfield Park Cataraqui Park Chigneto Park Confederation Park Crescent Park Dufferin Park Fawkner Park Kelowna Park Kensington Park Lansdowne Park Liscombe Park Manitou Park Mayfair Park Montmorency Park Oakmount Park Rockcliffe Park Rockwood Park Taber Park Taronga Park Victoria Park Wentworth Park Woodland Park
Tankers	Eglinton Park Millican Park Nipiwan Park Norwood Park Otterburn Park Springbank Park
Victory type	Arlington Beach Park¹ Aspen Park Atwater Park Beaton Park Bowness Park Brentwood Bay Park¹ Bridgeland Park Buffalo Park Clearwater Park¹ Connaught Park Cornish Park Coronation Park Crystal Park Cypress Hills Park¹ Dominion Park Dorval Park Dundurn Park Dunlop Park Earlscourt Park Goldstream Park Green Hill Park Hastings Park Kitsilano Park Kootenay Park (II) Leaside Park Louisbourg Park Mewata Park Mission Park Mohawk Park (II) Montebello Park (II) Moose Mountain Park¹ Mount Bruce Park¹ Mount Maxwell Park¹ Mount Robson Park (II) Mount Royal Park¹ Parkdale Park Queens Park Queensborough Park Quetico Park¹ Richmond Park Salt Lake Park Sapperton Park Seacliff Park Silver Star Park ¹Strathcona Park Sunnyside Park Tecumseh Park Temagami Park Tipperary Park Tobiatic Park Tuxedo Park Wascana Park Westbank Park Westend Park Weston Park Westview Park Whiterock Park Wildewood Park¹ Willowdale Park¹ Windermere Park Winnepegosis Park Yoho Park (II) Lakeside Park
Unclassified	Hector Park Riding Mountain Park¹
Sank or damaged	Jasper Park Point Pleasant Park Avondale Park Taber Park Green Hill Park Yoho Park (I) Queens Park Weston Park Lansdowne Park Dufferin Park Crescent Park Montmorency Park Kensington Park Ainslie Park Wentworth Park Taronga Park Silver Star Park Atwater Park Banff Park Beresford Park Champlain Park Cromwell Park Earlscourt Park Elm Park Elk Island Park Gaspesian Park Kitsilano Park Mount Douglas Park Nipiwan Park Norwood Park Prince Albert Park Simcoe Park Westbank Park Westmount Park Winnepegosis Park
1 Tanker See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Liberty ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

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RFA Fort Charlotte (A236)

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