RFA Broomdale
Appearance
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Broomdale |
Ordered | 1936 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
Laid down | January 1937 |
Launched | 2 September 1937 |
Commissioned | 3 November 1937 |
Decommissioned | 12 April 1959 |
Fate | Arrived at Bruges for scrapping on 2 January 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dale-class fleet tanker |
Displacement | 17,388 tonnes full load |
Length | 483 ft 1 in (147.24 m) |
Beam | 61 ft 8 in (18.80 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) |
Propulsion | Burmeister & Wain 6-cylinder diesels with a single shaft. 490 nhp |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Complement | 44 |
RFA Broomdale (A168) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.