RFA Fort Langley
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Fort Langley |
Builder | Victoria MD |
Launched | 31 October 1944, as Montebello Park |
Completed | 18 May 1945, as Fort Langley |
Decommissioned | February 1970 |
Stricken | 1970 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m) |
Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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RFA Fort Langley (A230) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
The ship was launched on 31 October 1944 as Montebello Park by Victoria MD in
Alfred Holt and Company. Transferred to the RFA in May 1954, she was decommissioned in February 1970, and laid up at Devonport. Fort Langley arrived at Bilbao for scrapping on 21 July 1970.[1]
Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the
References
- ^ "RFA Fort Langley". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "'FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "The Forts". Angela DeRoy-Jones. Retrieved 13 August 2014.