1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

The 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter was a class of oil fuel lighters built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1940 and 1946.^[1]

Design

The lighters were 186 feet (57 m) in length and 36 feet (11 m) beam and cost about £38,940 each to build.^[2][3]

Oil fuel lighters

• OFL 1201, Rocklea, built by Evans Deakin and Company, Brisbane
• OFL 1202, built by Mort's Dock
• OFL 1203, built by Mort's Dock
• OFL 1204, built by Poole and Steel, sunk for target practice in October 1985.
• OFL 1205
• OFL 1206, built at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard, was completed on 12 October 1945, and was sold into mercantile service in 1968. Sunk as a target in 1993, to form part of an artificial reef.
• OFL 1207, built at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard, was completed on 15 February 1946, and was still in service in the late 1980s.
• OFL 1208, Karpoint, built by Evans Deakin and Company, Brisbane

References

1. Wilson, Michael; Australia. Navy Office. Naval Historical Records Section; Australia. Navy Office. Public Affairs (1994) (in English), Profile No. 4, Royal Australian Navy 21st century warships, Topmill, Marrickville, N.S.W, ISBN 0-646-22841-2
2. "Oil Fuel Lighter for Navy, £38,940 Contract Let". The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 19 January 1940, p.13. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
3. "Tender for Lighter, Largest in Commonwealth, Brisbane firm successful.". Cairns Post, Saturday 20 January 1940, p.13. Retrieved 22 December 2011.