RFA Broomdale (A168)

History
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 & 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.


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