RFA Dewdale (A129)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	MV Edenfield
United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Dewdale
Operator:	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Acquired:	July 1967
Decommissioned:	1977
United Kingdom
General characteristics
Tonnage:	21,542 long tons (21,888 t) (net) 35,805 long tons (36,380 t) (gross) 63,588 long tons (64,608 t) (deadweight)
Length:	747 feet (228 m) PP 774.5 feet (236.1 m) LOA
Beam:	107.8 feet (32.9 m)
Draught:	41.5 feet (12.6 m)
Installed power:	17,000 brake horsepower (13,000 kW)
Propulsion:	B&W 9 cylinder diesels driving one shaft
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	51
Notes:	^[1]

RFA Dewdale (A129) was a mobile bulk tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

References

↑ Moore, John, ed. (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 362. ISBN 0354005065. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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