RFA Fort Dunvegan

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Fort Dunvegan
Launched	28 February 1944
Acquired	Transferred to the RFA on 19 March 1951
Commissioned	14 April 1944
Decommissioned	1968
Fate	Scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1968
General characteristics
Class and type	Fort class stores ship
Displacement	7243 grt, 4062 nrt, 6,711 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught	26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m)
Propulsion	3 cyl triple expansion steam; 2,500 ihp (1,860 kW); One shaft.;
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Range	11,400 nautical miles (21,110 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	115
Armament	During the Second World War:; 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) gun; 8 × 20 mm A.A. guns;

RFA Fort Dunvegan (A160) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]

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