R.F.A. Bishopdale
X.66
1941
(Spider Navy SN-2-13)
- Class: Dale - 6 fleet tankers of 1937
- Displacement: 17,231 tons full load
- Dimensions: 467.5 (pp) 481.5 (oa) x 61.5 x 27.5 ft
- Machinery: Burmeister & Wain 6cyl diesel engine, 2,700bhp, 1-shaft = 11.5 knots
- Armament: 1-4.7in, 1-12pdr AA, 4-20mm AA
- Complement: 44
- Builder: Lithgows, Port Glasgow
- Laid down:
- Launched: 31 Mar 1937
- Commissioned: 6 Jun 1937
- Decommissioned: 8 Oct 1959
- Notes: Bishopdale was one of six Dale class RFA tankers purchased while building for British Tanker Co. Severely damaged in a kamikaze attack in the Pacific. Repaired and had long postwar service. Although decommissioned in 1959, she was not scrapped until 1970.
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