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RFA Scotol

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History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Scotol
BuilderTyne Iron Ship Building Company, Howdon, Northumberland
Launched23 June 1916
CommissionedNovember 1916
DecommissionedAugust 1947
Fate
  • Sold, 21 April 1948
  • Wrecked, 12 May 1969
General characteristics
Class and type1000-ton class tanker
Displacement1,177 long tons (1,196 t)
Length220 ft (67 m)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draught16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

RFA Scotol was a 1000-ton class tanker[1] of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The ship was built by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., at Willington Quay, Howdon, Northumberland, and launched on 23 June 1916. First used as a Port Oiler at Dover, and then stationed at Portland until August 1947, the ship was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd (H.L.R. Bell, Managers) Southampton on 21 April 1948 and renamed Hemsley I.[1]

The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Fox Cove on 12 May 1969 off Porthcothan, Cornwall, en route from Liverpool to the breakers at Antwerp.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "RFA Scotol 1916 - 1947". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. ^ "RFA Scotol". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.