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{{short description|1948 Fort-class stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}
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|Ship country=Canada
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|Ship name= RFA ''Fort Charlotte''
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|Ship launched=12 February 1944, as ''Buffalo Park''
|Ship acquired= 1945
|Ship commissioned= 11 June 1948
|Ship decommissioned= 1967
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|Ship renamed=''Fort Charlotte'', 1945
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|Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, January 1968
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|Ship draught= {{Convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, {{Convert|2500|ihp|0|abbr=on}}
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|Ship speed= {{Convert|11|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range= {{Convert|11400|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|10|kn|abbr=on}}
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'''RFA ''Fort Charlotte'' (A236)''' was a [[General stores issue ship|stores issuing ship]] of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]].

Launched on 12 February 1944 as '''''SS Buffalo Park''''' a merchant [[steamship]] constructed for [[Canada]]’s [[Canadian Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]] in 1944 during the [[Second World War]] as part of Canada's [[Park ship]] program.  
The ship was acquired by the [[Ministry of War Transport]] in 1945 and renamed ''Fort Charlotte'', a [[Fort ship]]. The ship was transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948. Decommissioned in 1967, she was sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968.
<ref name=FOP>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Park1.html |title='FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=12 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=Fort>{{cite web |url=http://fortships.tripod.com/fort_ships.htm |title=The Forts |publisher=Angela DeRoy-Jones |accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> During World War II, 28 were lost to enemy action, and four were lost due to accidents. Many of the surviving 166 ships passed to the [[United States Maritime Commission]]. The last recorded scrapping was in 1985,<ref name=FortA>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html |title=FORT SHIPS A – J |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=FortK>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html |title=FORT SHIPS K – S |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=FortT>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_T.html |title=FORT SHIPS T – Y |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref> and two ships, the former {{SS|Fort St. James||2}} and {{SS|Fort St. Paul||2}}, were listed on [[Lloyd's Register]] until 1992.<ref name=FortK/>

==See also==
*[[RFA Fort Langley (A230)|RFA ''Fort Langley'' (A230)]]
*[[RFA Fort Duquesne (A229)|RFA ''Fort Duquesne'' (A229)]]
*[[RFA Fort Rosalie (A186)|RFA ''Fort Rosalie'' (A186)]]
*[[Fort Cataraqui (ship)|''Fort Cataraqui'' (ship)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]
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