https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=RFA_Echodale RFA Echodale - Revision history 2026-06-25T07:03:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.2 https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=RFA_Echodale&diff=323386&oldid=prev imported>Ardfern at 15:23, 24 September 2025 2025-09-24T15:23:14Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1941 Dale-class replenishment oiler for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=October 2017}}<br /> <br /> {|{{Infobox ship begin}}<br /> {{Infobox ship image<br /> |Ship image=RFA Echodale.jpg<br /> |Ship image size=300px<br /> |Ship caption=<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox ship career<br /> |Hide header=<br /> |Ship country=United Kingdom<br /> |Ship flag=[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|60px|RFA Ensign]]<br /> |Ship name=RFA &#039;&#039;Echodale&#039;&#039;<br /> |Ship namesake=<br /> |Ship ordered=<br /> |Ship builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie and Company]]<br /> |Ship laid down=8 January 1940<br /> |Ship launched=29 November 1940<br /> |Ship acquired=<br /> |Ship completed=<br /> |Ship commissioned=4 March 1941<br /> |Ship decommissioned=12 April 1959<br /> |Ship in service=<br /> |Ship out of service=<br /> |Ship struck=<br /> |Ship reinstated=<br /> |Ship honours=<br /> |Ship fate=Arrived at [[Spezia]] for scrapping on 20 September 1961<br /> |Ship notes=<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox ship characteristics<br /> |Hide header=<br /> |Header caption=<br /> |Ship class=[[Dale class oiler|Dale-class]] [[oil tanker|fleet tanker]]<br /> |Ship tonnage=<br /> |Ship displacement=17,000 tons full load<br /> |Ship length={{Convert|483|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<br /> |Ship beam={{Convert|59|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<br /> |Ship draught={{Convert|27|ft|6.5|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<br /> |Ship propulsion=Burmeister &amp; Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft {{Convert|6800|hp|kW|abbr=on}}.<br /> |Ship speed={{Convert|11.5|kn|km/h}}<br /> |Ship range=<br /> |Ship complement=44<br /> |Ship sensors=<br /> |Ship EW=<br /> |Ship armament=<br /> |Ship armour=<br /> |Ship aircraft=<br /> |Ship aircraft facilities=<br /> |Ship notes=<br /> }}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;RFA &#039;&#039;Echodale&#039;&#039; (A170)&#039;&#039;&#039; was a [[Dale class oiler|Dale-class]] [[oil tanker|fleet tanker]] of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]].<br /> <br /> She was decommissioned on 12 April 1959 and was laid up at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Echodale |url=http://historicalrfa.org/rfa-echodale-ship-information |website=historicalrfa.org |accessdate=22 January 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Empire ships}}<br /> {{Dale class oilers}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Echodale}}<br /> [[Category:Dale-class oilers]]<br /> [[Category:Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]<br /> [[Category:1940 ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships built by Hawthorn Leslie]]<br /> <br /> {{UK-aux-ship-stub}}</div> imported>Ardfern