The ship was launched on 31 October 1944 as Montebello Park by Victoria MD in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was completed on 18 May 1945 as Fort Langley for the Ministry of War Transport as an Air stores issuing ship under the management of Alfred Holt and Company. Transferred to the RFA in May 1954, she was decommissioned in February 1970, and laid up at Devonport. Fort Langley arrived at Bilbao for scrapping on 21 July 1970.[1]
fort, langley, a230, stores, ship, royal, fleet, auxiliary, historyunited, kingdomnamebuildervictoria, mdlaunched31, october, 1944, montebello, parkcompleted18, 1945, fort, langleydecommissionedfebruary, 1970stricken1970fatesold, scrapping, 1970general, charac. RFA Fort Langley A230 was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary HistoryUnited KingdomNameRFA Fort LangleyBuilderVictoria MDLaunched31 October 1944 as Montebello ParkCompleted18 May 1945 as Fort LangleyDecommissionedFebruary 1970Stricken1970FateSold for scrapping 1970General characteristicsTonnage7 263 GRT 4 018 NRT 7 543 t DWTLength441 ft 6 in 134 57 m Beam57 ft 2 in 17 42 m Draught27 ft 8 2 m Propulsion1 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine 2 500 ihp 1 864 kW 1 shaftSpeed11 knots 20 km h 13 mph Range11 400 nmi 21 100 km at 10 kn 19 km h 12 mph Complement115ArmamentWorld War II 1 4 in 100 mm gun 8 20 mm AA gunsThe ship was launched on 31 October 1944 as Montebello Park by Victoria MD in Victoria British Columbia Canada She was completed on 18 May 1945 as Fort Langley for the Ministry of War Transport as an Air stores issuing ship under the management of Alfred Holt and Company Transferred to the RFA in May 1954 she was decommissioned in February 1970 and laid up at Devonport Fort Langley arrived at Bilbao for scrapping on 21 July 1970 1 Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships All three shared a similar design by J L Thompson and Sons of Sunderland England Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller 2 3 References edit RFA Fort Langley historicalrfa org Retrieved 21 December 2020 FORT OCEAN amp PARK TYPE SHIPS Mariners Retrieved 12 August 2014 The Forts Angela DeRoy Jones Retrieved 13 August 2014 nbsp This article about a specific naval auxiliary ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RFA Fort Langley amp oldid 1148521172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
