She was built by United Shipyards, Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947/8. She served in the Pacific Fleet Train and remained in the Far East until 1951. She took part in Operation Grapple, the thermonuclear weapon test at Christmas Island in 1957. The ship was fitted with cargo lifts 1959/60. She was decommissioned on 1 May 1972 and laid up at Rosyth. She arrived at Castellon for scrapping on 10 February 1973. [1][2] 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. Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the AmericanLiberty 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. [3][4][5] and two ships, the former Fort St. James and Fort St. Paul, were listed on Lloyd's Register until 1992.[4]
fort, rosalie, a186, other, ships, with, same, name, fort, rosalie, armament, stores, carrier, royal, fleet, auxiliary, historyunited, kingdomnamerfa, fort, rosaliebuilderunited, shipyards, montreallaid, down29, august, 1944launched18, november, 1944commission. For other ships with the same name see RFA Fort Rosalie RFA Fort Rosalie A186 was an armament stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary HistoryUnited KingdomNameRFA Fort RosalieBuilderUnited Shipyards MontrealLaid down29 August 1944Launched18 November 1944Commissioned7 April 1945 Transferred to the RFA on 20 November 1947Decommissioned1 May 1972FateArrived at Castellon for scrapping on 10 February 1973General characteristicsTonnage7332 grt 3815 nrt 7 620 tonnes deadweight DWT Length441 ft 6 in 134 57 m Beam57 ft 2 in 17 42 m Draught26 ft 11 5 in 8 217 m Propulsion3 cyl triple expansion steam 2500 ihp One shaft Speed11 knots 13 mph 20 km h Range11 400 nmi 21 100 km at 10 kn 12 mph 19 km h Complement115ArmamentDuring the Second World War 1 4 inch 100 mm gun 8 20mm AA gunsShe was built by United Shipyards Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947 8 She served in the Pacific Fleet Train and remained in the Far East until 1951 She took part in Operation Grapple the thermonuclear weapon test at Christmas Island in 1957 The ship was fitted with cargo lifts 1959 60 She was decommissioned on 1 May 1972 and laid up at Rosyth She arrived at Castellon for scrapping on 10 February 1973 1 2 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 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 3 4 5 and two ships the former Fort St James and Fort St Paul were listed on Lloyd s Register until 1992 4 See also EditRFA Fort Langley A230 RFA Fort Charlotte A236 RFA Fort Duquesne A229 Fort Cataraqui ship External links EditRFA Website Navynews co uk entryReferences Edit FORT OCEAN amp PARK TYPE SHIPS Mariners Retrieved 12 August 2014 The Forts Angela DeRoy Jones Retrieved 13 August 2014 FORT SHIPS A J Mariners Retrieved 12 August 2012 a b FORT SHIPS K S Mariners Retrieved 12 August 2012 FORT SHIPS T Y Mariners Retrieved 12 August 2012 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 Rosalie A186 amp oldid 1092929267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
