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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
25 March 1939 |
| Commissioned: |
25 May 1939 |
| Decommissioned: |
15 November 1959. Laid up at Hong Kong. |
| Fate: |
Sold for demolition at Hong Kong 2 February 1960 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
16802 tons full load. |
| Length: |
482 ft 10 in |
| Beam: |
59 ft 06 in |
| Draught: |
27'06.25" |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 8 cyl B & W diesel. 503 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed: |
11.5 knots (21 km/h) |
| Range: |
16,400 nautical miles (30,370 km) at 11.5 knots (21 km/h) |
| Complement: |
44 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Nil |
| Motto: |
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RFA Cedardale (A380) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and was originally one of 2 ships which were purchased by the Admiralty from the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co for evaluation purposes.
