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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
8 January 1940 as EMPIRE GRANITE |
| Launched: |
29 November 1940 as ECHODALE |
| Commissioned: |
4 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
12 April 1959. Laid up at Devonport |
| Fate: |
Arrived Spezia for demolition 20 September 1961 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
16798 tons full load |
| Length: |
483'04" |
| Beam: |
59'04" |
| Draught: |
27'06.5" |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 8 cyl B & W diesel. 502 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed: |
11.5 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
44 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Nil |
| Motto: |
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RFA Echodale (A170) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
