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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
12 February 1944 named BUFFALO PARK |
| Commissioned: |
5 April 1944.Acquired by MoWT in 1945 and renamed FORT CHARLOTTE. Transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948 |
| Decommissioned: |
1967 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968 |
| Struck: |
1968 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
7201 grt, 3791 nrt,8572 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: |
441 ft 06 in |
| Beam: |
57 ft 02 in |
| Draught: |
26'11.5" |
| Propulsion: |
3 cyl triple expansion steam. 2,500 ihp (1860 kW). One shaft. |
| Speed: |
11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Range: |
11,400 nautical miles (21,110 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h). |
| Complement: |
115 |
| Armament: |
1 × 4-inch (102 mm) gun and 8 x 20 mm A.A. guns in WW2 |
| Aircraft: |
Nil |
| Motto: |
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RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
