RFA Scotol

RFA Scotol was a 1000-ton class tanker[1] of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Scotol
Builder: Tyne Iron Ship Building Company, Howdon, Northumberland
Launched: 23 June 1916
Commissioned: November 1916
Decommissioned: August 1947
Fate:
  • Sold, 21 April 1948
  • Wrecked, 12 May 1969
General characteristics
Class and type: 1000-ton class tanker
Displacement: 1,177 long tons (1,196 t)
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draught: 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

The ship was built by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., at Willington Quay, Howdon, Northumberland, and launched on 23 June 1916. First used as a Port Oiler at Dover, and then stationed at Portland until August 1947, the ship was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd (H.L.R. Bell, Managers) Southampton on 21 April 1948 and renamed Hemsley I.[1]

The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Fox Cove on 12 May 1969 off Porthcothan, Cornwall, en route from Liverpool to the breakers at Antwerp.[2]

References

  1. "RFA Scotol 1916 - 1947". rfaaplymouth.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. "RFA Scotol". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.


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