RFA Dewdale (A129)
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.jpg) MV Edenfield | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Edenfield |
| Owner | Hunting (Eden) Tankers Ltd |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 1659 |
| Launched | 5 March 1965 |
| Completed | 2 July 1965 |
| In service | 1965, 1977 |
| Out of service | 1967, 1978 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Dewdale |
| Operator | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| Acquired | 13 July 1967 |
| In service | 14 August 1967 |
| Out of service | September 1977 |
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| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Dale-class Mobile Bulk Tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 67,000 long tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 107 ft 10 in (32.87 m) |
| Draught | 41 ft 5 in (12.62 m) |
| Depth | 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m) |
| Installed power | 17,000 brake horsepower (13,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 51 |
| Notes | [1] |
RFA Dewdale (A129) was a Dale-class Mobile Bulk Tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. She was on a long-term charter from 1967 to support the Royal Navy east of Suez and was at the time one of the largest ships in the RFA fleet. Dewdale had no replenishment at sea (RAS) equipment and was classed as a Mobile Reserve Tanker.[2]
