RFA Fort Duquesne
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RFA Fort Duquesne (A229) was an air stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary a Fort type ship.
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RFA Fort Duquesne in 1945 | |
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Name | RFA Fort Duquesne |
Namesake | Fort Duquesne-(Queensborough |
Launched | 28 September 1944, as Queensborough Park |
Commissioned | 25 November 1944, as Fort Duquesne |
Decommissioned | April 1967 |
Stricken | 1967 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage |
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Length | 439 ft 4 in (133.91 m) |
Beam | 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m) |
Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Range | 11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 115 |
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Aviation facilities | Fitted with a small landing platform aft |
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The ship was launched on 28 September 1944 and named SS Queensborough Park. Built as merchant steamship constructed for Canada's Merchant Navy in 1944 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. Managed by the Park Steamship Company in Montreal.