RFA Northmark
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Nordmark (later Northmark) was a former Kriegsmarine (German navy) combination oiler and supply vessel which was allocated to the Royal Navy by the Inter-Allied Repatriations Commission when British forces entered Copenhagen on 9 May 1945.
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Germany | |
Name | Nordmark |
Builder | Schichau-Werke, Danzig |
Laid down | 14 November 1936 |
Launched | 5 October 1937 as Westerwald |
Commissioned | 6 January 1939 as Nordmark |
Fate | Captured, May 1945 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Northmark |
Acquired | May 1945 |
Commissioned | July 1947, as HMS Bulawayo |
Decommissioned | October 1950 |
Fate | Scrapped, 4 October 1955 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 22,500 long tons (22,861 t) full load |
Length | 584 ft (178 m) |
Beam | 72 ft 6 in (22 m) |
Draught | 30 ft 3 in (9 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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