RFA_Derwentdale_(A114)
RFA Derwentdale (A114)
1941 Dale-class replenishment oiler for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RFA Derwentdale (A114) was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War.
Built for the Ministry of War Transport, she was taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry. As such, 15 LCMs could be carried on the ships, with two Gantry cranes, one forward of the ship's bridge and one aft, used to lift the landing craft off the deck and lower them to the sea.[2][3] with accommodation for 150 military personnel.