RFA Echodale

RFA Echodale (A170) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Echodale
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	8 January 1940
Launched	29 November 1940
Commissioned	4 March 1941
Decommissioned	12 April 1959
Fate	Arrived at Spezia for scrapping on 20 September 1961
General characteristics
Class & type	Dale-class fleet tanker
Displacement	17,000 tons full load
Length	483 ft 4 in (147.32 m)
Beam	59 ft 4 in (18.08 m)
Draught	27 ft 6.5 in (8.39 m)
Propulsion	Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement	44

She was decommissioned on 12 April 1959 and was laid up at Devonport Dockyard.^[1]