RFA Fort Charlotte

RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History
Canada
Name	RFA Fort Charlotte
Launched	12 February 1944, as Buffalo Park
Acquired	1945
Commissioned	11 June 1948
Decommissioned	1967
Renamed	Fort Charlotte, 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, January 1968
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,201 gross register tons (GRT) 3,791 NRT 8,572 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW) 1 shaft
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
Armament	World War II : 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun 8 × 20 mm AA guns

Launched on 12 February 1944 as SS Buffalo Park a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1944 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. The ship was acquired by the Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Fort Charlotte, a Fort ship. The ship was transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948. Decommissioned in 1967, she was sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968. ^[1][2] During World War II, 28 were lost to enemy action, and four were lost due to accidents. Many of the surviving 166 ships passed to the United States Maritime Commission. The last recorded scrapping was in 1985,^[3][4][5] and two ships, the former Fort St. James and Fort St. Paul, were listed on Lloyd's Register until 1992.^[4]

See also

• RFA Fort Langley (A230)
• RFA Fort Duquesne (A229)
• RFA Fort Rosalie (A186)
• Fort Cataraqui (ship)