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RFA Fort Duquesne 1947 - 1967
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RFA Fort Duquesne 1947 - 1967
Marsamxett Malta 1951. GRT 7220. Built 1944 by West Coast as Queensborough Park. Renamed after what is now Pittsburgh. Managed by J.Nisbet. RFA from 1947 as NS/VSIS mainly with the Med Fleet and based at Malta. Experimental helicopter trials in 1951 which led to VERTREP. Laid up Chatham 1967 and scrapped Scheldt.
Marsamxett Malta 1951. GRT 7220. Built 1944 by West Coast as Queensborough Park. Renamed after what is now Pittsburgh. Managed by J.Nisbet. RFA from 1947 as NS/VSIS mainly with the Med Fleet and based at Malta. Experimental helicopter trials in 1951 which led to VERTREP. Laid up Chatham 1967 and scrapped Scheldt.