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RFA Darkdale 1940 - 1941
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RFA Darkdale 1940 - 1941
Built Blythswood, Glasgow to Shell design. Length: 483 feet. Beam: 59.5 feet. Depth: 34 feet. Deadweight: 11916. Propulsion: diesel. Armaments: 1 x 4.7-inch gun, 1 x 12-pounder gun, 2 x 'Pig Troughs', 2 x Hotchkiss machine guns, 2 x Marlin machine guns, 2 x Lewis machine guns, parachute and cable rockets. Served as escort oiler on Atlantic convoys and fleet oiler at Freetown. Torpedoed & sunk whilst at anchor off St Helena on 22 October 1941 with the loss of 41 lives.
(This stamp issue uses an image of Dingledale as images of Darkdale are rare. If you have one do pass it on!)
Image from Maurice Mann. More RFA stamps here. More about Darkdale here.
Built Blythswood, Glasgow to Shell design. Length: 483 feet. Beam: 59.5 feet. Depth: 34 feet. Deadweight: 11916. Propulsion: diesel. Armaments: 1 x 4.7-inch gun, 1 x 12-pounder gun, 2 x 'Pig Troughs', 2 x Hotchkiss machine guns, 2 x Marlin machine guns, 2 x Lewis machine guns, parachute and cable rockets. Served as escort oiler on Atlantic convoys and fleet oiler at Freetown. Torpedoed & sunk whilst at anchor off St Helena on 22 October 1941 with the loss of 41 lives.(This stamp issue uses an image of Dingledale as images of Darkdale are rare. If you have one do pass it on!)
Image from Maurice Mann. More RFA stamps here. More about Darkdale here.