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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
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| Launched:
| 25 March 1939 |
| Commissioned:
| 25 May 1939 |
| Decommissioned:
| 15 November 1959. Laid up at Hong Kong. |
| Fate:
| Sold for demolition at Hong Kong 2 February 1960 |
| Struck:
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| General characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 16802 tons full load. |
| Length:
| 482 ft 10 in |
| Beam:
| 59 ft 06 in |
| Draught:
| 27'06.25" |
| Propulsion:
| 1 x 8 cyl B & W diesel. 503 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed:
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| Range:
| at |
| Complement:
| 44 |
| Armament:
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| Aircraft:
| Nil |
| Motto:
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RFA Cedardale (A380) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and was originally one of 2 ships which were purchased by the Admiralty from the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co for evaluation purposes.