| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | RFA Bacchus |
| Namesake | Bacchus |
| Ordered | 17 December 1935 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Laid down | 14 February 1936 |
| Launched | 15 June 1936 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1936 |
| Decommissioned | 13 April 1962 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 6,325 long tons (6,426 t) full load |
| Length | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 4 in (15.04 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,000 ihp (1,491 kW) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 49 |
RFA Bacchus (A103) was a stores freighter and fresh water distilling ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was the second ship to bear this name, replace the one before her. In her time she would carry the pennants X03, B556, A103.[1]
- ^ "Ships starting with B RFA Ships starting with B". www.historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 20 November 2012.