 RFA Fort Duquesne in 1945
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| History | |
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  United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Fort Duquesne |
| Namesake | Fort Duquesne |
| Operator |
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| Builder | West Coast Shipbuilders, Vancouver |
| Launched | 28 September 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | April 1967 |
| Stricken | 1967 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Victory-type Fort ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 439 ft 4 in (133.91 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| Aviation facilities | Fitted with a small landing platform aft |
RFA Fort Duquesne (A229) was a Fort ship and later an air stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Originally built as SS Queensborough Park for the Canadian Merchant Navy, the vessel was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport before completion.
The vessel served in Atlantic convoys for the remainder of the Second World War and was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1947. She was subsequently used for sea trials of the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter and played the role of the German tanker Tacoma in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate.