RFA Aldersdale (X34)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Aldersdale
Ordered:	1936
Builder:	Cammell Laird and Co.
Laid down:	September 1936
Launched:	7 July 1937
Commissioned:	17 September 1937
Fate:	Damaged in air attack on 5 July 1942 Abandoned hulk sunk on 7 July 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Dale-class fleet tanker
Displacement:	17,231 tonnes full load
Length:	482 ft 6 in (147.07 m)
Beam:	61 ft 10 in (18.85 m)
Draught:	27 ft 6.5 in (8.39 m)
Propulsion:	1 x 4 cyl Doxford diesel engine with a single shaft. 687 nhp
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement:	44

RFA Aldersdale (X34) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

She was originally one of six ships ordered by the British Tanker Co., which were purchased on the stocks by the Admiralty prior to the Second World War. Aldersdale was part of convoy PQ 17 in 1942, and was damaged by bombs from three Junkers aircraft on 5 July 1942 after Convoy PQ 17 had been ordered to scatter. Aldersdale was abandoned and the drifting wreck was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-457 on 7 July 1942.

Coordinates: 75°0′N 45°0′E / 75.000°N 45.000°E / 75.000; 45.000

Dale-class oilers

Abbeydale Aldersdale Arndale Bishopdale Boardale Broomdale Cairndale Cedardale Darkdale Denbydale Derwentdale Dewdale Dingledale Dinsdale Eaglesdale Easedale Echodale Ennerdale

List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Jul: Edward Luckenbach, Montevideo Maru 3 Jul: Alexander Macomb, U-215 4 Jul: Nenohi 5 Jul: Arare,, Empire Byron,, HMS Niger,, River Afton 6 Jul: Avila Star, U-502 7 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Fiddown, Pan Kraft, U-701 9 Jul: Empire Explorer, Nicholas Cuneo, Santa Rita 10 Jul: El Capitan 11 Jul: U-136 13 Jul: U-153 14 Jul: Pietro Calvi, Shch-317 15 Jul: Empire Attendant, Gloucester Castle, U-576 16 Jul: Fairport, Komintern 17 Jul: U-751 22 Jul: Ayatosan Maru, Southern Seas 24 Jul: Toufic El Rahman, U-90 26 Jul: Oaxaca 27 Jul: HM Motor Gun Boat 501 30 Jul: U-166 31 Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754

Other incidents	5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Pan Kraft 9 Jul: El Capitan 15 Jul: Pennsylvania Sun 19 Jul: Malines 30 Jul: Kōtoku Maru

1941 1942 1943 June 1942 August 1942

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