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RFA DERWENTDALE (1)  1941-1959
GRT 8398. Completed as LSG by H&W Belfast. Landings at Madagascar, North Africa, Sicily, Italy. Dived bombed and beached at Salerno. Towed to Malta and then UK. Re-engined from Denbydale. Returned to service as tanker 1946 and used extra accommodation for passengers on Trinidad run. Sold 1959, scrapped 1966. 
Photo 1953.

RFA DERWENTDALE (1) 1941-1959

GRT 8398. Completed as LSG by H&W Belfast. Landings at Madagascar, North Africa, Sicily, Italy. Dived bombed and beached at Salerno. Towed to Malta and then UK. Re-engined from Denbydale. Returned to service as tanker 1946 and used extra accommodation for passengers on Trinidad run. Sold 1959, scrapped 1966.
Photo 1953.

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