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RFA Fort Duquesne in 1945
History
Royal Fleet Auxiliary EnsignCanada
NameRFA Fort Duquesne
NamesakeFort Duquesne-(Queensborough
Launched28 September 1944, as Queensborough Park
Commissioned25 November 1944, as Fort Duquesne
DecommissionedApril 1967
Stricken1967
FateSold for scrapping, 1967
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 7,220 gross register tons (GRT)
  • 3,911 NRT
  • 7,720 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length439 ft 4 in (133.91 m)
Beam57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement115
Armament
  • World War II :
  • 1 × 4 in (102 mm) gun
  • 8 × 20 mm AA guns
Aviation facilitiesFitted with a small landing platform aft

RFA Fort Duquesne (A229) was an air stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary a Fort type ship.

The ship was launched on 28 September 1944 and named SS Queensborough Park. Built as merchant steamship constructed for Canada's Merchant Navy in 1944 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. Managed by the Park Steamship Company in Montreal.

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