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| RFA Aldersdale |
Dates: 1937 - 1942 RFA Aldersdale (X 34) was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Oiler ship) lost during convoy PQ17 in 1942 and was originally one of 6 ships ordered by the British Tanker Co which were purchased on the stocks by the Admiralty. Ordered : 1936 Laid down: September 1936 Launched : 07 July 1937 Commissioned :17 September 1937 Fate : |Damaged by bombing from 3 Junkers aircraft after Convoy PQ 17 had been ordered to scatter on 05 July 1942 and was abandoned. The drifting wreck was torpedoed and sunk by U-457 on 07 July 1942. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Aldersdale"
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RFA Aldersdale
1937 - 1942
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