RFA Fort Charlotte

History

Canada
Name	RFA Fort Charlotte
Launched	12 February 1944, as Buffalo Park
Acquired	1945
Commissioned	11 June 1948
Decommissioned	1967
Renamed	Fort Charlotte, 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, January 1968
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,201 gross register tons (GRT) 3,791 NRT 8,572 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW) 1 shaft
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	World War II : 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun 8 × 20 mm AA guns

RFA Fort Charlotte (A236) was a stores issuing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Launched on 12 February 1944 as SS Buffalo Park a merchant steamship constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy in 1944 during the Second World War as part of Canada's Park ship program. The ship was acquired by the Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Fort Charlotte, a Fort ship. The ship was transferred to the RFA on 11 June 1948. Decommissioned in 1967, she was sold to Singapore breakers in January 1968. ^[1]^[2] During World War II, 28 were lost to enemy action, and four were lost due to accidents. Many of the surviving 166 ships passed to the United States Maritime Commission. The last recorded scrapping was in 1985,^[3]^[4]^[5] and two ships, the former <i>Fort St. James</i> and <i>Fort St. Paul</i>, were listed on Lloyd's Register until 1992.^[4]

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^ "'FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "The Forts". Angela DeRoy-Jones. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "FORT SHIPS A – J". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "FORT SHIPS K – S". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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v t e Fort ships
Canadian type	Fort Rosalie
North Sands type	Fort Abitibi <i>Fort Albany</i> Fort Athabaska Fort Battle River Fort Cataraqui Fort Charlotte Fort Duquesne Fort La Montee Fort Langley Fort McMurray Fort Stikine
Events	1944 Bombay explosion-Fort Stikine
See also:- Empire ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

v t e Park ships
Canadian type	<i>Albert Park</i> <i>Alexandra Park</i> <i>Champlain Park</i> <i>Cromwell Park</i> <i>Eastwood Park</i> <i>Elgin Park</i> <i>Fairmount Park</i> <i>Frontenac Park</i> <i>Garden Park</i> <i>Gaspesian Park</i> <i>Grafton Park</i> <i>Hampstead Park</i> <i>Highland Park</i> <i>Lakeside Park</i> <i>Lakeview Park</i> SS Montebello Park <i>Noranda Park</i> <i>Outremont Park</i> <i>Portland Park</i> <i>Princeton Park</i> <i>Rupert Park</i> <i>Selkirk Park</i> <i>Seven Oaks Park</i> <i>Simcoe Park</i> <i>Sunalta Park</i> <i>Waverley Park</i> <i>Wellington Park</i> <i>Winona Park</i>
Dominion type	<i>Bell Park</i> <i>Cartier Park</i> <i>Dartmouth Park</i> <i>Lorne Park</i> <i>Maissoneuve Park</i> <i>Sutherland Park</i> <i>Westdale Park</i> <i>Yoho Park</i> (I)
North Sands type	<i>Alder Park</i> <i>Algonquin Park</i> <i>Banff Park</i> <i>Belwoods Park</i> <i>Chippewa Park</i> <i>Dentonia Park</i> <i>Elk Island Park</i> <i>Elm Park</i> <i>Gatineau Park</i> <i>Glacier Park</i> <i>Green Gables Park</i> <i>High Park</i> <i>Hillcrest Park</i> Jasper Park <i>Kawartha Park</i> <i>Kildonan Park</i> <i>Kootenay Park</i> (I) <i>La Salle Park</i> <i>Lafontaine Park</i> <i>Laurentide Park</i> <i>Mount Douglas Park</i> <i>Mount Orford Park</i> <i>Mount Revelstoke Park</i> <i>Mount Robson Park</i> (I) <i>Nemiskan Park</i> <i>Point Pelee Park</i>¹ Point Pleasant Park <i>Port Royal Park</i> <i>Prince Albert Park</i> <i>Rideau Park</i> <i>Riverdale Park</i> <i>Riverview Park</i> <i>Rocky Mountains Park</i> <i>Rondeau Park</i> <i>Rosedale Park</i> <i>Runnymede Park</i> <i>Sibley Park</i> <i>Stanley Park</i> <i>Tweedsmuir Park</i> <i>Westmount Park</i> <i>Whiteshell Park</i> <i>Withrow Park</i> <i>Yamaska Park</i>
Revised type	<i>Argyle Park</i> <i>Ashby Park</i> <i>Baldwin Park</i> <i>Evangeline Park</i> <i>Hamilton Park</i> <i>Mohawk Park</i> (I) <i>Mulgrave Park</i> <i>Rockland Park</i> <i>Shakespeare Park</i> <i>Sunset Park</i> <i>Willow Park</i>
Scandinavian type	<i>Ainslie Park</i> Avondale Park <i>Beresford Park</i> <i>Bloomfield Park</i> <i>Cataraqui Park</i> <i>Chigneto Park</i> <i>Confederation Park</i> <i>Crescent Park</i> <i>Dufferin Park</i> <i>Fawkner Park</i> <i>Kelowna Park</i> <i>Kensington Park</i> <i>Lansdowne Park</i> <i>Liscombe Park</i> <i>Manitou Park</i> <i>Mayfair Park</i> <i>Montmorency Park</i> <i>Oakmount Park</i> <i>Rockcliffe Park</i> <i>Rockwood Park</i> Taber Park <i>Taronga Park</i> Victoria Park <i>Wentworth Park</i> <i>Woodland Park</i>
Tankers	<i>Eglinton Park</i> <i>Millican Park</i> <i>Nipiwan Park</i> <i>Norwood Park</i> <i>Otterburn Park</i> <i>Springbank Park</i>
Victory type	<i>Arlington Beach Park</i>¹ <i>Aspen Park</i> <i>Atwater Park</i> <i>Beaton Park</i> <i>Bowness Park</i> <i>Brentwood Bay Park</i>¹ <i>Bridgeland Park</i> Buffalo Park <i>Clearwater Park</i>¹ <i>Connaught Park</i> <i>Cornish Park</i> <i>Coronation Park</i> <i>Crystal Park</i> <i>Cypress Hills Park</i>¹ <i>Dominion Park</i> <i>Dorval Park</i> <i>Dundurn Park</i> <i>Dunlop Park</i> <i>Earlscourt Park</i> <i>Goldstream Park</i> Green Hill Park <i>Hastings Park</i> <i>Kitsilano Park</i> <i>Kootenay Park</i> (II) <i>Leaside Park</i> <i>Louisbourg Park</i> <i>Mewata Park</i> <i>Mission Park</i> <i>Mohawk Park</i> (II) <i>Montebello Park</i> (II) <i>Moose Mountain Park</i>¹ <i>Mount Bruce Park</i>¹ <i>Mount Maxwell Park</i>¹ <i>Mount Robson Park</i> (II) <i>Mount Royal Park</i>¹ <i>Parkdale Park</i> <i>Queens Park</i> Queensborough Park <i>Quetico Park</i>¹ <i>Richmond Park</i> <i>Salt Lake Park</i> <i>Sapperton Park</i> <i>Seacliff Park</i> <i>Silver Star Park</i> ¹<i>Strathcona Park</i> <i>Sunnyside Park</i> <i>Tecumseh Park</i> <i>Temagami Park</i> <i>Tipperary Park</i> <i>Tobiatic Park</i> <i>Tuxedo Park</i> <i>Wascana Park</i> <i>Westbank Park</i> <i>Westend Park</i> <i>Weston Park</i> <i>Westview Park</i> <i>Whiterock Park</i> <i>Wildewood Park</i>¹ <i>Willowdale Park</i>¹ <i>Windermere Park</i> <i>Winnepegosis Park</i> <i>Yoho Park</i> (II) <i>Lakeside Park</i>
Unclassified	<i>Hector Park</i> <i>Riding Mountain Park</i>¹
Sunk or damaged	Jasper Park Point Pleasant Park Avondale Park Taber Park Green Hill Park <i>Yoho Park</i> (I) <i>Queens Park</i> <i>Weston Park</i> <i>Lansdowne Park</i> <i>Dufferin Park</i> <i>Crescent Park</i> <i>Montmorency Park</i> <i>Kensington Park</i> <i>Ainslie Park</i> <i>Wentworth Park</i> <i>Taronga Park</i> <i>Silver Star Park</i> <i>Atwater Park</i> <i>Banff Park</i> <i>Beresford Park</i> <i>Champlain Park</i> <i>Cromwell Park</i> <i>Earlscourt Park</i> <i>Elm Park</i> <i>Elk Island Park</i> <i>Gaspesian Park</i> <i>Kitsilano Park</i> <i>Mount Douglas Park</i> <i>Nipiwan Park</i> <i>Norwood Park</i> <i>Prince Albert Park</i> <i>Simcoe Park</i> <i>Westbank Park</i> <i>Westmount Park</i> <i>Winnepegosis Park</i>
1 Tanker See also: Empire ship, Fort ship, Liberty ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

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