Royal Fleet Auxiliary 'Throsk'

A Two single-screw ammunitions carrier ships were built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - RFA. Later to become Royal Maritime Auxiliary Services - RMAS. Built by Philip & Son Ltd of Dartmouth, Devon, a shipyard dating 1858.

They were:-

KINTERBURY: Yard No. 1040, built 1943

THROSK: Yard No. 1050, built 1943

Dimensions: 199 ft. Overall

Displacement: 1488 tons (presumably fully loaded)

Deadweight capacity: 769 tons (load-carrying capacity, including coal)

Coal weight: 153 tons

Main engine: Triple expansion steam engine 15 ins. x 25 ins. x 40 ins. x 24 ins. - 900 IHP

Built by Lobnitz & Co. of Renfrew

Service History:-

Ordered by the admiralty: Sept 1941

Launched: 28 Sept 1943

Handed over: 22 Dec 1943

Register closed, no longer required: Sept 1957 (meaning not clear)

Converted for carriage of guided missiles: 1959

Sold to TW Ward Ltd. for demolition: 28 March 1977

Arrived at Grays, Essex: 15 June 1977

Dismantled: Late 1982

(GCD September 2012)