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History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Fort Langley
Builder	Victoria MD, Victoria
Launched	31 October 1944, as Montebello Park
Completed	18 May 1945, as Fort Langley
Decommissioned	February 1970
Stricken	1970
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,263 GRT 4,018 NRT 7,543 t 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 Langley (A230) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The ship was launched on 31 October 1944 as Montebello Park by Victoria MD in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was completed on 18 May 1945 as Fort Langley for the Ministry of War Transport as an Air stores issuing ship under the management of Alfred Holt and Company. Transferred to the RFA in May 1954, she was decommissioned in February 1970, and laid up at Devonport. Fort Langley arrived at Bilbao for scrapping on 21 July 1970.

Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships. All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland, England. Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller.

References

1. "RFA Fort Langley". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
2. "'FORT', 'OCEAN' & 'PARK' TYPE SHIPS". Mariners. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. "The Forts". Angela DeRoy-Jones. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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