RFA C642

RFA C642

RFA C642

RFA C642 in Admiralty Service

RFA 642 after being sold out of Service renamed 'Clanity' and converted to a tanker 

Previous name:
Subsequent name:                CLANITY

Official Number                       181548

Class:                                       Coal lighter

Pennant No:                             X126 / A201

Laid down:
Builder:                                      Yarwood, Northwich
Launched:                                2 July 1946
Into Service:                              December 1946
Out of service:                          Sold out of service  
Fate:                                           Broken up     

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:   Naval Stores harbour craft were usually allocated a number bearing the prefix C. This descended from the days when the Coaling Officer operated the fuelling craft and many of these craft were operated by the Naval Stores Department under the Director of Stores (Navy) C numbers were allocated to craft such as dumb barges, coal lighters, dumb coal lighters, self-propelled diesel lighters, self-propelled stores lighters, launches and tugs of which a number were registered as RFA’s and wore the ‘green stripe’ that indicated the Naval Stores Department

2 July 1945  Launched by  W. J. Yarwood & Sons (1938) Ltd, Northwich as Yard Nr 774 named C 642 for the Naval Stores Department

December 1946 completed

11 January 1947 Mr W J Robinson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

18 January 1947 Captain F T Cooke RFA appointed as Master

1956 on the disposal list at Sheerness

May 1956 sold to F.T.Everard & Sons Ltd and the name was changed to CLANITY

5 July 1956 notice of change of name given in The Times of this day to 'Clanity'

1958 converted into a tanker and to oil fuel burning with tonnages now 495 grt  224 nrt   600 dwt and dimensions now 171’06” x 28’03” x 10’04½

September 1969 sold for demolition by Scrappingco S.A.at Antwerp

11 September 1969 breaking up at Antwerp began