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500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
builders	*Mort's Dock, Balmain, New South Wales
operators	Royal Australian Navy
built_range	1913–1916
total_ships_completed	4
total_ships_lost	1
total_ships_retired	3
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Oil Fuel Lighter
length	156 ft
beam	30 ft
depth	14 ft
capacity	550 tons

Poole & Steel, Balmain, New South Wales

The 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter was a class of oil fuel lighters built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1913 and 1916.

Design

The lighters were 156 ft in length, 14 ft depth and 30 ft breadth and cost about £18,000 each to build. The hull included 10 oil tanks, separated by air spaces and cofferdams, which held a capacity of 550 tons of liquid fuel oil. Sleeping accommodation and a saloon were also provided in the forward portion. Two sets of diesel engines with centrifugal pumps discharged the fuel oil from the tanks.

Oil fuel lighters

OFL No. 1, built by Mort's Dock under contract to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, laid down in 1913 and completed in 1916. Caught fire at Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin during the bombing of Darwin in February 1942.
OFL No. 2, built by Mort's Dock under contract to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, laid down in 1913 and completed in 1916.
OFL No. 3, built by Poole and Steel under contract to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, laid down in 1914 and completed in 1915.
OFL No. 4, built by Poole and Steel under contract to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, laid down in 1914 and completed in 1915.

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References

Wilson, Michael
(19 January 1916). "New Oil Lighter". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].

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