RFA Bishopdale

RFA Bishopdale (A128) was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Ordered in 1936 by the British Tanker Company, London, she was built by Lithgows, Port Glasgow. Acquired by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary before her launch on 31 March 1937, she entered service with them under the name Bishopdale in June 1937 after completion of her sea trials. She spent the interwar years sailing between the UK and Caribbean and the Pacific, and from early 1940 was based in the Caribbean. On 14 August 1941 her crew sighted the German cargo ship and blockade runner , which was subsequently scuttled to avoid being captured by the light cruiser and the armed merchant cruiser .