RFA ''Robert Dundas'' (A204) was the

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of her class of coastal stores carriers of the

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. Launched on 28 July 1938, the ''Robert Dundas'' was commissioned on 10 November 1938 and served until decommissioned on 8 December 1971. Laid up at

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, the ship arrived at

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Grays,

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, for scrapping on 3 June 1972. Whilst in transit from Chatham, the ship was used by the

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on 1–2 June 1972 as a filming location for the science fiction series ''

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''. The vessel represented the fictitious SS ''Bernice'' in the story ''

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