RFA ''Eddyfirth'' (A261) was an of the
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval
auxiliary fleet
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Auxil ...
of the
United Kingdom.
Construction and design
''Eddyfirth'' was launched at
Lobnitz & Co.'s
Renfrew
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shipyard on 10 September 1953 and completed on 10 February 1954. The ship had an
overall length of and a
length between perpendiculars of .
Beam
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was and
draft . The ship
displaced light and full load, with a capacity of 1650 tons of oil. Two oil fired boilers fed a
triple-expansion steam engine rated at and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of .
[Blackman 1971, p. 376.]
Service history
Initially, ''Eddyfirth'' was based in Malta as support for the Motor Minesweeping Flotilla. In 1966 she returned to United Kingdom coastal waters, reclassified as a harbour oiler. Withdrawn from service in 1981, she was scrapped in
Seville in March 1982.
References
Bibliography
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Eddy-class coastal tankers
1953 ships
Ships built on the River Clyde
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