History | |
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Name | RFA Spaburn |
Ordered | May 1944 |
Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon [1] |
Laid down | 7 October 1944 [1] [2] |
Launched | 5 January 1946 [1] [2] |
Commissioned | 12 April 1946 [1] [2] |
Decommissioned | 1977 [1] [2] |
Stricken | 1977 |
Fate | Arrived Dalmuir for scrapping, August 1977 [1] [2] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,219 long tons (1,239 t) [2] |
Length | 172 ft (52 m) [2] |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) [2] |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Armament |
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RFA Spaburn (A257) was a coastal Spa-class water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1]
History | |
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Name | RFA Spaburn |
Ordered | May 1944 |
Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon [1] |
Laid down | 7 October 1944 [1] [2] |
Launched | 5 January 1946 [1] [2] |
Commissioned | 12 April 1946 [1] [2] |
Decommissioned | 1977 [1] [2] |
Stricken | 1977 |
Fate | Arrived Dalmuir for scrapping, August 1977 [1] [2] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,219 long tons (1,239 t) [2] |
Length | 172 ft (52 m) [2] |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) [2] |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Armament |
|
RFA Spaburn (A257) was a coastal Spa-class water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1]