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RFA Eddycreek (A258)

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Commissioned
  
11 September 1953

Beam
  
44 ft 1 in (13 m)

Launched
  
19 January 1953

Draft
  
5.26 m

Decommissioned
  
25 July 1960

Draught
  
17 ft 3 in (5 m)

Length
  
88 m

Fate
  
Sold commercially to Italy in December 1963. Driven aground during a gale on 25 December 1963. Was refloated damaged on 1 February 1964 and scrapped at Leghorn in April 1964.

Propulsion
  
3 cylinder Triple expansion steam

RFA Eddycreek (A258) was an Eddy class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

References

RFA Eddycreek (A258) Wikipedia