Laid down 28 April 1952 Decommissioned April 1981 Draught 17 ft 3.5 in (5 m) Launched 10 September 1953 Draft 5.27 m | Commissioned 25 April 1954 Beam 44 ft 1 in (13 m) Construction started 28 April 1952 Length 88 m | |
Fate Scrapped at Seville on 28 March 1982. | ||
RFA Eddyfirth (A261) was an Eddy class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Construction and design
Eddyfirth was launched at Lobnitz & Co.'s Renfrew shipyard on 10 September 1953 and completed on 10 February 1954. The ship had a overall length of 286 feet (87.2 m) and a length between perpendiculars of 270 feet (82.3 m). Beam was 44 feet (13.4 m) and draft 17 feet 2 inches (5.23 m). The ship displaced 1,960 long tons (1,990 t) light and 4,160 long tons (4,230 t) full load, with a capacity of 1650 tons of oil. Two oil fired boilers fed a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 1,750 indicated horsepower (1,300 kW) and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).
References
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