RFA Spa (A192)

RFA Spa (A192) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her bell is now in the chapel of St Nicholas, Langstone, Havant.[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Spa
Ordered:	October 1939
Builder:	Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon[1]
Laid down:	26 September 1940[1]
Launched:	8 November 1941[2]
Commissioned:	24 April 1942[1]
Fate:	Laid up at Greenock. Arrived Passage West, Cork for scrapping, 9 October 1970[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:	Spa-class water carrier
Tonnage:	500 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement:	1,219 long tons (1,239 t) full load
Length:	172 ft (52 m) oa 160 ft (49 m) pp
Beam:	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion:	3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 675 ihp (503 kW) 1 shaft
Speed:	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Armament:	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun[3] 2 × 20 mm AA guns[3]

References

1. White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Spa". Historical RFA. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. Blackman 1962, p. 293.
3. "Spa Water Class Carriers". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

• Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.