RFA Spaburn (A257)

RFA Spaburn (A257) was a coastal Spa class water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]

History
United Kingdom
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:	3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 675 shp (503 kW) 1 shaft
Speed:	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Armament:	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × 20 mm AA guns

References

1. "RFA Spaburn". Historic RFA. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
2. "Unit history: RFA Spaburn". Forces war records. Retrieved 1 October 2015.