RFA Spaburn (A257)
RFA Spaburn (A257) was a coastal Spa class water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]
History | |
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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: |
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Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Armament: |
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References
- "RFA Spaburn". Historic RFA. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- "Unit history: RFA Spaburn". Forces war records. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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