RFA Spalake (A260)
RFA Spalake (A260) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and one of two ships of the class to be built in Bristol by Charles Hill & Sons.[1]
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | RFA Spalake |
Ordered: | May 1944 |
Builder: | Charles Hill & Sons |
Laid down: | 13 August 1945 |
Launched: | 10 August 1946 |
Commissioned: | 28 November 1946 |
Decommissioned: | 1977 |
Fate: | Arrived Dalmuir for demolition, August 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 1,219 long tons (1,239 t) |
Length: | 172 ft (52 m) |
Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draught: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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References
- "Spalake". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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