RFA Eddybay
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Name | RFA Eddybay |
Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
Laid down | 23 March 1951 |
Launched | 29 November 1951 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1952 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1962 |
Identification | Pennant number: A107 |
Fate | Arrived Antwerp for demolition 29 August 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2156 gross register tons |
Length | 286 ft 5 in (87 m) |
Beam | 44 ft 2 in (13 m) |
Draught | 17 ft 3 in (5 m) |
Propulsion | 3 x cyl Triple expansion steam |
Speed | 12 knots |
RFA Eddybay (A107) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. As with others of the class the ship had a short career and was stationed at Gibraltar for much of that time as a petrol carrier, spending three years at the colony in total.
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