1953 Eddy-class coastal tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | RFA Eddyness |
Builder | Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland, England |
Launched | 22 October 1953 |
In service | 11 October 1954 |
Out of service | 29 January 1963 |
Identification | Pennant number: A295 |
Fate | Broken up February 1970 |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Eddy-class coastal tanker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 4,165 long tons (4,232 t) full load |
Length | 287 ft 8 in (88 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 4 in (14 m) |
Draught | 17 ft 3 in (5 m) |
Installed power |
- two scotch boilers
- 1,750 ihp (1,300 kW)
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Propulsion |
- 3 cylinder Triple expansion steam
- single shaft
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Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 38 |
Notes | |
RFA Eddyness (A295) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, built by the Blyth Shipbuilding Company, in Blyth, Northumberland, England and launched in 1953. She was taken out of service at the beginning of 1963 and was eventually broken up at Valencia, Spain, in 1970.
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