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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
28 April 1952 |
| Launched: |
10 September 1953 |
| Commissioned: |
25 April 1954 |
| Decommissioned: |
April 1981 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped at Seville on 28 March 1982 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
4165 tons |
| Length: |
287' 07" |
| Beam: |
44' 01" |
| Draught: |
17' 03.5" |
| Propulsion: |
3 cyl Triple expansion steam |
| Speed: |
12 knots |
| Range: |
Most of life as Coastal Tanker. Went from the United Kingdom to the aid of United Nations units on peacekeeping duties near Cyprus in 1974. |
| Complement: |
8 Officers (Captain, Chief Officer, Second Officer, Chief Engineer, Second Engineer, Third Engineer, Radio Officer, Chief Steward), 3 Petty Officers (Bosun, Pumpman, Cook), 6 deck ratings, 6 engineroom ratings, 2 assistant stewards (pantryman and Captain's personal steward) and one boy rating (galley boy). |
| Armament: |
No armament carried but fitted for two 50-cal machine guns on bridge wings and two 20mm AA guns aft. |
| Aircraft: |
None |
| Motto: |
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RFA Eddyfirth (A261) was a coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
