RFA Spaburn (A257)

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History
RFA Ensign
Name: RFA Spaburn
Ordered: May 1944
Builder: Phillip & Son Limited, Dartmouth[1]
Laid down: 7 October 1944[1][2]
Launched: 5 January 1946[1][2]
Commissioned: 12 April 1946[1][2]
Decommissioned: 1977[1][2]
Struck: 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:
  • 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 675 shp (503 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Armament:
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 2 × 20 mm AA guns

RFA Spaburn (A257) was a coastal Spa class water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]

references

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