RFA Eddyreef
1953 Eddy-class coastal tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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RFA Eddyreef (A202) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.[2]
RFA Eddyreef | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Eddyreef |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding Co., Dundee |
| Launched | 28 May 1953 |
| In service | 23 October 1953 |
| Out of service | 1958 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Eddy-class coastal tanker |
| Type | 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 |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Notes | [1] |
Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee,[3] the ship was launched on 28 May 1953, and entered service on 23 October 1953.
Eddyreef was laid up in 1958, and departed from Devonport, Plymouth, in tow for demolition at Willebroek, Belgium, in March 1964.