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{{Infobox ship | |||
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| | |image=RFA A261 Eddyfirth.jpg | ||
| | |image_caption=RFA ''Eddyfirth'' (A261) approaching Portsmouth | ||
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|section2={{Infobox ship/career | |||
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|country=[[United Kingdom]] | |||
|flag=[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|60px|RFA Ensign]] | |||
|name=RFA ''Eddyfirth'' | |||
|namesake= | |||
|owner= | |||
|operator= | |||
|registry= | |||
|route= | |||
|ordered= | |||
|awarded= | |||
|builder=[[Lobnitz|Lobnitz & Co.]], [[Renfrew]], [[Scotland]] | |||
|original_cost= | |||
|yard_number= | |||
|way_number= | |||
|laid_down=28 April 1952 | |||
|launched=10 September 1953 | |||
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|completed= | |||
|acquired= | |||
|commissioned= | |||
|recommissioned= | |||
|decommissioned= | |||
|maiden_voyage= | |||
|in_service= 25 April 1954 | |||
|out_of_service= 1 April 1981 | |||
|renamed= | |||
|reclassified= | |||
|refit= | |||
|struck= | |||
|reinstated= | |||
|homeport= | |||
|identification=*[[Pennant number]]: A261 | |||
*{{IMO Number|5096834}} | |||
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|captured= | |||
|fate=Scrapped at Seville on 28 March 1982. | |||
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}} | |||
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|class={{sclass2|Eddy|coastal tanker|3}} | |||
|type= | |||
|tonnage= | |||
|displacement= | |||
|length={{Convert|287|ft|1|in|m|0|abbr=on}} | |||
|beam={{Convert|44|ft|1|in|m|0|abbr=on}} | |||
|height= | |||
|draught={{Convert|17|ft|3.5|in|m|0|abbr=on}} | |||
|draft= | |||
|depth= | |||
|hold_depth= | |||
|decks= | |||
|deck_clearance= | |||
|ramps= | |||
|ice_class= | |||
|power= | |||
|propulsion=3 cylinder Triple expansion steam | |||
|sail_plan= | |||
|speed=12 knots | |||
|range= | |||
|endurance= | |||
|test_depth= | |||
|boats= | |||
|capacity= | |||
|troops= | |||
|complement=8 officers, 18 ratings | |||
|crew= | |||
|time_to_activate= | |||
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|EW= | |||
|armament=No armament carried but fitted for two 50-cal machine guns on bridge wings and two 20mm AA guns aft. | |||
|armour= | |||
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}} | |||
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'''RFA ''Eddyfirth'' (A261)''' was an {{sclass2|Eddy|coastal tanker|3}} of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] (RFA), the naval [[auxiliary fleet]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. | '''RFA ''Eddyfirth'' (A261)''' was an {{sclass2|Eddy|coastal tanker|3}} of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] (RFA), the naval [[auxiliary fleet]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:50, 13 December 2025
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Construction and design
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Service history
Initially, Eddyfirth was based in Malta as support for the Motor Minesweeping Flotilla. In 1966 she returned to United Kingdom coastal waters, reclassified as a harbour oiler. Withdrawn from service in 1981, she was scrapped in Seville in March 1982. [2]
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Bibliography
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