RFA Spaburn

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Spaburn
Ordered	May 1944
Builder	Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon
Laid down	7 October 1944
Launched	5 January 1946
Commissioned	12 April 1946
Decommissioned	1977
Stricken	1977
Fate	Arrived Dalmuir for scrapping, August 1977
General characteristics
Displacement	1,219 long tons (1,239 t)
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "RFA Spaburn". Historic RFA. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Unit history: RFA Spaburn". Forces war records. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	RFA Spaburn
Ordered	May 1944
Builder	Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon^[1]
Laid down	7 October 1944^[1]^[2]
Launched	5 January 1946^[1]^[2]
Commissioned	12 April 1946^[1]^[2]
Decommissioned	1977^[1]^[2]
Stricken	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