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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
from Henry Robb, Leith, by British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd (later P & O)and chartered to MOD (D of S) on long term bearboat charter |
| Laid down: |
18 April 1961 |
| Launched: |
7 March 1962 |
| Commissioned: |
1962 |
| Decommissioned: |
1978 |
| Fate: |
Severely damaged by fire. Returned to owners. |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
8,173 tons |
| Tonnage: |
4,823 GRT |
| Length: |
379 ft |
| Beam: |
55 ft |
| Draught: |
22 ft |
| Propulsion: |
Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 5-cyl diesel engine, 5,500bhp |
| Speed: |
15 knots |
| Range: |
630 tons fuel oil, 18 tons per day max |
| Complement: |
36, accommodation for 54 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
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RFA Hebe (A406) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA).Built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British and India Steam Navigation Company and bare-boat chartered to the RFA. RFA career ended with a serious fire whilst in Gibraltar.
