RFA Eddybay (A107)

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Career RFA Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 23 March 1951
Launched: 29 November 1951
Commissioned: 25 April 1952
Decommissioned: 9 November 1962
Fate: Arrived Antwerp for demolition 29 August 1964
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement: 2156 gross tons
Length: 286' 05"
Beam: 44' 02"
Draught: 17' 03"
Propulsion: 3 cyl Triple expansion steam
Speed: 12 knots
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RFA Eddybay (A107) was a coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. As with others of the class the ship had a short career and was stationed at Gibraltar for much of that time as a petrol carrier, spending three years at the colony in total.