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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: |
6 April 1962 |
| Decommissioned: |
December 1978 |
| Fate: |
Severely damaged by fire at Gibraltar on 30 November 1978. Charter cancelled and returned to owners. Renamed GOOD GUARDIAN in June 1979 and sailed Gibraltar on 13 June 1979 for repairs in Greece. Renamed GUARDIAN in 1981. Renamed WAFA in 1987. Arrived Famagusta for demolition on 16 September 1987. |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
8,173 tons |
| Tonnage: |
4,823 GRT |
| Length: |
379' 03" |
| Beam: |
55' 02" |
| Draught: |
22' 01" |
| 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.
