RFA Olwen (A122)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 4 February 1963 |
| Laid down @ Hawthorn Leslie as Y.N. 755 | 11 July 1963 |
| Launched: | 10 July 1964 named OLYNTHUS - the 2nd ship to bear this name |
| Commissioned: | 21 June 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 1999. Laid up at Portsmouth |
| Fate: | Renamed OLWEN - the 2nd ship to bear this name - on 5 August 1967. Renamed KEA in May 2001.Beached at Alang for demolition on 21 July 2001 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 33,240 tons full load |
| Length: | 648 ft 00 in - 185.9 m |
| Beam: | 84 ft 02 in - 25.6 m |
| Draught: | 34'00.5" - 11.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Parmetrada steam turbines double reduction geared |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 10.000 nautical miles at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 88 RFA 40 RN |
| Armament: | Two 20 mm guns Two chaff launchers |
| Aircraft: | Three Westland Wessex or three Westland Sea King helicopters |
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RFA Olwen (A122) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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