RFA Spabeck (A227)

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Career RFA Ensign
Ordered: September 1941
Laid down: 14 May 1943
Launched: 21 June 1943 as RIVULET
Commissioned: 3 September 1943 as SPABECK
Decommissioned: March 1966. Laid up at Devonport
Fate: Arrived Antwerp enroute to Willebroek for demolition on 14 May 1966
Struck: 1966
General characteristics
Displacement: 1219 tons full load
Length: 172'00"
Beam: 30'00"
Draught: 12'00.25"
Propulsion: 3 cyl Triple expansion steam. 675 ihp. One shaft.
Speed: 9 knots
Range:
Complement:
Armament: 1 x 3 inch gun and 2 x 20mm A.A. guns
Aircraft: Nil
Motto:

RFA Spabeck (A227) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.