RFA Spabeck (A227)
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Career | |
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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.