RFA Airsprite (A115)
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| Career (UK) |
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| Name: |
RFA Airsprite |
| Ordered: |
2 July 1941 |
| Laid down: |
September 1941 |
| Launched: |
22 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
16 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned: |
October 1963 |
| Fate: |
Arrived at Antwerp for scrapping on 14 March 1965 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Sprite-class tanker |
| Displacement: |
1,900 tonnes full load |
| Length: |
214 ft (65.23 m) |
| Beam: |
33 ft 2 in (10.11 m) |
| Draught: |
12 ft 9.75 in (3.91 m) |
| Propulsion: |
3 cyl triple expansion steam. 162 nhp. One shaft. |
| Speed: |
10 knots (19 km/h) |
RFA Airsprite (A115) was a Sprite-class spirits tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was laid up in reserve at Devonport in October 1963, and put up for disposal in January 1965.