Clovelly-class fleet tenders

Clovelly-class fleet tender
RMAS Harlech
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:
Built: 1972-1982
In commission: 1972-2008
Completed: 32
General characteristics
Type: Fleet Tender
Displacement: 126 long tons (128 t) lightship
Length: 79 feet (24 m)
Beam: 21 feet (6.4 m)
Height:
  • Mast up 36 feet (11 m)
  • Mast down 22 feet (6.7 m)
Draught: Normal trim 7.5 feet (2.3 m)
Depth: 10 feet (3.0 m)
Installed power: Single Lister Blackstone 4 cylinder diesel 320 horsepower (240 kW)
Speed: 10.5 knots
Crew: 7

The Clovelly-class fleet tenders are a class of Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service boats built mainly in the 1970s named after villages and small towns in Great Britain. Clovelly herself being named after the small harbour Clovelly in Devon

Ships in class

 Name   Pennant Number   Commissioned   Builder 
Clovelly A389 1972 Plimbott
Criccieth A391 1972 Plimbott
Cricklade A381 1971 Holmes
Cromarty A488 1972 Lewis
Denmead A363 1972 Holmes
Dornoch A490 1972 Lewis
Dunster A393 1972 Dunston
Elkstone A353 1971 Cook
Elsing A277 1971 Cook
Epworth A355 1972 Cook
Ettrick A274 1972 Cook
Felsted A348 1972 Dunston
Fintry A394 1972 Lewis
Fotherby A341 1972 Dunston
Froxfield A354 1972 Dunston
Fulbeck A365 1972 Holmes
Glencoe A392 1972 Plimbott
Grasmere A402 1972 Lewis
Hambledon A1769 1973 Dunston
Harlech A1768 1973 Dunston
Headcorn A1766 1973 Dunston
Hever A1767 1973 Dunston
Holmwood A1772 1973 Dunston
Horning A1773 1973 Dunston
Lamlash A208 1974 Dunston
Lechlade A211 1974 Dunston
Llandovery A207 1974 Dunston
Lydford A251 1975 Plimbott
Meon A87 1982 Dunston
Melton A83 1981 Dunston
Menai A84 1981 Dunston
Milford A91 1982 Dunston

References

Jane's Fighting Ships (various ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. 

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