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RFA Eddybeach

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History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameEddybeach
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down20 March 1950
Launched24 May 1951
Commissioned8 December 1951
Decommissioned27 May 1962
IdentificationPennant number: A132
Fate
  • Sold to Greece in 1964, and renamed Mykinai
  • Foundered at her moorings at Mar del Plata, 2 September 1979
General characteristics
TypeTanker
Length286 ft 5 in (87.30 m)
Beam44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
Draught17 ft 3 in (5.26 m)
Propulsion3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine
Speed12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)

RFA Eddybeach (A132) was an Eddy class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. The ship mainly saw service in the Mediterranean, quite often at Gibraltar where it functioned as a water carrier. In 1964 Eddybeach was disposed of by sale to Greece.

Eddybeach can be seen in the background during the scene depicting Lional 'Buster' Crabb's first dive in Gibraltar harbour in the film The Silent Enemy (1958).

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