RFA Eddyness

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Eddyness
Builder	Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland, England
Launched	22 October 1953
In service	11 October 1954
Out of service	29 January 1963
Identification	Pennant number: A295
Fate	Broken up February 1970
Notes
General characteristics
Class and type	Eddy-class coastal tanker
Tonnage	2,224 GRT 901 NRT 2,286 DWT
Displacement	4,165 long tons (4,232 t) full load
Length	287 ft 8 in (88 m)
Beam	46 ft 4 in (14 m)
Draught	17 ft 3 in (5 m)
Installed power	two scotch boilers 1,750 ihp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	3 cylinder Triple expansion steam single shaft
Speed	12 knots
Complement	38
Notes

RFA Eddyness (A295) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, built by the Blyth Shipbuilding Company, in Blyth, Northumberland, England and launched in 1953. She was taken out of service at the beginning of 1963 and was eventually broken up at Valencia, Spain, in 1970.

References

Bibliography

• Puddefoot, Geoff (2009). The Fourth Force The Untold Story of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary since 1945. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-046-8.