RFA Spalake
Appearance
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Spalake |
Ordered | May 1944 |
Builder | Charles Hill & Sons |
Laid down | 13 August 1945 |
Launched | 10 August 1946 |
Commissioned | 28 November 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1977 |
Fate | Arrived Dalmuir for demolition, August 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,219 long tons (1,239 t) |
Length | 172 ft (52 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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RFA Spalake (A260) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and one of two ships of the class to be built in Bristol by Charles Hill & Sons.[1]
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