RFA Eddybeach

History
United Kingdom
Name	Eddybeach
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down	20 March 1950
Launched	24 April 1951
In service	8 December 1951
Out of service	27 May 1962
Renamed	Mykinai
Identification	Pennant number: A132
Fate	Sold to Greece in 1964 Foundered at her moorings at Mar del Plata, 2 September 1979
General characteristics
Class & 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	[1]

RFA Eddybeach (A132) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet 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).

References

Notes

• Eddy-Class Coastal Tankers
• Historical RFA

Citations

1. Puddefoot 2009, p. 183.

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.