RFA Eddycliff

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Eddycliff
Builder	Blythswood Shipbuilding, Scotstoun, Scotland
Launched	25 August 1952
In service	10 February 1953
Out of service	August 1963
Identification	Pennant number: A190 IMO number:  5096810
Fate	Sold commercially to Greece in 1964 and renamed Knossos.
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 Eddycliff (A190) was an Eddy-class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.

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.