RFA Spa

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Spa
Ordered	October 1939
Builder	Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon [1]
Laid down	26 September 1940 [1]
Launched	8 November 1941 [2]
Commissioned	24 April 1942 [1]
Fate	Laid up at Greenock. Arrived Passage West, Cork for scrapping, 9 October 1970 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	Spa-class water carrier
Tonnage	500 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	1,219 long tons (1,239 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m) oa 160 ft (49 m) pp
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 675  ihp (503 kW) 1 shaft
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun [3] 2 × 20 mm AA guns [3]

RFA Spa (A192) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her bell is now in the chapel of St Nicholas, Langstone, Havant. ^[1]

Citations

1. White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Spa". Historical RFA. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. Blackman 1962, p. 293.
3. "Spa Water Class Carriers". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

References

• Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.