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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
September 1941 |
| Laid down: |
14 May 1943 |
| Launched: |
21 June 1943 as RIVULET |
| Commissioned: |
3 September 1943 as SPABECK |
| Decommissioned: |
March 1966. Laid up at Devonport |
| Fate: |
Arrived Antwerp enroute to Willebroek for demolition on 14 May 1966 |
| Struck: |
1966 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1219 tons full load |
| Length: |
172'00" |
| Beam: |
30'00" |
| Draught: |
12'00.25" |
| Propulsion: |
3 cyl Triple expansion steam. 675 ihp. One shaft. |
| Speed: |
9 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
1 x 3 inch gun and 2 x 20mm A.A. guns |
| Aircraft: |
Nil |
| Motto: |
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RFA Spabeck (A227) was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
