RFA Spa

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Spa
Ordered	October 1939
Builder	Philip and Son, Dartmouth, Devon
Laid down	26 September 1940
Launched	8 November 1941
Commissioned	24 April 1942
Fate	Laid up at Greenock. Arrived Passage West, Cork for scrapping, 9 October 1970
General characteristics
Class and 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; 2 × 20 mm AA guns;

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 2 3 4 5 White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Spa". Historical RFA. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
1 2 Blackman 1962, p. 293.
1 2 "Spa Water Class Carriers". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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

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