RFA Olwen (A122)
_DN-SC-87-05080.jpeg) RFA Olwen in the 1980s
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Olwen |
| Ordered | 4 February 1963 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Yard number | 755 |
| Laid down | 11 July 1963 |
| Launched | 10 July 1964, as Olynthus |
| Commissioned | 21 June 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 1999 |
| Renamed | Olwen, 5 August 1967 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6418572 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ol class tanker |
| Displacement | 33,240 long tons (33,773 t) full load |
| Length | 648 ft (198 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft 2 in (25.65 m) |
| Draught | 34 ft (410 in) |
| Propulsion | 2× Pametrada steam turbines, double reduction geared |
| Speed | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
| Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
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| Aircraft carried | 3× Westland Wessex or Westland Sea King helicopters |
RFA Olwen (A122) was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
The lead ship of her class, and launched in 1964 as RFA Olynthus, the second ship to bear this name, she was renamed Olwen in 1967 to avoid confusion with HMS Olympus.
Operational history[edit]
1970[edit]
In November and December 1970 Olwen was involved in Operation Burlap giving humanitarian assistance to East Pakistan after a cyclone caused extensive damage and flooding.[1]
1973[edit]
In the Second Cod War, Olwen supported Royal Navy ships three times.[1]
Decommissioning[edit]
She was decommissioned in 1999 and laid up at Portsmouth, before being broken up at Alang, India in 2001.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "RFA Olwen(1)". Historical RFA. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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