Clovelly-class fleet tender

Clovelly-class fleet tender

RMAS Harlech
Class overview
Builders	James W. Cook & Company, Ltd., Wivenhoe J.S. Doig Ltd.,Grimsby Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle,Humberside Gregson Ltd., Blyth C.D. Holmes & Co., Beverly, Humberside John Lewis & Sons, Ltd., Aberdeen Issac Plimbott & Sons, Northwich
Operators	Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service Royal Navy
Built	1972-1982
In commission	1972-2008
Completed	32
General characteristics
Type	Fleet Tender
Displacement	126 long tons (128 t) lightship
Length	79 feet (24 m)
Beam	21 feet (6.4 m)
Height	Mast up 36 feet (11 m) Mast down 22 feet (6.7 m)
Draught	Normal trim 7.5 feet (2.3 m)
Depth	10 feet (3.0 m)
Installed power	Single Lister Blackstone 4 cylinder diesel 320 horsepower (240 kW)
Speed	10.5 knots
Crew	7

The Clovelly-class fleet tenders are a class of Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service boats built mainly in the 1970s named after villages and small towns in Great Britain. Clovelly herself being named after the small harbour Clovelly in Devon

Ships in class

Name	Pennant Number	Commissioned	Builder
Clovelly	A389	1972	Plimbott
Criccieth	A391	1972	Plimbott
Cricklade	A381	1971	Holmes
Cromarty	A488	1972	Lewis
Denmead	A363	1972	Holmes
Dornoch	A490	1972	Lewis
Dunster	A393	1972	Dunston
Elkstone	A353	1971	Cook
Elsing	A277	1971	Cook
Epworth	A355	1972	Cook
Ettrick	A274	1972	Cook
Felsted	A348	1972	Dunston
Fintry	A394	1972	Lewis
Fotherby	A341	1972	Dunston
Froxfield	A354	1972	Dunston
Fulbeck	A365	1972	Holmes
Glencoe	A392	1972	Plimbott
Grasmere	A402	1972	Lewis
Hambledon	A1769	1973	Dunston
Harlech	A1768	1973	Dunston
Headcorn	A1766	1973	Dunston
Hever	A1767	1973	Dunston
Holmwood	A1772	1973	Dunston
Horning	A1773	1973	Dunston
Lamlash	A208	1974	Dunston
Lechlade	A211	1974	Dunston
Llandovery	A207	1974	Dunston
Lydford	A251	1975	Plimbott
Meon	A87	1982	Dunston
Melton	A83	1981	Dunston
Menai	A84	1981	Dunston
Milford	A91	1982	Dunston

References

• Jane's Fighting Ships (various ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.