RFA Spa

History
Name	RFA Spa
Ordered	October 1939
Builder	Philip & Son, Dartford
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 (510 t) {{{amt}}} 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[citation needed]; 2 × 20 mm AA guns[citation needed];

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Blackman 1962, p. 293.
^ ^a ^b ^c White, Christopher J.; Robinson, Peter. "RFA Spa". Historical RFA. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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

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