RFA Eddybeach

History
United Kingdom
Name	Eddybeach
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down	20 March 1950
Launched	24 May 1951
Commissioned	8 December 1951
Decommissioned	27 May 1962
Identification	Pennant number: A132
Fate	Sold to Greece in 1964, and renamed Mykinai; Foundered at her moorings at Mar del Plata, 2 September 1979;
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Length	286 ft 5 in (87.30 m)
Beam	44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
Draught	17 ft 3 in (5.26 m)
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)

RFA Eddybeach (A132) was an Eddy class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. The ship mainly saw service in the Mediterranean, quite often at Gibraltar where it functioned as a water carrier. In 1964 Eddybeach was disposed of by sale to Greece.

Eddybeach can be seen in the background during the scene depicting Lional 'Buster' Crabb's first dive in Gibraltar harbour in the film The Silent Enemy (1958).

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