RFA Eddybeach (A132)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Eddybeach
Laid down:	20 March 1950
Launched:	24 May 1951
Commissioned:	8 December 1951
Decommissioned:	27 May 1962
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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