RFA Nasprite (A252)

RFA Nasprite (A252) was a Sprite-class tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War.

History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Nasprite
Ordered: 9 October 1939
Laid down: 7 March 1940
Launched: 28 November 1940
Commissioned: 11 February 1941
Decommissioned: 31 August 1954
Fate: Scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Class and type: Sprite-class tanker
Displacement: 1,900 tonnes full load
Length: 214 ft (65.23 m)
Beam: 33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draught: 12 ft 9.75 in (3.91 m)
Propulsion: 3 cyl triple expansion steam. 162 nhp. One shaft.
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)

She was laid up in reserve at Devonport on 31 August 1954, and put up for disposal in August 1963. She arrived at Amsterdam for scrapping at Willebroek on 5 February 1964.[1]

References

  1. "RFA Nasprite". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 20 December 2020.


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