RFA Eddyfirth

RFA Eddyfirth (A261) was an Eddy class coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Construction and design
Eddyfirth was launched at Lobnitz & Co.'s Renfrew shipyard on 10 September 1953 and completed on 10 February 1954. The ship had an overall length of 286 ft and a length between perpendiculars of 270 ft. Beam was 44 ft and draft 17 ft. The ship displaced 1960 LT light and 4160 LT full load, with a capacity of 1650 tons of oil. Two oil fired boilers fed a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 1750 ihp and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of 12 kn.

Service history
Initially, Eddyfirth was based in Malta as support for the Motor Minesweeping Flotilla. In 1966 she returned to United Kingdom coastal waters, reclassified as a harbour oiler. Withdrawn from service in 1981, she was scrapped in Seville in March 1982.