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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1942 Spa-class coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}<br />
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|Ship country= United Kingdom<br />
|Ship flag= [[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|100x35px|border|RFA Ensign]]<br />
|Ship name= RFA ''Spa''<br />
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|Ship ordered= October 1939<br />
|Ship builder=[[Philip and Son]], [[Dartmouth, Devon]]<ref name="histrfa"/><br />
|Ship laid down= 26 September 1940<ref name="histrfa">{{cite web|last1=White|first1=Christopher J.|last2=Robinson|first2=Peter|title=RFA Spa|url=http://historicalrfa.org/rfa-spa-ships-details|work=Historical RFA|accessdate=18 December 2020}}</ref><br />
|Ship launched= 8 November 1941<ref name="jfs62 p293">Blackman 1962, p. 293.</ref><br />
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|Ship commissioned= 24 April 1942<ref name="histrfa"/><br />
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|Ship fate= Laid up at [[Greenock]]. Arrived [[Passage West]], Cork for scrapping, 9 October 1970<ref name="histrfa"/><br />
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|Ship class= ''Spa''-class water carrier<br />
|Ship displacement= {{convert|1219|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} full load<br />
|Ship tonnage={{DWT|500|long|disp=long}}<br />
|Ship length=*{{convert|172|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[length overall|oa]]<br />
*{{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]]<br />
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|Ship propulsion=*3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, {{convert|675|ihp|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}<br />
*1 shaft<br />
|Ship speed= {{convert|9|kn|lk=in}}<br />
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|Ship armament=*1 × {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} gun<ref name="Spa Water Class Carriers">{{cite web |title=Spa Water Class Carriers |url=http://historicalrfa.org/rfa-ship-classes/1906-spa-water-class-carriers |website=historicalrfa.org |access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref><br />
*2 × 20 mm AA guns<ref name="Spa Water Class Carriers"/><br />
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'''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.<ref name="histrfa"/><br />
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*{{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63|year=1962|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.|location=London}}<br />
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