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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1946 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 ''Spaburn''<br />
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|Ship ordered=May 1944<br />
|Ship builder=[[Philip and Son]], [[Dartmouth, Devon]]<ref name="historicrfa"/><br />
|Ship laid down=7 October 1944<ref name="historicrfa">{{cite web | url =http://www.historicalrfa.uk/rfa-spaburn | title=RFA Spaburn|work=Historic RFA|date=2008-10-16|accessdate=2015-10-01}}</ref><ref name="fwr"/><br />
|Ship launched= 5 January 1946<ref name="historicrfa"/><ref name="fwr"/><br />
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|Ship commissioned= 12 April 1946<ref name="historicrfa"/><ref name="fwr"/><br />
|Ship decommissioned= 1977<ref name="historicrfa"/><ref name="fwr"/><br />
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|Ship fate= Arrived [[Dalmuir]] for scrapping, August 1977<ref name="historicrfa"/><ref name="fwr"/><br />
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|Ship displacement= {{convert|1219|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref name="fwr">{{cite web|url=https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/2900/rfa-spaburn/| title=Unit history: RFA Spaburn|work=Forces war records|accessdate=2015-10-01}}</ref><br />
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|Ship propulsion=*3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, {{convert|675|shp|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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'''RFA ''Spaburn'' (A257)''' was a coastal ''Spa''-class water carrier of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]].<ref name="historicrfa"/><br />
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[[Category:Spa-class coastal water carriers]]<br />
[[Category:1946 ships]]<br />
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