RFA Eddyfirth
Official Number: 186012
Class: EDDY CLASS Fleet Attendant Oiler
Pennant No: A261
Laid down: 25 April 1952
Builder: Lobintz & Co, Renfrew
Launched: 10 September 1953
Into Service: 25 April 1954
Out of service: Laid up 1 April 1981
Fate: Broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
Background Data: This Class were a part of the RFA’s first post-WW2 construction programme and the ships were Admiralty-designed to act as Fleet Attendant Oilers. Even as they were being built for world-wide service however, their designed functions had become obsolete due to the rapid and wide scale practice of refuelling at sea. This resulted in RFA EDDYCOVE, ordered on 23 January 1951 and RFA EDDYMULL, ordered on 27 March 1951 being cancelled in 1952 and the remaining 8 ships in the Class refocused on harbour and coastal service within a short time. With the exception of RFA EDDYFIRTH, the remainder of the Class had very short service lives with the RFA.
24 October 1953 Mr D F Gorrie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
January 1954 Captain Patty Colfer RFA appointed as Master
10 February 1954 ran builders’ trials
25 April 1954 Completed. Spent a large part of her career based at Malta, largely with the Motor Minesweeping Flotillas. In her latter years, as the sole survivor of the Class, she was employed in carrying avcat and lubricating oils around the U.K. coast.
1 June 1954 Captain A H Mackenzie RFA appointed as Master
23 June 1954 Mr C A Herbert RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
14 September 1955 Captain Allistoun M Macquire-Samson RFA appointed as Master
13 December 1955 Mr A C Hawk RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
14 March 1956 Captain Alf Waters RFA appointed as Master
27 November 1956 Mr P Campbell RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
8 December 1957 Mr F Barclay RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
4 June 1958 Mr C W H Neil RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
12 June 1958 Captain Stephen J Pethurst RFA appointed as Master
14 July 1960 Captain George Baker RFA appointed as Master
16 December 1960 Mr Ciriaco G McFadzean RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
13 March 1961 Captain T H Macrow RFA appointed as Master
4 December 1961 Mr B C Jeremiah RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
6 July 1962 Captain H E Michael RFA appointed as Master
7 January 1963 Mr E T Rees RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
20 August 1963 Mr J M Lumsden RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
15 September 1963 Captain O J Coulthard RFA appointed as Master
23 March 1964 Captain Donald G M Averill RFA appointed as Master
6 July 1964 Mr W P Garrick RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
20 August 1965 Captain David P Kindersley RFA appointed as Master
25 September 1965 Mr J W Ritchie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
1966 Redesignated as a Harbour Tanker
4 March 1966 the body of a male person was discovered in a ships locker on board this day - reported in The Times of the 5 March 1966
25 August 1966 Captain A Hewitt RFA appointed as Master
10 October 1966 Mr C E Prentis RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
26 August 1967 Captain J C Moffat RFA appointed as Master
7 September 1967 Mr J W Ritchie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
7 December 1967 Captain B A Seymour RFA appointed as Master
29 October 1974 sailed Malta for Augusta
15 December 1975 Captain Shane Redmond RFA appointed as Master
Captain Shane Redmond RFA
December 1977 Captain John Roddis RFA in command
15 October 1979 Captain Anthony Pitt RFA appointed in command
Captain A F Pitt RFA
16 October 1980 Captain Anthony Pitt RFA appointed in command
1 April 1981 destored and was laid up at Devonport
5 October 1981 placed on the Disposal List ‘as lies Devonport‘
1981 sold to Spence & Young for £50,000 for demolition
January 1982 resold to Spanish breakers
28 March 1982 arrived Seville, Spain for breaking up by Desguaces del Guadalquivir
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