RFA Olmeda
1965 Ol-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RFA Olmeda (A124) was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The ship was renamed from Oleander after two years in operation.
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RFA Olmeda at sea | |
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Name | RFA Olmeda |
Builder | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallend, Tyne and Wear |
Yard number | 2004 |
Laid down | 27 August 1963 |
Launched | 19 November 1964 |
Commissioned | 18 October 1965, as Oleander |
Decommissioned | January 1994 |
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Identification | IMO number: 6501331 |
Fate | Arrived Alang for demolition, 17 August 1994 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ol-class tanker |
Displacement | 33,240 long tons (33,773 t) full load |
Length | 648 ft (198 m) |
Beam | 84 ft 2 in (25.65 m) |
Draught | 24 ft (290 in) |
Propulsion | 2× Pametrada steam turbines, double reduction geared, single shaft |
Speed | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
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Aircraft carried | 3× Wessex or Sea King helicopters |
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In the last action of the Falklands War, Olmeda helped recapture the South Sandwich Islands.