RFA Olna (A123)
1966 Ol-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see RFA Olna.
RFA Olna (A123) was the third and final of the three Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Olna saw service in the Falklands War.
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RFA Olna underway in 1991 | |
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Name | RFA Olna |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Yard number | 756 |
Laid down | 2 July 1964 |
Launched | 28 July 1965 by Barbara Redman |
Commissioned | 1 April 1966 |
Decommissioned | 24 September 2000 |
Identification | IMO number: 6519467 |
Honours and awards | Falkland Islands 1982. Kuwait 1991. |
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Class and type | Ol class tanker |
Displacement | 36,027 long tons (36,605 t) full load |
Length | 648 ft (198 m) |
Beam | 84 ft 2 in (25.65 m) |
Draught | 34 ft (10 m) |
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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× Westland Wessex or Westland Sea King helicopters |
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