RFA Olwen (A122)
1965 Ol-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see RFA Olwen.
RFA Olwen (A122) was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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Name | RFA Olwen |
Ordered | 4 February 1963 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Yard number | 755 |
Laid down | 11 July 1963 |
Launched | 10 July 1964, as Olynthus |
Commissioned | 21 June 1965 |
Decommissioned | 1999 |
Renamed | Olwen, 5 August 1967 |
Identification | IMO number: 6418572 |
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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 | 34 ft (410 in) |
Propulsion | 2× Pametrada steam turbines, double reduction geared |
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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The lead ship of her class, and launched in 1964 as RFA Olynthus, the second ship to bear this name, she was renamed Olwen in 1967 to avoid confusion with HMS Olympus.