Eddy Class Coastal Tankers (AO(H))

A class of eight single screw vessels built for the Naval Stores Department of the Admiralty. Two further units, Eddycove (A205) and Eddymull (A287), were cancelled in 1953. Displacing 4,160 tons (fully loaded) they measured 87 metres in length, 13 metres in breadth with a draught of 5.2 metres. They had a cargo capacity of 1,650 tons and a speed of 12 knots.

Developments in Replenishment At Sea (RAS) techniques soon made these vessels obsolete, hence they had relatively short careers. Eddybeach, Eddycliff, Eddycreek and Eddyreef were withdrawn from service between 1963 and 1964, Eddyrock in 1967, Eddyness in 1970 and finally Eddyfrith left the fleet in 1981.

Ship	Pennant No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned
Eddybeach	A132	Caledon SB Co.		April 25th 1951	April 1952
Eddybay	A107	Caledon SB Co.		November 29th 1951	November 1953
Eddycliff	A190	Blythswood		August 25th 1952	February 10th 1953
Eddycreek	A258	Lobnitz (Renfrew)		January 19th 1953	September 11th 1953
Eddyrock	A198	Dry Docks Shipbuilding, Blyth		September 16th 1952	June 7th 1953
Eddyreef	A202	Caledon SB Co.		May 28th 1953	October 23rd 1953
Eddyfirth	A261	Lobnitz (Renfrew)		September 10th 1953	February 10th 1954
Eddyness	A295	Dry Docks Shipbuilding, Blyth		October 22nd 1953	October 11th 1954

Ship	History
Eddybeach	Spent much of her service life based at Gibraltar, where for some time she acted as a water carrier. Sold to Greece in 1964.
Eddybay	Bsed at Gibraltar where she was employed as a petrol carrier for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Scrapped in 1965.
Eddycliff	Spent much of her service life based at Malta, where she was sold in 1966.
Eddycreek	Spent much of her service life based at Hong Kong, where she was sold in 1965.
Eddyrock	Stationed at Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation. Sold for breaking up 1967.
Eddyreef	Scrapped in 1964.
Eddyfirth	Last ship of the class. Spent much of her career supporting minesweepers at Malta. Scrapped in 1982.
Eddyness	Scrapped in 1970.
Eddycove	Cancelled 1953.
Eddymull	Cancelled 1953.

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