Tarbatness 1967

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Name:	TARBATNESS
Type:	Naval Supply Ship
Launched:	28/02/1967
Completed:	08/1967
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	2018
Dimensions:	12372grt, 4744nrt, 7832dwt, 523.4 x 72.3 x 25.5ft
Engines:	Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 8cyl (760 x 1550mm), 12800bhp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Reg Number:	334594
History:
08/1967	Secretary of State for Defence, London
30/09/1981	US Military Sealift Command
05/11/1981	Renamed USS SPICA
06/05/2009	Sank

Comments:	1967: Operated by the Royal Fleet Auxilliary as a fleet stores ship
	1980: Chartered by the US Military Sealift Command
	06/05/2009: Sunk as a naval target