RFA Eddyfirth (A261) was an of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.
Eddyfirth was launched at Lobnitz & Co.'s Renfrew shipyard on 10 September 1953 and completed on 10 February 1954. The ship had an overall length of 286feet and a length between perpendiculars of 270feet. Beam was 44feet and draft 17inchesft2inchesin (ftin). The ship displaced 1960LT light and 4160LT full load, with a capacity of 1650 tons of oil. Two oil fired boilers fed a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 1750ihp and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of .[1]
Initially, Eddyfirth was based in Malta as support for the Motor Minesweeping Flotilla. In 1966 she returned to United Kingdom coastal waters, reclassified as a harbour oiler. Withdrawn from service in 1981, she was scrapped in Seville in March 1982. [2]