RFA Olna (A123)

RFA Olna underway in 1991
History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Olna
Ordered	4 February 1963 as AO 16
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Yard number	756
Laid down	2 July 1964
Launched	28 July 1965 by Barbara Redman
In service	1 April 1966
Out of service	24 September 2000
Identification	IMO number: 6519467 Callsign: GOGS Pennant number: A123 Flight deck: ON
Honours and awards	Falkland Islands 1982 Kuwait 1991
Fate	Renamed Kos in May 2001. Arrived Alang for demolition 20 June 2001.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Ol-class tanker
Tonnage	18,582 GRT 9,367 NRT 22,350 DWT
Displacement	36,605 long tons (37,192 t) full load
Length	648 ft (198 m)
Beam	84 ft 2 in (25.65 m)
Draught	34 ft (10 m)
Depth	44 ft (13 m)
Installed power	2× Babcock & Wilcox selectable superheat boilers 26,500 shp (19,761 kW)
Propulsion	2× Pametrada steam turbines, double reduction gearbox to single screw Bow thrust propeller 3825 tons FFO, consumption 160 TPD at max power
Speed	21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	88 RFA 40 RN
Armament	2× 20 mm guns 2× Chaff launchers
Aircraft carried	3× Westland Wessex or Westland Sea King helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck, hangar
Notes	[3]
Service record
Operations:	Operation Magister Operation Corporate Operation Granby

RFA Olna (A123) was the third and final of the three Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. When she entered service she was one of the largest and fastest ships in the RFA Fleet. Olna saw service in the Falklands War and the Gulf War.

Her design was a development of the later Tide-class ships of the early 1960s. She was entered service in 1966 and served in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary for 34 years. Olna was the third ship to bear the name.