RFA Eddyfirth (A261) was an of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.
Construction and design 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 and a length between perpendiculars of . Beam was and draft . The ship displaced light and full load, with a capacity of 1650 tons of oil. Two oil fired boilers fed a triple-expansion steam engine rated at and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of .Blackman 1971, p. 376.
Service history 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 Withdrawn from service in 1981, she was scrapped in Seville in March 1982.
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