RFA Hebe

RFA Hebe (A406) was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Hebe was built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British-India Steam Navigation Company and was bare-boat chartered to the RFA in 1962.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Hebe
Namesake	Hebe
Builder	Henry Robb, Leith
Laid down	18 April 1961
Launched	7 March 1962
Commissioned	6 April 1962
Decommissioned	December 1978
Identification	IMO number: 5145013 Pennant number: A406
Fate	Scrapped in Cyprus 1987
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,823 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement	8,173 long tons (8,304 t)
Length	379 ft 3 in (115.60 m)
Beam	55 ft 2 in (16.81 m)
Draught	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 5-cylinder diesel engine, 5,500 bhp (4,101 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	630 tons fuel oil, 18 tons per day maximum
Complement	36 (accommodation for 54)

Hebe was severely damaged by a fire while at Gibraltar on 30 November 1978. The charter was cancelled and the ship returned to her owners. Hebe was renamed Good Guardian in June 1979, and sailed from Gibraltar on 13 June 1979 for repairs in Greece. She was renamed Guardian in 1981, and Wafa in 1987. The ship arrived at Famagusta for demolition on 16 September 1987.