# RFA Hebe

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{{Short description|Lead ship of her class of stores freighter of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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 |image= RFA Hebe 1972.jpg
 |image_caption=RFA Hebe
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 |country= United Kingdom
 |flag= 100x35px|Royal Fleet Auxiilary Ensign
 |name= RFA ''Hebe''
 |namesake=[Hebe](/source/Hebe_(mythology))
 |ordered= 
 |builder=[Henry Robb](/source/Henry_Robb), [Leith](/source/Leith)
 |laid_down= 18 April 1961
 |launched= 7 March 1962
 |acquired=
 |commissioned= 6 April 1962 
 |decommissioned= December 1978  
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 |out_of_service=
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 |identification=*{{IMO Number|5145013}}
                 *[Pennant number](/source/Pennant_number): A406
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 |fate= Scrapped in Cyprus 1987
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 |tonnage= {{GRT|4,823|disp=long}}
 |displacement= {{Convert|8173|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}  
 |length= {{Convert|379|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} 
 |beam= {{Convert|55|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} 
 |draught= {{Convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
 |propulsion=Swan Hunter-Sulzer SRD68 5-cylinder [diesel engine](/source/diesel_engine), {{Convert|5500|bhp|0|abbr=on}} 
 |speed= {{Convert|15|kn|lk=in}}
 |range= 630 tons [fuel oil](/source/fuel_oil), 18 tons per day maximum
 |complement=36 (accommodation for 54)
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'''RFA ''Hebe'' (A406)''' was a stores ship of the [Royal Fleet Auxiliary](/source/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary) (RFA). ''Hebe'' was built by [Henry Robb](/source/Henry_Robb) of [Leith](/source/Leith) for the [British-India Steam Navigation Company](/source/British-India_Steam_Navigation_Company) and was [bare-boat charter](/source/bare-boat_charter)ed to the RFA in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-hebe-ship-information|title=RFA Hebe}}</ref>

''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](/source/Famagusta) for demolition on 16 September 1987.

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