Eddyfirth was launched at Lobnitz & Co.'s Renfrew shipyard on 10 September 1953 and completed on 10 February 1954.

Two oil fired boilers fed a triple-expansion steam engine rated at 1,750 indicated horsepower (1,300 kW) and drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).

[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.

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