RFA Spabeck (A227) was one of six Spa-class coastal water carriers built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary during the Second World War.

The engine developed 605 indicated horsepower (451 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).

The ships were armed with a single 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) gun and two 20-millimeter (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns[2] Spabeck ordered in September 1941 from Philip and Son and was laid down on 14 May 1943 at their Dartmouth, Devon shipyard as Rivulet.

[2][3] She was modified in 1948 as a HTP tanker to support the experimental submarines Meteorite, Explorer and Excalibur.

Purchased by a Belgian shipbreaking company for £10,875, she arrived at Antwerp en route to Willebroek, Belgium, for scrapping on 14 May.