RFA Fort Rosalie (1)   RFA Fort Rosalie (1) spent eighteen months service in the Far East supplying the largest proposition of Ammunition used by Commonwealth Navies in the Korean War and had inspected, repaired and replaced Guns…

The Six steamers Ordered for the South American Service of Transatlantica Italiana Societa Anonima di Navigazione   In 1919, the Italian Transatlantica Italiana Societa Anonima di Navigazione of Genoa placed an order for six steamers from the Ansaldo Group of…

  RFA Nimble   Purchased by the Admiralty and based on the River Medway carrying passengers between Chatham Dockyard and Sheerness Dockyard from 1908 –      RFA Nimble (Image kindly donated by George Mortimer)

  RFA Small Craft without a name   by Tom Adams MBE     Introduction This backgrounder summarizes research undertaken into lesser-known vessels that were oceans away from the frontline vessels that formed the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Indeed, these small…

   RFA  Somersby/Reliant   by   Ian Richardson      ss Somersby before RFA service   RFA Reliant   Before the Second World War Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., were the owners of one of the largest fleet of…

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The Queen’s Colour RFA Thomas A Adams MBE       Background It is generally accepted that the practise of displaying and carrying Colours (also known as Standards) originated in Ancient Greece. From mediaeval Europe the Colour or Standard acted…