Conversion to RFA ocean surveillance ships

The offshore support vessel, MV Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She will arrive at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside this week for conversion and will…
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RFA Fort Rosalie (1)

    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…
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RFA Fort Rosalie 1

Transatlantica Italiana Societa Anonima di Navigazione

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…
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RFA Nimble

  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)
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RFA Small Craft without a name

  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…
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RFA Somersby/Reliant

   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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Somersby

The Queens Colour RFA

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…
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Other Fort Class Auxiliaries

  Other FORT CLASS Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries    by James R Smith   Following the outbreak of WW2, the first cargo vessels built in Canada for the War Effort were of the “North Sands” type, the hulls of which conformed…
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Fort Alabama 2

RFA Fort Rosalie (1)

RFA Fort Rosalie 1
    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…
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RFA Nimble

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  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…
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RFA Small Craft without a name

C_6160088
  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…
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RFA Somersby/Reliant

Somersby
   RFA  Somersby/Reliant   by   Ian Richardson      ss Somersby before RFA service   RFA Reliant   Before the Second World War Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd.,…
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The Queens Colour RFA

Queens_Colour_RFA.jpg
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…
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Other Fort Class Auxiliaries

Fort Alabama 2
  Other FORT CLASS Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries    by James R Smith   Following the outbreak of WW2, the first cargo vessels built in Canada for the War Effort were…
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