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And the crew threw themselves overboard!
For the Master of RFA Wave Governor, Captain Walter L. Holtam RFA, the voyage out to Brazil in November 1957 in ballast was reaching its end. The ship was off Curaçao when he received a report that six…
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The Censor of RFA Thrush
The Censor of RFA Thrush HMS Thrush was a Redbreast class 1st class gun boat which had been launched on 22 June, 1889 at Scott’s of Greenock. In 1906 she became at Coastguard ship, by 1915 a cable ship and…
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The Theft of a Bread Roll and Egg on the Face
At the Silver Jubilee Fleet Review of July 1935 the massed lines of 157 Royal and Merchant Naval ships were drawn up in the Solent for the Sovereign – King George V – to receive the salute of his…
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RFA Maine – The Oldest Ship in the Navy
RFA Maine The Oldest Ship in the Navy Built in 1902 as the Pacific Steam Navigation Company “Panama”, His Majesty’s hospital ship “Maine” was, in 1945, probably the oldest ship serving with the Royal Navy. Bought in 1920 and equipped…
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Thule’s Rush in!
RFA Black Ranger was one of a class of six small tankers, built during the Second World War, all of which distinguished themselves in various theatres; in fact Black Ranger had given sterling service on many of the Russian Convoy’s.…
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The loss of RFA Francol
By 1942 the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbour and crippled the American fleet, they had invaded Hong Kong and captured Singapore from the British and were busily expanding their empire across the Indian Ocean. (more…)
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The loss of S.S. Pass of Balmaha
Captain Stanley Kirby, Master of the s.s. Pass of Balmaha, had a full load of petrol to deliver to Tobruk, a besieged city on 17 October 1941. The ship was to make an escorted journey from Alexandria, as she had…
View moreRFA Fire Ships in World War 2
Operation Lucid Captain Augustus Agar VC was in charge of the planning and execution of Operation Lucid in September 1940, this Operation was an attempt to hit the German wooden invasion barges at Boulogne and Calais, France, with incendiary…
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RFA Maine (4) was a ‘Slow boat to China’
RFA Maine (4) was a ‘Slow Boat to China’ On 19 September 1949 the three hundred bed RFA Maine (4) sailed for service in the Far East from her berth in Grand Harbour, Malta G.C. and so started what Lord…
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And the crew threw themselves overboard!
For the Master of RFA Wave Governor, Captain Walter L. Holtam RFA, the voyage out to Brazil in November 1957 in ballast was reaching its end. The ship…
View moreThe Censor of RFA Thrush
The Censor of RFA Thrush HMS Thrush was a Redbreast class 1st class gun boat which had been launched on 22 June, 1889 at Scott’s of Greenock. In 1906 she…
View moreThe Theft of a Bread Roll and Egg on the Face
At the Silver Jubilee Fleet Review of July 1935 the massed lines of 157 Royal and Merchant Naval ships were drawn up in the Solent for the Sovereign –…
View moreRFA Maine – The Oldest Ship in the Navy
RFA Maine The Oldest Ship in the Navy Built in 1902 as the Pacific Steam Navigation Company “Panama”, His Majesty’s hospital ship “Maine” was, in 1945, probably the oldest ship…
View moreThule’s Rush in!
RFA Black Ranger was one of a class of six small tankers, built during the Second World War, all of which distinguished themselves in various theatres; in fact Black Ranger…
View moreThe loss of RFA Francol
By 1942 the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbour and crippled the American fleet, they had invaded Hong Kong and captured Singapore from the British and were busily expanding their empire…
View moreThe loss of S.S. Pass of Balmaha
Captain Stanley Kirby, Master of the s.s. Pass of Balmaha, had a full load of petrol to deliver to Tobruk, a besieged city on 17 October 1941. The ship was…
View moreRFA Fire Ships in World War 2
Operation Lucid Captain Augustus Agar VC was in charge of the planning and execution of Operation Lucid in September 1940, this Operation was an attempt to hit the German…
View moreRFA Maine (4) was a ‘Slow boat to China’
RFA Maine (4) was a ‘Slow Boat to China’ On 19 September 1949 the three hundred bed RFA Maine (4) sailed for service in the Far East from her berth…
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