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RFA Mounts Bay makes £35 million pound drug seizure
On 24 January 2020 while on patrol in the Caribbean some 74 nautical miles south of St Croix, US Virgin Islands, a 1,400kg (1.4 tonnes) haul of cocaine, worth approximately £35 million pounds was seized by the crew of RFA…
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RFA Empire Salvage
RFA Empire Salvage after WW2 as ss Papendrecht RFA Empire Salvage was a German supply ship named Lothringen which had been deployed in the Atlantic Ocean with oiling at sea equipment and with a German Mercantile Marine…
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The 1924 Fleet Review
On 26 July 1924 His Majesty King George V reviewed his Fleet at Spithead it being the first such large scale Fleet Review since 1914 In addition to the ships of the Royal Navy one ship of the Royal Fleet…
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Replenishment at Sea – training films
REPLENISHMENT AT SEA Training Films In 1953 a series of Naval instruction films for the Admiralty were produced by Associated British Pathe. There were four on Replenishment at Sea and they are available to preview…
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RFA Statistics
RFA Statistics On the first sheet of the RFA performance statistics for 1962/1963, issued within the Fuel Branch at the beginning of July, appears the following comment:- ‘The measure of success is not whether you have…
View moreOn this day in March
Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of March – On this day – (more…)
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Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of February – On this day – (more…)
View moreOn this day in January
Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of January – On this day – (more…)
View moreAB Morris R Ellis AM RFA
Able Seaman MORRIS RICHARD ELLIS, AM, RFA (more…)
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Fort Class Plaques
FORT CLASS PLAQUES Sources Naval Stores Journal / G M Manuell MBE collection / Vancouver Maritime Museum Just after the end of World War 2 and in the years following that conflict the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service added to…
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RFA Mounts Bay makes £35 million pound drug seizure
On 24 January 2020 while on patrol in the Caribbean some 74 nautical miles south of St Croix, US Virgin Islands, a 1,400kg (1.4 tonnes) haul of cocaine, worth approximately…
View moreRFA Empire Salvage
RFA Empire Salvage after WW2 as ss Papendrecht RFA Empire Salvage was a German supply ship named Lothringen which had been deployed in the Atlantic Ocean with…
View moreThe 1924 Fleet Review
On 26 July 1924 His Majesty King George V reviewed his Fleet at Spithead it being the first such large scale Fleet Review since 1914 In addition to the ships…
View moreReplenishment at Sea – training films
REPLENISHMENT AT SEA Training Films In 1953 a series of Naval instruction films for the Admiralty were produced by Associated British Pathe. There were four…
View moreRFA Statistics
RFA Statistics On the first sheet of the RFA performance statistics for 1962/1963, issued within the Fuel Branch at the beginning of July, appears the following comment:-…
View moreOn this day in March
Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of March – On this day – (more…)
View moreOn this day in February
Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of February – On this day – (more…)
View moreOn this day in January
Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of January – On this day – (more…)
View moreFort Class Plaques
FORT CLASS PLAQUES Sources Naval Stores Journal / G M Manuell MBE collection / Vancouver Maritime Museum Just after the end of World War 2 and in the years…
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