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RFAHS Code Word Quiz
This Code Word Puzzle has the names of around 40 ships which have sailed or do sail as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries since the Service’s formation in 1905 right up to the present day Three ‘free’ letters are provided –…
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Ships Tee Shirts
Ships Tee Shirts Over recent years a number of RFA ships have had tee shirts designed and printed for their crew members. The designs are colourful and unique: – (more…)
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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 moreThe salvage of U-Boat UC44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer
The salvage of German U-Boat UC44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer by Antony Babb BEM The salvage of UC-44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer (later to become RFA Racer) in September 1917 was probably one of…
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The Loss of RFA Montenol
The Loss of RFA Montenol RFA MONTENOL had sailed from Liverpool on 12 May 1942 for Freetown, Sierra Leone in the escorted convoy OS28 together with 38 other merchant ships and 12 Royal Navy escorts. She was…
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The loss of RFA Olga
RFA OLGA was launched by Ropner & Sons Ltd., at Stockton on Tees on 12 September 1916. She was completed by the builders by 6 January 1917. The Admiralty placed her under the management of Lane & MacAndrew…
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RFAHS Code Word Quiz
This Code Word Puzzle has the names of around 40 ships which have sailed or do sail as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries since the Service’s formation in 1905 right up…
View moreShips Tee Shirts
Ships Tee Shirts Over recent years a number of RFA ships have had tee shirts designed and printed for their crew members. The designs are colourful and unique:…
View moreRFA 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 moreThe salvage of U-Boat UC44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer
The salvage of German U-Boat UC44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer by Antony Babb BEM The salvage of UC-44 by HM Salvage Vessel Racer (later to…
View moreThe Loss of RFA Montenol
The Loss of RFA Montenol RFA MONTENOL had sailed from Liverpool on 12 May 1942 for Freetown, Sierra Leone in the escorted convoy OS28 together with 38…
View moreThe loss of RFA Olga
RFA OLGA was launched by Ropner & Sons Ltd., at Stockton on Tees on 12 September 1916. She was completed by the builders by 6 January 1917. The…
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