RFA Honour
RFA History
RFA Ships
Historical RFA
RFA Honour
RFA History
RFA Ships
RFA Operations since 1905
RFA Operations
RFA ships have been involved in naval operations, humanitarian and life saving actions in both peace and war since the Service’s formation in 1905.
Details of the operations or actions where RFA’s were involved are listed below.
This list is far from complete and as further research identifies additional operations, humanitarian and life saving actions these will be added with as much back ground details as can be ascertained: –
1936-39 Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict that devastated Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. It began after an attempted coup d’état against the government of the Second Spanish Republic, then under the leadership of president Manuel Azaña, by a group of Spanish…
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1945-48 Palestine Patrol
In the aftermath of the Second World War no task fell to the Royal Navy more demanding than the interception of sea-borne illegal immigration into Palestine between 1945 – 1948. (more…)
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1940 Operation Maurice
The British campaign in Norway took place from April 1940 until early June 1940. It was in two main parts, in central Norway and around Narvik. (more…)
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1956-58 Operation Grapple – British Nuclear Tests
Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear tests of the hydrogen bomb. (more…)
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1999 Operation Allied Force – Balkans
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed, independent and partially recognized landlocked country in the Balkans, which has been under United Nations Nations administration since 1999. (more…)
View more2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega thrust earth quake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The resulting tsunami itself was given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami. (more…)
View more1982 Falklands War
The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the former country’s occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of…
View more1970 Bhola Cyclone
Operation Burlap – the 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (later to become The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh) and the State of West Bengal, India on 12 November 1970. (more…)
View more1993 Operation Grapple – Yugoslavia
Operation Grapple was the codename given to the deployment of British forces in Bosnia from 1992 as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). (more…)
View more1941 Operation Anklet
Operation Anklet was a British Commando raid on 26 December 1941 on the Lofoten Islands. (more…)
View more1936-39 Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict that devastated Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. It began after an attempted coup d’état against the government of the Second Spanish Republic, then…
View more1945-48 Palestine Patrol
In the aftermath of the Second World War no task fell to the Royal Navy more demanding than the interception of sea-borne illegal immigration into Palestine between 1945 – 1948.…
View more1940 Operation Maurice
The British campaign in Norway took place from April 1940 until early June 1940. It was in two main parts, in central Norway and around Narvik. (more…)
View more1956-58 Operation Grapple – British Nuclear Tests
Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear tests of the hydrogen bomb. (more…)
View more1999 Operation Allied Force – Balkans
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed, independent and partially recognized landlocked country in the Balkans, which has been under United Nations…
View more2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega thrust earth quake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The resulting tsunami itself was given various names, including the 2004…
View more1982 Falklands War
The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the former country’s occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two…
View more1970 Bhola Cyclone
Operation Burlap – the 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (later to become The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh) and the State of West Bengal, India on 12 November 1970.…
View more1993 Operation Grapple – Yugoslavia
Operation Grapple was the codename given to the deployment of British forces in Bosnia from 1992 as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). (more…)
View more1941 Operation Anklet
Operation Anklet was a British Commando raid on 26 December 1941 on the Lofoten Islands. (more…)
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