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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…
RFA Somersby/Reliant
RFA Somersby/Reliant by Ian Richardson ss Somersby before RFA service RFA Reliant Before the Second World War…
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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…
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…
BLACKBURN CLASS of Naval Aviation Stores Carriers
BLACKBURN CLASS Naval Aviation Stores Carriers James R Smith On 7 February 1943 The Admiralty placed an order for 2 small…
RFA Support of the Mediterranean Fleet
During the 1920s the Mediterranean Fleet’s Spring Cruise was supported by the RFA Image taken by Guillem Bestard Cànaves During…
INDUSTRY’S DAZZLING EFFECT IN WW1
INDUSTRY’S DAZZLING EFFECT IN WW1 by James R Smith RFA 1/O(X) (ret’d) Merchant ships and in particular large passenger liners…
BAGGOTT of the PERTHSHIRE
BAGGOTT OF THE PERTHSHIRE by James R Smith RFA 1/O(X) (ret’d) Chief Steward ALLEN M. BAGGOTT A little-known fact in the…
Operation Corporate
Portsmouth‘s unsung dockyard heroes commemorated with Falklands plaque by Andrew Cave On display in Boathouse No: 7 in Portsmouth…
The TARPENBEK Incident
The TARPENBEK Incident by James R Smith MV TARPENBEK Over the years, in common with a number of other…
WW1 LEAF Group Freighting Tankers
The WW1 LEAF Group Freighting Tankers by James R Smith The outbreak of World War 1 authorised the Admiralty (under the “General…
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