Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of April
On this day –
01-Apr | On this day in 1917 RFA Pearleaf (1) entered RFA service | ||
01-Apr | On this day in 1948 RFA Wave Baron entered RFA service having been transferred to Admiralty management | ||
02-Apr | On this day in 1922 NAV Upnor was seized at sea by members of the Irish Republican Army by trick | ||
02-Apr | On this day in 1944 Nimble became RFA manned for the second occasion on the Medway Ferry Service | ||
03-Apr | On this day in 1922 RFA War Sudra grounded off Limekilns, Rosyth | ||
03-Apr | On this day in 1952 RFA Wave Ruler (1) caught fire in the pump room forward of the bridge when anchored at Greenock | ||
04-Apr | On this day in 1916 RFA Kimmerol was launched at Stockton | ||
04-Apr | On this day in 1929 RFA Philol when entering Eastham Locks, fouled the lock gates and the pier head causing damage to the ship | ||
05-Apr | On this day in 1916 RFA Philol was launched at Willington Quay | ||
06-Apr | On this day in 1944 RFA Wave King was launched | ||
06-Apr | On this day in 1962 RFA Hebe entered RFA service | ||
07-Apr | On this day in 1952 RFA Prestol entered reserve at Devonport | ||
08-Apr | On this day in 2003 RFA Wave Knight (2) entered RFA service | ||
09-Apr | On this day in 1930 RFA Philol was damaged when coming alongside the hulk Valiant | ||
09-Apr | On this day in 2005 RFA Cardigan Bay was launched at Govan | ||
10-Apr | On this day in 1941 RFA Brown Ranger entered RFA service | ||
10-Apr | On this day in 1959 RFA Fort Beauharnois caught fire when in the Imperial Dry Dock at Leith | ||
11-Apr | On this day in 1917 RFA Thrush, a salvage ship, foundered off Larne, County Antrim. Eight members of the crew were killed | ||
12-Apr | On this day in 1941 RFA Derwentdale (1) was launched at Belfast | ||
13-Apr | On this day in 1925 eleven of the crew of RFA Bacchus (1) in the River Medway while in the ships boat were run down by a motor lighter. The crew were thrown in the River and six were drowned | ||
14-Apr | On this day in 1958 RFA War Afridi was offered for sale ‘as she lies at Hong Kong’ in the Straits Times of Singapore | ||
15-Apr | On this day in 1948 RFA Boxol was sold out of service to commercial interests | ||
15-Apr | On this day in 1966 RFA Tarbatness was laid down at Wallsend, River Tyne | ||
16-Apr | On this day in 1918 RFA Hungerford was torpedoed & sunk in the English Channel – eight of the crew were killed | ||
16-Apr | On this day in 1919 RFA Argo entered service as a Coastal Stores Carrier | ||
17-Apr | On this day in 1959 RFA Appleleaf (2) was bare-boat chartered for 11 years | ||
18-Apr | On this day in 1942 RFA Empire Salvage surveyed for service in the RFA | ||
19-Apr | On this day in 1917 RFA Limeleaf was torpedoed & damaged in the English Channel – seven of the crew were killed | ||
20-Apr | On this day in 1950 RRS Discovery II was manned as an RFA | ||
21-Apr | On this day in 1917 RFA Slavol was launched at Greenock | ||
22-Apr | On this day in 1922 RFA Racer in Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland grounded off Moville Pile Light. The ships Master was held to blame | ||
22-Apr | On this day in 1937 RFA Boardale was launched at Govan | ||
22-Apr | On this day in 1943 RFA Sea Salvor was launched at Goole | ||
23-Apr | On this day in 1917 RFA Belgol was launched at West Hartlepool | ||
23-Apr | On this day in 1947 RFA Distol at Bombay left RFA service for disposal | ||
24-Apr | On this day in 1942 RFA Spa entered RFA service | ||
25-Apr | On this day in 1954 RFA Eddyfirth was completed | ||
25-Apr | On this day in 2006 RFA Largs Bay entered RFA service | ||
26-Apr | On this day in 1919 RFA Hughli exploded & sank off the Belgian Coast. Nineteen of the crew were killed | ||
27-Apr | On this day in 1940 “RFA” Scottish American was torpedoed when in an escorted Atlantic convoy. Damaged but with no fatalities | ||
27-Apr | On this day in 1951 NAV Bedenham in Gibraltar harbour sank when an ammunition barge alongside her exploded. | ||
28-Apr | On this day in 1928 RFA Bacchus (1) in a collision with a Greek ship in the English Channel. Twelve of the Greek crew were killed and RFA Bacchus (1) nearly foundered | ||
28-Apr | On this day in 1929 RFA Philol in collision with the Mersey Dock & Harbour Boad dredger Burbo causing damage to the ship | ||
29-Apr | On this day in 1916 RFA Thermol (1) was launched | ||
30-Apr | On this day in 1940 RFA Boardale was grounded on the Norwegian Coast, she caught fire and sank | ||