Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of July
On this day –
01-Jul | On this day in 1917 RFA Berbice deployed as the Scapa Flow Hospital Ship | |
02-Jul | On this day in 1964 RFA Olna (3) laid down at Hebburn on Tyne | |
03-Jul | On this day in 1937 RFA War Sepoy grounded in the Persian Gulf. Refloated. Repaired at Colombo, Ceylon | |
03-Jul | On this day in 1943 RFA Freshpool entered RFA service | |
04-Jul | On this day in 1942 RFA Spa was in collision with the cruiser HMS Phoebe | |
04-Jul | On this day in 1950 on RFA Wave Commander AB Morris Ellis died saving the life of the Bosun. He was later posthumously awarded the Albert Medal (2nd Class) for his gallantry | |
05-Jul | On this day in 1942 RFA Aldersdale was bombed by German aircraft and badly damaged in the Barents Sea. The wreck was sunk two days later | |
05-Jul | On this day in 1960 RFA Abbeydale was offered for sale in the Times newspaper | |
06-Jul | On this day in 1915 RFA Tarakol enters RFA service – later renamed RFA Vineleaf | |
07-Jul | On this day in 1942 RFA Aldersdale was bombed and heavily damaged in the Barents Sea. After a further attack she sank | |
08-Jul | On this day in 1937 RFA Boardale commenced her maiden voyage from Glasgow to Abadan | |
08-Jul | On this day in 1958 RFA Eddybay grounded at Rhu on the Gareloch | |
09-Jul | On this day in 1914 RFA Attendant while undergoing sea trials and before acceptance into the Service was in collision with the Requisition Collier Frances Duncan | |
09-Jul | On this day in 1945 HMS LST 3523 later to become RFA Empire Gull was launched at Lauzon | |
10-Jul | On this day in 1919 RFA Sprucol was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea without loss of life | |
10-Jul | On this day in 1941 RFA Nasprite was in collision with HMS Marigold at Scapa Flow | |
10-Jul | On this day in 2010 RFA Diligence delivered a Coast Guard launch to the Government of the Seychelles as a gift from the UK Government | |
11-Jul | On this day in 1941 RFA Ennerdale (1) entered RFA service | |
12-Jul | On this day in 1917 RFA Boxol entered RFA service | |
12-Jul | On this day in 1926 RFA War Sirdar was in collision with a tug at Singapore | |
12-Jul | On this day in 1969 RFA’s Birchol (2), Oakol (2) & Teakol (2) all offered for sale in the Times newspaper | |
13-Jul | On this day in 1943 RFA Ennerdale (1) was bombed and suffered sundry damage off Sicily from near misses. One crew member was killed | |
14-Jul | On this day in 1941 RFA War Pindari was dived bombed and damaged off Solmunde, Faroe Islands | |
14-Jul | On this day in 1954 RFA Wave Commander in thick fog in collision with another ship. Fire broke out onboard. Extinguished | |
15-Jul | On this day in 1919 RFA Roseleaf in refit in Cardiff suffered an explosion onboard with one ships officer badly injured and twelve dockyard workmen killed | |
16-Jul | On this day in 1921 RFA Pearleaf (1) off Borneo grounded. Jettisoned 1,333 tons of cargo and refloated without any damage | |
16-Jul | On this day in 1928 RFA War Krishna was the 1st ship to discharge cargo into the newly built Admiralty Oil Fuel Depot at Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia | |
17-Jul | On this day in 1916 RFA Mixol was launched at Dundee | |
17-Jul | On this day in 1940 RFA Steady was mined off Newhaven, Sussex she broke in two and sank. Five of the crew were killed | |
18-Jul | On this day in 1944 RFA Freshford entered RFA service | |
19-Jul | On this day in 1940 RFA War Sepoy at Dover was bombed and beached | |
20-Jul | On this day in 2006 RFA Sir Galahad (2) entered reserve at Portsmouth | |
21-Jul | On this day in 1916 RFA Santa Margherita entered RFA service | |
22-Jul | On this day in 1944 RFA Wave King entered RFA service | |
23-Jul | On this day in 1917 RFA Elmol launched at Wallsend on Tyne | |
23-Jul | On this day in 1940 RFA Darkdale launched at Glasgow | |
24-Jul | On this day in 1906 RFA Nucula was launched as Hermione | |
24-Jul | On this day in 1948 RFA Wave Commander suffered an engine room explosion while on passage in the North Sea | |
24-Jul | On this day in 1961 RFA Tidespring (1) was laid down at Hebburn on Tyne | |
25-Jul | On this day in 1917 RFA Oakleaf (1) was torpedoed and sunk 64 miles NW of the Butt of Lewis | |
25-Jul | On this day in 1940 RFA War Sepoy damaged during an air raid at Dover, caught fire and burnt out. No loss of life | |
26-Jul | On this day in 1924 RFA Thermol was the only RFA in the Royal Fleet Review of that year | |
26-Jul | On this day in 1931 RFA Kharki was sold out of the Service to commercial interests in China | |
26-Jul | On this day in 1983 Sailor Chiu Yiu Nam of RFA Sir Galahad (1) invested with the George Medal by H. M. the Queen | |
27-Jul | On this day in 1938 RFA War Nawab grounded off Trinidad. A Board of Enquiry blamed the Master | |
27-Jul | On this day in 1945 RFA Wave Prince was launched at Sunderland in the name of Empire Herald | |
27-Jul | On this day in 1966 RFA Sir Percivale was laid down at Swan Hunter at Hebburn on Tyne | |
28-Jul | On this day in 1965 RFA Olna (3) launched at Hebburn on Tyne | |
28-Jul | On this day in 2012 RFA Diligence suffered a fire onboard. Fire extinguished by the local Fire Brigades over 4 hours | |
29-Jul | On this day in 1908 RFA Petroleum was at Portland Harbour. Eleven of the crew were returning on board in a small boat which capsized. Two of the crew were drowned | |
29-Jul | On this day in 1941 RFA Nasprite when berthing alongside the Battleship HMS King George V at Scapa Flow was damaged | |
30-Jul | On this day in 1915 17 of the crew of RFA Reliance appeared before a Naval Court on HMS Europa and each was convicted of combining to refuse to obey a lawful order and refusal of duty. Each was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour | |
30-Jul | On this day in 1946 RFA Wave Chief entered RFA service | |
30-Jul | On this day in 1965 RFA Wave Sovereign in collision with HMS Euryalus | |
31-Jul | On this day in 1916 RFA Viscol was completed at a cost of £68,523 | |
31-Jul | On this day in 1944 RFA Dewdale (1) in collision with USS Lyon | |
31-Jul | On this day in 1945 RFA Mixol in collision with the Polish destroyer Slazak |