Since the creation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1905 the ships of the Service have, during the month of June
On this day –
01- Jun | On this day in 1988 RFA Argus entered RFA service | ||
02- Jun | On this day in 1976 RFA Blue Rover provided support during the 3rd Cod War |
03-Jun | On this day in 1917 RFA Dockleaf was mined off Genoa, Italy – no casualties | ||
04-Jun | On this day in 1946 RFA Wave Chief was launched at Harland & Wolff at Govan | ||
04-Jun | On this day in 1960 RFA Wave Prince provided support during the 1st Cod War | ||
05-Jun | On this day in 1941 RFA Blue Ranger entered RFA service | ||
06-Jun | On this day in 1937 RFA Bishopdale entered RFA service | ||
06-Jun | On this day in 1973 RFA Wave Chief provided support during the 2nd Cod War | ||
07-Jun | On this day in 1921 RFA Scotol while turning in Liverpool docks was in collision with four other ships causing damage | ||
07-Jun | On this day in 1962 RFA Bacchus (2) was advertised for sale in the Times Newspaper | ||
08-Jun | On this day in 1982 RFA Sir Galahad (1) was bombed and set on fire at Bluff Cove, East Falkland. Five of the crew and forty three Service men were killed | ||
09-Jun | On this day in 1959 RFA Wave Premier was laid up at Rosyth | ||
10-Jun | On this day in 1917 RFA Fernleaf off Ireland attempted to ram an attacking German submarine and maintained sustained fire so that the attack was abandoned | ||
11-Jun | On this day in 1963 RFA Wave Protector was offered for sale ‘as lying’ at Malta in the Times newspaper | ||
12-Jun | On this day in 1971 RFA Wave Prince was offered for sale ‘as lying’ at Devonport in the Times newspaper | ||
13-Jun | On this day in 1919 RFA War Nawab was launched at Pamers, Jarrow | ||
13-Jun | On this day in 1943 RFA Hickerol was damaged during an air raid at Plymouth | ||
14-Jun | On this day in 1920 RFA Olna (1) was laid down at Devonport Dockyard | ||
14-Jun | On this day in 1977 NAV Throsk arrived at the ship breakers yard at Grays, Essex | ||
15-Jun | On this day in 1936 RFA Bacchus (2) was launched at Dundee | ||
15-Jun | On this day in 1941 RFA Empire Salvage was captured in the North Atlantic | ||
15-Jun | On this day in 1953 RFA Uplifter took part with other RFAs in the Coronation Fleet Review | ||
16-Jun | On this day in 1959 RFA Bayleaf (2) entered RFA service | ||
17-Jun | On this day in 1914 RFA Maine (1) was grounded in thick fog and wrecked off the coast of the Isle of Mull. Sold locally for scrap |
18-Jun | On this day in 1982 RFA Oleander (4) sailed from South Georgia with 42 Commando Royal Marines for Operation Keyhole – the recapture of South Thule in the South Sandwich Islands | ||
19-Jun | On this day in 1917 RFA Larchol was launched at Renfrew | ||
20-Jun | On this day in 1973 RFA Green Rover provided support during the 2nd Cod War | ||
21-Jun | On this day in 1921 RFA Olna (1) was launched at Devonport Dockyard | ||
22-Jun | On this day in 1976 RFA Olwen (2) provided support during the 3rd Cod War | ||
23-Jun | On this day in 1916 RFA Scotol was launched at Howden | ||
24-Jun | On this day in 1973 RFA Wave Chief provided support during the 2nd Cod War | ||
25-Jun | On this day in 1982 RFA Sir Galahad (1) was sunk as a war grave off the Falkland Islands | ||
26-Jun | On this day in 1915 RFA Wave, an enemy vessel seized as a Prize, was registered in the name of the Secretary of the Admiralty | ||
27-Jun | On this day in 1943 RFA Abbeydale was torpedoed by the German submarine U73 and broke in half | ||
28-Jun | On this day in 1935 RFA’s Burma, Carol & Dredgol were each sold for demolition | ||
29-Jun | On this day in 1915 RFA Oyster entered RFA service | ||
30-Jun | On this day in 1943 RFA Oligarch (2) was torpedoed and damaged off the Libyan Coast |