01-Nov

On this day in 1946 RFA Oakol (2) entered RFA service

02-Nov

On this day in 1938 RFA Robert Dundas was completed at Grangemouth

03-Nov

On this day in 1966 RFA Olna (2) was offered for sale in the Times newspaper ‘as lying’ at Devonport

04-Nov

On this day in 1918 RFA War Bahadur was launched at Low Walker, Newcastle

05-Nov

On this day in 1941 RFA Freshbrook was launched at Lytham

06-Nov

On this day in 1958 RFA Wave Ruler (1) provided support off Iceland during the 1st Cod War

07-Nov

On this day in 1937 RFA Olna (1) management was transferred to the Admiralty

07-Nov

On this day in 2006 RFA Diligence found 23 migrant refugees 50 miles west of Lanzarote. Handed over to Spanish authorities

08-Nov

On this day in 1911 RFA Kharki grounded in Portsmouth Harbour – no damage caused

08-Nov

On this day in 1941 RFA Spa was launched at Dartmouth, Devon

08-Nov

On this day in 1946 RFA Delphinula was sold for scrap

08-Nov

On this day in 1962 RFA Bacchus (3) entered RFA service

09-Nov

On this day in 1916 RFA Cherryleaf (1) was launched at Middlesborough

10-Nov

On this day in 1917 RFA Appleleaf (1) was mined in the North Sea. She was towed to port. There were no fatalities

11-Nov

On this day in 1941 RFA War Nizam was damaged in an air attack in the North Sea off Aldeburgh

11-Nov

On this day in 1958 RFA Wave Protector became an oil storage hulk in Grand Harbour, Malta

11-Nov

On this day in 1968 RFA Empire Ace grounded off the Mull of Kintyre and was abandoned after salvage attempts failed

12-Nov

On this day in 1942 RFA Dewdale (1) bombed & damaged at Algiers

13-Nov

On this day in 1957 RFA Wave Chief ran aground on a sand bank off Ferry Point, Changi, Singapore

14-Nov

On this day in 1939 RFA Derwentdale (1) laid down at Belfast

14-Nov

On this day in 1946 RFA Teakol (2) was launched at Renfrew

15-Nov

On this day in 1938 RFA Bacchus (1) was sunk as a target over the Hurd Deep off Alderney by HMS Dunedin

15-Nov

On this day in 1963 NAV Enfield grounded in the Sound of Kerrera, near Oban

16-Nov

On this day in 1916 PLA Hopper No 4 was acquired by the Admiralty & renamed RFA Battersol

17-Nov

On this day in 1917 RFA Palmol was launched at West Hartlepool

17-Nov

On this day in 1927 RFA War Afridi was grounded at Abadan

18-Nov

On this day in 1947 RFA Wave Master entered RFA service

19-Nov

On this day in 1920 RFA Prestol was at Danzig with 13 of her crew appearing before a Naval Court charged with mutiny

20-Nov

On this day in 1941 RFA War Mehtar was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea

21-Nov

On this day in 1939 RFA War Pindari was in collision with HMS Sheffield

22-Nov

On this day in 1969 RFA Bishopdale was offered for sale ‘as lying’ at Devonport

23-Nov

On this day in 1967 RFA Derwentdale (2) entered RFA service

24-Nov

On this day in 1917 RFA Corycia purchased by the Admiralty as a salvage vessel – having previously been on hire

24-Nov

On this day in 1937 The outline of a requirement for a new naval hospital ship was submitted to the 3rd Sea Lord

24-Nov

On this day in 1942 RFA Salventure was launched at Renfrew

25-Nov

On this day in 1987 RFA Sir Galahad (2) entered RFA service

26-Nov

On this day in 1942 RFA Freshpool was laid down

27-Nov

On this day in 1959 RFA Empire Fred was in collision with the Dutch aircraft carrier Karel Doorman at Lough Foyle

28-Nov

On this day in 1916 RFA Texol was launched at Belfast, Northern Ireland

28-Nov

On this day in 1940 RFA Nasprite was launched at Scotstoun

29-Nov

On this day in 1939 RFA Birchol (1) was stranded and wrecked off the Hebrides, Western Scotland

29-Nov

On this day in 1940 RFA Echodale was launched at Hebburn on Tyne

29-Nov

On this day in 1951 RFA Eddybay was launched at Dundee, Scotland

30-Nov

On this day in 1917 RFA Hickorol was launched at Dumbarton, Scotland

30-Nov

On this day in 1944 RFA Wave Governor was launched at Haverton Hill

30-Nov

On this day in 1978 RFA Hebe was severely damaged by a fire at Gibraltar. One of the crew was killed