RFA Oleander (10,000 Ton Class Oiler) 1922

Convoy                 Depart                                             Arrive

HG.13      Gibraltar 31st December 1939 – Liverpool 10th January 1940

OB.94      Liverpool 18th February 1940 – Convoy Dispersed (no date available)

HX.31      Halifax 29th March 1940 – Liverpool 13th April 1940
                (Detached to Devonport with FFO)

NS.3       Clyde 12th May 1940 – Harstad 19th May 1940
                (Joined from Scapa Flow)

RFA Oleander was damaged by a near miss during an enemy air raid on the 26th May 1940, whilst in Harstad Bay, the ship was beached and an attempt was made to try and salvage her cargo, but this was abandoned and the ship was lost.

RFA Oleander was the first RFA loss of World War 2.