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RFA Plumleaf Convoys - Historical RFA

RFA Plumleaf Convoys

RFA Plumleaf (Fast Leaf Class Oiler) 1917

Convoy                 Depart                                             Arrive

BN.1      Bombay 23rd June 1940 – Suez 12th July 1940
              (Joined at sea from Aden)

MW.2      Alexandria 29th August 1940 – Malta 2nd September 1940

MF.4      Malta 11th October 1940 – Alexandria 13th October 1940

MW.3     Alexandria 4th November 1940 – Malta 10th November 1940

ME.6     Malta 10th January 1941 – Alexandria 13th January 1941

RFA Plumleaf was sunk during an air-raid on Malta on the 4th April 1942, the ship sank to her deck level at Parlatorio Wharf.  She was used as a fuel hulk for the rest of the war, being finally raised on the 27th August 1947 and towed to Italy where she was scrapped.