On 26 July 1924 His Majesty King George V reviewed his Fleet at Spithead it being the first such large scale Fleet Review since 1914

In addition to the ships of the Royal Navy one ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary also took part – RFA Thermol. One newspaper reported the presence of  RFA Thermol as ‘One of the new craft necessitated by the oil-burners of our large naval vessels and submarines’

The press report also provided it’s readers with an image of RFA Thermol –