4 Apr 1942 // Oiler RFA Plumleaf was bombed and sunk at Parlatario Wharf, Grand Harbour, Malta. She had already been damaged in an air raid on 26 March, and after sinking on 4 April she was declared a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in 1947. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
26 Mar 1942 // Oiler RFA Slavol was torpedoed and sunk off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, while her escorts were engaged in rescue operations after the sinking of HMS Jaguar. One torpedo stopped her, a second caused her to explode and sink. 36 men were lost. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
7 Mar 1918 // Oiler RFA Vitol, sailing from Liverpool to Queenstown, hit a mine laid by U-boat U.110 in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island. Some reports say she sank, others that she was beached as a constructive loss. Four of her crew died. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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29 Nov 1939 // Oiler RFA Birchol ran aground at Rubha Mealabhaig, south-eastern South Uist, because of a navigational error by her Master. There was no loss of life. She could not be salvaged and was abandoned after stores and equipment were removed. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
20 Nov 1941 // Oiler RFA War Mehtar, bound from Methil to Harwich with a coastal convoy, was torpedoed by German E-boat S.104 off Great Yarmouth. She initially remained afloat although badly damaged, but later sank while under tow. No lives were lost. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
17 Nov 1962 // Oiler RFA Green Ranger, under tow from Plymouth to Cardiff for refit, grounded on Hartland Point after the tow had to be slipped in a storm. The seven men on board were all taken off by breeches buoy. The ship later broke up and was sold for scrap. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #NavalHistory
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RFA Tidespring during Operation Highmast earlier this year.
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22 Oct 1941 // Oiler RFA Darkdale was torpedoed by U.68 in James Bay, St Helena. Hit at 1:42am, she burned until 5:30am when she exploded and sank. 41 men died. The wreck continued to leak oil until a cleaning operation which lasted from 2012 to 2015. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
22 Sept 1942 // Oil tanker RFA Gray Ranger, in ballast with convoy QP14 from Russia to Scotland, was torpedoed and sunk west of Jan Mayen Island by U.435. Six of her crew were killed and 32 survivors were evacuated before the ship was scuttled with gunfire. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
On the 10th anniversary of #MerchantNavyDay, I'm wearing my badge in appreciation of our vital #MerchantNavy seafarers, and the part they play in both our economy and in keeping our #RoyalNavy supported via the #RoyalFleetAuxiliary.
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Royal Navy #RoyalNavy struggling to keep commitments
Lack of operational units ( #Type23 #Type45 #F35) and auxiliary / fleet replenishment vessels #RFA #RoyalFleetAuxiliary
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19 July 1940 // Moored at Dover, oiler RFA War Sepoy was hit by a bomb in the engine room during an air raid and was assessed as beyond economical repair. Further damaged by another air raid on 25 July, she was sunk off the harbour entrance as a blockship. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
The hospital ship Maine, from a painting by Charles Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. A painting, reproduced in black and white, of a large white hospital ship moored in harbour with other vessels large and small around her and in the background.
17 June 1914 // Hospital Ship RFA Maine was wrecked, with no casualties, after running aground on the island of Mull. The loss happened at night and in fog, but the enquiry found the ship's Master to be chiefly at fault. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Shipwreck #NavalHistory
RFA Sir Galahad on fire in Fitzroy Cove after an Argentine air attack, 8 June 1982. Imperial War Museum: FKD 359. Colour photograph of a ship on fire, severely damaged and with blistered paintwork, with thick black smoke pouring out of her after section. A coastline of bare green hills can be seen in the background.
8 June 1982 // Argentine aircraft bombed Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ships Sir Galahad (48 killed) and Sir Tristram (2 killed) at Bluff Cove, Falkland Islands. Sir Galahad was scuttled on 21 June, Sir Tristram was salvaged and rebuilt. (IWM image FKD 359) #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #NavalHistory
8 June 1940 // Oiler RFA Oleander was run aground and abandoned near Harstad, Norway, after being badly damaged by German air attack. When the Allies evacuated Norway she was hauled off and scuttled in Harstad Bay. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
1 June 1970 // Oiler RFA Ennerdale, supporting Royal Navy vessels on the Beira Patrol, sank after striking a submerged object off Port Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles. All 42 crew were safely evacuated. The Royal Navy subsequently demolished the wreck. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Shipwreck #NavalHistory
1 June 1917 // Oiler RFA Ashleaf was damaged by a gun and torpedo attack SW of Ireland on 29 May and abandoned. However, she remained afloat and salvage was attempted on 31 May, but the ship broke in half and was scuttled by gunfire on 1 June. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW1 #NavalHistory
31 May 1942 // Oiler RFA Dinsdale, en route from Port Elizabeth to Trinidad, was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic SE of St Paul's Rocks by Italian submarine Cappelini. 44 survivors were picked up by a Spanish merchant ship. 13 men were lost. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
30 May 1941 // Oiler RFA Cairndale was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Trafalgar, with 43 men lost, by Italian submarine Marconi. She had been ordered to stop zigzagging just before the attack by the senior captain of her two escorting corvettes. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
18 May 1941 // Oiler RFA Olna, based in Suda Bay, Crete, received a direct hit during an air raid which set her on fire, leading to her being abandoned in a sinking condition. One man from her crew subsequently died of injuries received. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2 #NavalHistory
30 Apr 1940 // Oiler RFA Boardale struck a submerged rock pinnacle in Asanfjord, Norway, after a navigational error by her escort, destroyer HMS Grafton. She rapidly flooded, with all crew evacuating before she exploded and sank in deep water. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Shipwreck #WW2 #NavalHistory
27 Apr 1951 // 27 April 1951 // Munitions carrier RFA Bedenham blew up in harbour at Gibraltar after a fire broke out during the unloading of depth charges, causing extensive damage and killing 13 people ashore. The ship was wrecked and subsequently scrapped. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary
26 Apr 1919 // Salvage tug RFA Hughli capsized and was wrecked in a storm off Middelkerke, Belgium, with the loss of 29 of her crew of 40. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Shipwreck #NavalHistory
4 Apr 1942 // Oiler RFA Plumleaf was bombed and sunk at Parlatario Wharf, Grand Harbour, Malta. She had already been damaged in an air raid on 26 March, and after sinking on 4 April she was declared a total loss. Plumleaf was scrapped in 1947. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
26 Mar 1942 // Oiler RFA Slavol was torpedoed and sunk off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, while her escorts were engaged in rescue operations after the sinking of HMS Jaguar. One torpedo stopped her, a second caused her to explode and sink. 36 men were lost. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW2
7 Mar 1918 // Oiler RFA Vitol, sailing from Liverpool to Queenstown, struck a mine laid by German submarine U.110 in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island. Some reports say sunk, others beached as a constructive loss. Four of her crew were killed. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Hensoldt to Provide Radars, Air Traffic Management Systems for Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship
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