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• Historic visit to Malta

  On Saturday the 18th of July RFA Wave Ruler entered Valetta Harbour, Malta for a five day visit. This was an historic milestone in the history of the Islands and the RFA, as it has been many a long year since an RFA has visited Malta. ...

• The loss of RFA Darkdale

    RFA Darkdale, a Dale class tanker based on a pre-war Shell design, was launched at Glasgow on the 30 July 1940 and after completion and trials sailed on her first freighting voyage from the Clyde on 21 November of the that year (Convoy OB246). She arr...

• The explosion on RFA Roseleaf

    RFA Roseleaf came into service in 1916 as RFA Califol but was then renamed as Roseleaf and was home ported at Portsmouth. She had survived the Great War but under the civil management of Lane & MacAndrew Ltd. She was under the command of Captain C...

• RFA Hospital Ships

    The articles on this site concerning RFA Hospital ships have, so far, detailed the work of the actual ships and their RFA crews. We must not forget that the ships were first and foremost floating hospitals and as such received and the Doctors and Medi...