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• Happy Birthday Historical RFA

    The Editors and Webmaster of Historical RFA would like to thank everyone who has visited our site, in doing so they have been able to learn about the amazing history of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, its ships and their crews.   Our site ...

• RFA War Mehtar Coastal Convoys

  During the Second World War vast amounts of essential materials were moved by convoy, and when we think of the merchant ships on these convoys, we tend to think of those vessels plying the Atlantic, Mediterranean as well as the convoys to Russia, what...

• Merchant Navy Day 2009

    On Sunday 6 September 2009 Merchant Navy Day was commemorated at the Tower Hill memorial and the Falkland Memorial both in the City of London.     Captain Roy Stanbrook lays a wreath on behalf of the Sir Galahad Association     ...

• And then the Second Mate shot an AB

  On 11 January 1952 RFA War Hindoo was along side in Singapore Naval Base with HMS Comus berthed outboard of her, the Royal Naval ships crew had to cross the deck of the RFA to gain access to their ship. On one particular evening some of the RN crew wer...