RFA Anchorite
Previous name: Progress Subsequent name: Hermit
Class:
Pennant No: X35 / X01 Laid down: Builder: Simons & Co., Renfrew
Launched: 24 January 1916 Into Service: January 1916 Out of service: Fate: Broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
5 February 1916 Engineer Lieutenant Ralph Watson RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
1 July 1916 Lieutenant Frederick B Nicholson RNR appointed in command
30 July 1916 Rigger Walter Yell MMR discharged dead. He is buried in Brighlingsea (All Saints) Churchyard, Essex in Grave 4.6
11 November 1916 Rigger William Ruffell MMR discharged dead. He is buried in Brighlingsea (All Saints) Churchyard, Essex in Grave 6.2
12 November 1917 Lieutenant Rowland Jones RNR appointed in command
19 January 1940 sailed Loch Ewe for Scapa Flow
1944 Renamed Hermit
15 December 1947 arrived Troon for breaking up.
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