RFA Oakol (1)
Previous name:
Subsequent name: Orthis, Orthis Maru
Official Number: 142307
Class: SECOND 1000 t CREOSOL CLASS Harbour Oiler
Pennant No: X46
Laid down:
Builder: William Gray & Co. Hartlepool (South Yard)
Launched: 22 September 1917
Into Service: 9 March 1918
Out of service: 1920
Fate: Sold out of service to commercial interests
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
Background Data: On the outbreak of WW1, the Admiralty embarked on a further programme of tanker construction for the newly-formed RFA Service. Eventually there were 18 ships in this Class, 12 of which were named after trees with the OL suffix, while the remainder had names connected with the oil industry also with the OL suffix. 4 of the Class were diesel engined and were sold after the Armistice but the rest, being triple expansion steamers, had long and successful service
22 September 1917 Launched by Wm. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as Yard Nr 889 named OAKOL(1)
6 November 1917 Engineer Lieutenant J W Jay RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
11 November 1917 Lieutenant H E E Bate RNR appointed in command until 9 July 1918 when he was appointed in Command of RFA Petrobus
18 February 1918 Greaser Jos Rowland MMR 96061 logged as deserted but apparently returned to the ship. He was then discharged on 20 March 1918 and signed on RFA Ebonol
3 April 1918 Stewards Boy W J Davies logged as deserting. He had signed on on the 26 January 1918.
3 May 1918 Donkeyman L Hacking logged as deserting. He had signed on on the 29 December 1917
10 July 1918 Lieutenant J H J Lewis RNR appointed in command
4 October 1918 Lieutenant Robert A Prichard RNR appointed in command. He his previous appointment had been RFA Sprucol. He was demobilised on 23 January 1920
19 November 1918 Donkeyman W Hamilton logged as deserting. He had signed on on 25 May 1918
3 January 1919 Engineer Lieutenant George Redpath RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
1 April 1919 Greaser E G Townsend MMR 994276 logged as deserting. He had signed on on 7 December 1917.
3 September 1919 Greaser Christopher Connell MMR 944003 logged as deserting. He had signed on on 23 August 1919
12 September 1919 Greaser John Robson MMR 1004738 and Greaser Robert Hosie MMR 1007118 both logged as deserting. Greaser Robson had signed on on 23 August 1919 and Greaser Hosie had signed on on the 9 September 1919
17 September 1919 engines were disabled and she was towed to the Humber for repairs
22 October 1919 Ordinary Seaman J C Wright MMR 977207 logged as deserting. He had signed on on the 1 May 1919.
12 November 1919 Fireman Pat Fox MMR 997968 logged as deserting. He had signed on on 14 October 1919.
29 January 1920 sold to Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd., London and renamed Orthis. Used on Lake Maracaibo duties.
As the Shell tanker Orthis
2 March 1925 Transferred to Taikoku Senpaku KK (Rising Sun Petroleum, Co Ltd, Managers) Yokohama and renamed ORTHIS MARU.
1934 Broken up at Japan
RFA Oakol (2)
Previous name:
Subsequent name:
Official Number: 181505
Class:
Pennant No: A300
Laid down: 12 December 1945
Builder: Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew
Launched: 28 August 1946
Into Service: 1 November 1946
Out of service: February 1965
Fate: Broken up at Ghent starting 14 November 1969
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
7 November 1946 Captain E Payne RFA appointed as Master
6 January 1947 Mr A J R Emerson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
11 March 1948 Captain Donovan J S Newton RFA appointed as Master
5 June 1948 Mr Ciriaco G McFadzean RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
16 April 1949 Captain H Oakley RFA appointed as Master
3 May 1950Mr E A Chantler RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
14 December 1950 Captain J Bottomley RFA appointed as Master
1950 was deployed as part of the Royal Navy's Fleet train during the Korean War stationed as a harbour tanker at Singapore
1951 Captain S S Maddock RFA appointed as Master
22 February 1952 Mr L Cochrane RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
15 October 1952 Mr J W Ritchie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
29 May 1953 Captain John Toms RFA appointed as Master
7 August 1954 Captain D G Cox OBE, RFA appointed as Master
19 August 1954 Mr E Smeaton RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
29 March 1955 Mr E A H Chantler RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
23 March 1955 Captain W J H Roberts RFA appointed as Master
6 April 1956 Captain T H Macrow RFA appointed as Master
12 November 1956 Captain William R Town RFA appointed as Master
21 December 1956 Mr T B Willis RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
9 July 1957 Mr A Bloomer RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
13 January 1958 Captain Alfred W Camamile DSC, RFA appointed as Master
14 January 1958 ship ran aground in the Solent near the Needles. Towed off the next day by the tug Samson she continued on her voyage to Portland
5 June 1958 Mr R W A Hunt RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
25 June 1958 Captain Alistair C Gibson RFA appointed as Master
31 July 1959 Captain J Bottomley RFA appointed as Master
11 August 1959 Mr D G P Wells RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
14 December 1960 Captain W A Hiorns RFA appointed as Master
19 April 1961 Mr G W H Neill RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
20 June 1961 Captain R E A Davies RFA appointed as Master
8 September 1961 at Portsmouth alongside HMS BERMUDA to refuel her
19 March 1962 Mr H Maddison RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
19 April 1962 Captain Archibald Murchie RFA appointed as Master
27 September 1963 Captain William R Town RFA appointed as Master
18 November 1963 Mr E F Paice RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
12 June 1964 Mr A D Harris RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
7 September 1964 Captain G E B Harcombe RFA appointed as Master
February 1965 laid up at Devonport.
24 September 1969 sailed Devonport to Bruges for food storage purposes.
14 November 1969 broken by at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres
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