Previous name:
Subsequent name:              Good Guardian, Guardian,  Wafa

Official Number:                    304252

Class:                                     HEBE CLASS Stores Freighter

Pennant No:                          A406

Laid down:                            18 April 1961
Builder:                                   Henry Robb, Leith
Launched:                             7 March 1962
Into Service:                          6 April 1962
Out of service:                       December 1978
Fate:                                       Returned to owners on cancellation of charter

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:   The proposed charter of the 2 Admiralty-designed vessels in this Class was announced in September 1960 and they were built specifically for Admiralty sea freighting duties. They were designed to carry the greater proportion of their bulk cargo of naval stores in specially-designed containers by Chatham Dockyard which were known as chacons, thus setting a pattern of containerisation which was followed in ever-increasing steps in the commercial world. The 2 ships were built on tanker lines, with machinery spaces and superstructures aft, so leaving  3 large holds and tween decks forward, with No 3 tween-deck having 2 refrigerated spaces and facilities for 12 refrigerated containers. They initially maintained a U.K. - Gibraltar - Malta - Aden - Singapore service and after the closure of the Suez Canal in 1967 they went via the Cape of Good Hope, with frequent calls at Simonstown. Neither of them had any replenishment at sea capability  and when completed they were bare-boat chartered from their commercial owners for a period of 19 years.

7 March 1962 Launched by Henry Robb Ltd, Leith as Yard Nr 482 named HEBE for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. Named after the Goddess of Youth and Cup Bearer to the Gods and daughter of Juno. The Lady Sponsor was Mrs F.C.  Wilkins, wife of the Director of  Stores. She was the 1st  vessel to be built on the recently extended berth at the Victoria Shipyards and also the longest 

6 April 1962 completed. Replaced RFA FORT BEAUHARNOIS

18 June 1962 bare-boat chartered by the Admiralty

20 June 1962 Mr E S R Bunker RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

22 October 1962 Captain Albert  E Curtain OBE RD RFA (Commander RNR) appointed as Master

29 December 1962 at Chatham Dockyard tug TID 97 sunk in Basin 3 while berthing RFA Hebe. Three of the crew were killed.

16 July 1963 Captain A S McWilliam RFA appointed as Master

15 January 1964 was ordered to Zanzibar along with the frigates HM ships OWEN and RHYL to evacuate British subjects

17 January 1964 entered harbour and embarked 43 passengers and 2 tons of luggage 

18 January 1964 with HMS Owen rescued 140 refugees from Zanzibar after a revolutionary coup there. Those rescued were landed at Mombasa and included 126 British subjects and their baggage

1 March 1964 Again stood by to assist in the evacuation of British nationals during the revolution in Zanzibar

16 June 1964 Captain G P MacDougall RFA appointed as Master

30 November 1964 Mr G P Wells RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

31 August 1965 Captain A L Paterson RFA appointed as Master

11 November 1965 Mr J A Swallow RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

13 May 1966 Captain Charles W P Sumner RFA appointed as Master

12 August 1966 Mr J Edge RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

14 November 1966 Captain J P Gould RFA appointed as Master

January 1967 Humanitarian aid - freighted Oxfam Relief Stores to Cochin to assist in famine relief 

21 January 1967 Sailed Singapore on her first direct passage to the U.K. on the first voyage carrying three aircraft below decks - a Sea Vixen, a Gannet and a Wessex

25 February 1967 Mr R E Davies RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

24 August 1967 two 8 inch breach loading guns (1885 vintage) removed from Blankang Mati island, SIngapore and loaded on Hebe for transportation to the UK for use as exhibits at the Royal Artillery Rotunda Museum, Woolwich (described in the Straits Times as 8.8 inch guns)

15 May 1968 Captain D J Boyden RFA appointed as Master

30 May 1968 Mr S P Awatt RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

June 1970 rendered assistance by shipping oil dispersants and anti-pollution equipment to the Seychelles after the loss of RFA ENNNERDALE (2)

1 October 1971 P & O General Cargo Division, London were appointed her owners’ managers 

17 January 1973 owners became P & O Steam Navigation Co, London

21 October 1973 in Royal Albert Dry Dock, London

4 December 1974 at Chatham until 6 December 1974 when she sailed for Plymouth arriving the next day

8 December 1974 sailed for Gibraltar arriving on 11 December 1974 - berthed on the south mole then to 41 berth

16 December 1974 sailed Gibraltar 1974 to Plymouth arriving on 19 December 1974 - sailed the same day to Chatham arriving the next day - along side until 26 January 1975

27 January 1975 sailed Chatham for the Far East 

28 January 1975 off the Channel Islands - the deck cargo had shifted.

3 February 1975 off Spanish Sahara - stopped between 0900hrs to 1200hrs for minor repairs

16 February 1975 anchored off Simonstown, South Africa - berthed at Simonstown until 19 February 1975 

19 February 1975 sailed Simonstown for Salalah arriving at 20:00hrs on 2 March 1975

2 March 1975 unloading at Salalah onto Mexifloats until 6 March 1975 

6 March 1975 sailed Salalah for Masirah arriving the next day

7 March 1975 at Masirah until 17 March 1975 when she sailed to Dubai arriving on 19 March 1975

20 March 1975 sailed Dubai for Singapore arriving on 31 March 1975 firstly anchored off and then made fast to a buoy in Sembawang Harbour

3 April 1975 moved to No 4 Basin, Singapore unloading - due to sail 7 April 1975 but this was delayed due to engine trouble

8 April 1975 sailed Singapore for Hong Kong arriving on 12 April 1975 to discharge

17 April 1975 sailed Hong Kong for Singapore.

20 April 1975 anchored off Mekong Delta RASed with HMS Mermaid awaited instructions from MOD to assist in evacuation of British subjects from Saigon. City fell to Communists - not required - sailed.

22 April 1975 berthed alongside at Singapore to load.

28 April 1975 sailed for Gan.

4 May 1975 arrived and anchored in Gan lagoon  Twice during this voyage had to anchor due to engine defects being repaired

8 May 1975 sailed Gan for Diego Garcia arrived next day.

9 May 1975 sailed Diego Garcia for Mauritius arriving Port Louis, Mauritius 12 May 1975

13 May 1975 sailed Port Louis, Mauritius for Simonstown, South Africa.

16 May 1975 stopped twice for engine repairs; 17 May 1975 stopped once for engine repairs; 18 May 1975 stopped three times for engine repairs

20 May 1975 arrived Simonstown, South Africa

21 May 1975 at Simonstown, South Africa loading bunkers, fresh water and more engine repairs

22 May 1975 sailed Simonstown, South Africa for Marchwood

24 May 1975 stopped for one hour for engine repairs - and again on 2 June 1975

11 June 1975 berthed at Chatham - visit to Marchwood cancelled

24 August 1976 Captain Shane Redmond RFA appointed as Master

Captain Shane Redmond RFA

8 February 1977 Captain Michael Corner RFA appointed as Master

April 1978 sailed from Hong Kong for the last time

30 November 1978 severly damaged by arson at Gibraltar. One member of the crew was killed.

December 1978 was declared a constructive total loss. Her charter was cancelled and she was returned to her owners

8 June 1979 Purchased by Good Luck Navegante SA (Good Faith Shipping Co SA, Managers)  Piraeus

13 June 1979 now renamed GOOD GUARDIAN, she sailed from Gibraltar in tow of GOOD HERALD) for repairs in Greece

20 June 1979 arrived Piraeus for repairs

1981 purchased by Poseidon Shipping Co SA (Seafarer Navigation Co SA, Managers)  Piraeus and her name was abbreviated to GUARDIAN

January 1983 sailed Houston bound for Alexandria but ...

24 February 1983 arrived at Casablanca and was laid up, reportedly under arrest

1987 purchased by Moroccan-flag interests and renamed WAFA

16 September 1987 arrived Famagusta, Cyprus for breaking up.

Ships of the same name

Hebe. A 5th rate of 1,063 bm and 38 guns captured from the French in September 1782 by HMS Rainbow off Ile de Bas.  Renamed “Blonde” on the 24 December 1805.  Broken up in June 1811.

Battle Honours for this Vessel: ST LUCIA, EGYPT 1801.

Hebe. 5th Rate of 658 bm and 32 guns built and launched by Deptford Dockyard on the 31 December 1804.  Sold out of service on the 28 April 1813.

Hebe. A 5th rate of 46 guns and 1,078 bm, launched by Woolwich Dockyard.  152 x 40 feet armed with 16 x 32 pdr carronade, 28 x 18 pdr, 2 x 9 pdr.  Became a receiving ship in 1839 and then a hulk in 1861.  Broken up at Chatham in March 1873.

Hebe. A torpedo gunboat of 810 tons built by Sheerness Dockyard and launched on the 15 June 1892.  230 x 27 feet armed with 2 x 4.7 inch, 4 x 3 pdr and 3 torpedo tubes.  The ship was undocked on the 15 June 1892, became a minesweeper in 1909 and a depot ship in 1910.  Sold to Ward, Preston on the 22 October 1919.

Hebe. A minesweeper of 835 tons by Devonport Dockyard, launched on the 28 October 1936, 230 x 33.5 feet, armed with 2 x 4 inch guns.  Sunk on the 22 November 1943, when she struck a mine off Bari.

Battle Honours for this Vessel: DUNKIRK 1940, ARCTIC 1941-42, MALTA CONVOYS 1942, SICILY 1943.

Previous name:
Subsequent name:              Hemsley II  Grammos  Ardenza  Pannesi

Official Number:                   142314

Class:                                     SECOND 1000 t CREOSOL CLASS Harbour Oiler

Pennant No:                          X29

Laid down:
Builder:                                   McMillan, Dumbarton
Launched:                              30 November 1917
Into Service:                           March 1918
Out of service:                       1948 Sold commercially
Fate:                                        Broken up

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 lives

4 November 1917 Mr William Cornell RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. He was demobilised on 22 April 1919

30 November 1917 Launched by A. Macmillan & Sons Ltd, Dumbarton as Yard Nr 470 named  HICKOROL.

18 January 1918 Lieutenant Frank J Delamotte RNR appointed in command

25 February 1918 registered in Admiralty ownership

17 April 1919 Mr W L Rathbone RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. He previously had served in RFA Barkol. He was demobilised on 30 August 1919.

On or after 1 July 1919 Leading Stoker Benjamin WIlliams MMR 736894 logged as deserting (no exact date shown for his desertion). He had signed on on 12 April 1919

1919 involved as oiler with British and US mine sweepers removing the 'Northern Barrage' - the series of mine fields laid across the northern North Sea to restrict the passage of German U-Boats assisted by RFA‘s CRENELLA and PETRONE

11 August 1919 Engineer Lieutenant Peter Low RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

11 November 1919 Ordinary Seaman Cyril Black MMR 938468 logged as deserting from the ship. He had signed on the ship on 21 February 1918. He surrendered on 27 December 1919 and was admitted to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leyton, London E10 on 29 December 1919

18 November 1919 Stoker J Wilson logged as deserting. He had signed on on 22 August 1919

3 December 1919 Able Seaman J Pottinger logged as deserting. He had signed on on 28 August 1919

24 December 1919 Fireman Edwin G Whiting MMR 982092 logged as deserting. He had signed on on 12 April 1919

12 February 1920 Mr Thomas Dobbie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. Previously served as Chief Engineer Officer of RFA Limol

9 October 1922 Captain W A Wooster RFA appointed as Master

3 November 1922 Captain R S Jarvis RFA appointed as Master

30 June 1923 Mr Edward B Morton RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

Chief Engineer Officer Edward B Morton RFA

21 December 1925 Mr Joseph S Harrison RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

6 December 1926 Mr C J Falconer RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

27 August 1927 Captain R C Neyroud RFA appointed as Master

9 August 1928 Captain Donald R McCutchan RFA appointed as Master

20 May 1929 Captain A D Davies RFA appointed as Master

5 March 1930 Mentioned in Parliament as having 'emergency work' being undertaken on her which involved considerable overtime having to be paid.

1 September 1930 Mr C F Smith RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

5 October 1930 Captain H W R Fowler RFA appointed as Master

17 March 1931 Mr W Maybray RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

21 April 1932 Captain Donald R McCutchan RFA appointed as Master

15 July 1932 Mr F E Langer RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1932 to 1936 Chartered by Sun Oil Co., Philidelphia for trading on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River and the Newfoundland coast in the Bay of Fundy area in the summer, being laid up at Halifax during the winter. She was escorted across the Atlantic by RFA ORANGELEAF (1) then RFA SERBOL who acted as W/T guard for her

30 May 1932 grounded on the Ironside Shoal in St Lawrence Seaway causing damage to her hull - reported in the Toronto Daily Star on 1 June 1932

5 April 1934 Captain George W Callaway RFA (Lieut-Commander RN (rtd)) appointed as Master

15 March 1935 Mr R Pittendrigh RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1936 placed in reserve at Devonport as after carrying light oils, her tanks were in very poor condition. She subsequently had a  completely new tank section built into her at Grangemouth in 1938

11 November 1939 secured alongside HMS Hood at Devonport to refuel her

1940 to 1943 Sailed under a Yard Craft agreement at Devonport

4 April 1940 secured alongside HMS Hood at Devonport to refuel her

18 April 1940 secured alongside HMS Hood at Devonport to refuel her

19 April 1940 cast off from HMS Hood

13 June 1943 slightly damaged during an air raid at Devonport.

9 August 1943 collided with and damaged the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD at Plymouth

February 1944 Captain Charles H Noel RFA appointed as Master and Mr A Sharp RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

Captain Charles H Noel RFA

10 January 1945 Captain J MacAngus RFA appointed as Master

28 January 1946 Mr J Cook RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

August 1947 taken out of service

23 September 1947 was handed over to the MoT for disposal

1947 sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd, Southampton (H.L.R. Bell, Manager) renamed Hemsley II

July 1948 was the first tanker to load from the large ex-Mulberry pontoon which was moored in Heysham Harbour and which was connected to the old Heysham Oil Jetty by two hinged arms carrying the pipelines. This provided another berth inside the harbour

April 1950 sold to N T Papadatos, Piraeus and renamed GRAMMOS

14 April 1950 sailed Southampton for Bergen on her first voyage for her new owners

1956 sold to D'Alesio & Castaldi, Livorno and renamed ARDENZA

1967 sold to Ottavio Novella, Genoa and renamed PANNESI

1974 sold to Ciane-Arapo Cia. di Nav. e Bunkeraggi SpA (Ottavio Novella, Manager), Genoa. Name unchanged

July 1978 arrived Spezia for breaking up by DEcoMAR.

15 September 1978 breaking up began

Previous name:                        Fleetwood,   Commissioner
Subsequent name: 

Official Number:                       207346                                                                         

Class:                                         Mooring / Salvage Vessel

Pennant No:                              X 19 / X 30

Laid down:                                1910
Builder:                                      Staten Island, Port Richmond
Launched:                                 April 1910
Into Service:                              1915
Out of service:                          1923
Fate:                                           Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: - 

1910 Launched  by Staten Island, Port Richmond as Yard Nr  502 named FLEETWOOD for M.P. Smith & Sons Co, New York for service as a floating crane

April 1910 completed

1912 sold to Merritt & Chapman and renamed Commissioner

1915 purchased by the Admiralty for Boom Defence duties at Scapa Flow along with BULLFROG and FIDGET and renamed HOLDFAST

11 July 1916 Lieutenant Alexander C Inglis RNR appointed in command 

15 April 1918 Engineer Lieutenant Ernest Stainthorp RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1918 Boom Defence duties ended

March 1923 broken up by Carriden Ship Brk Co., Bo‘Ness

RFA Hollyleaf after her RFA service and as British Holly

Previous name:                      Oleaster
Subsequent name:                British Holly

Official Number:                     140257

Class:                                       Emergency Wartime Construction LEAF Group Freighting Tanker

Pennant No:                           Y7.160

Laid down:
Builder:                                    William Hamilton & Co, Glen Yard
Launched:                              23 December 1916

Into Service:                            March 1917

Out of service:                        1920
Fate:                                         Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:  During WW1, 18 vessels of varying types were acquired second hand and converted or purchased and converted while on the stocks or in a few cases building as tankers. Some were converted after serving with the Dummy Battleship Squadron by the insertion of cylindrical tanks in their holds. All were originally intended to operate as RFA’s, however owing to reasons of international law and the operation of the US Neutrality Act, these oilers became Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries, being renamed with the LEAF nomenclature and placed under civilian management, although operationally they remained under Admiralty control

1916 laid down as a dry cargo ship

23 December 1916 launched by Wm Hamilton & Co Ltd, Glen Yard, Port Glasgow as Yard Nr 302 named  RFA OLEASTER

March 1917 Completed for the Shipping Controller and placed under management of Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, London as an oiler transport and renamed HOLLYLEAF

24 April 1918 Storekeeper J Savage discharged dead. He was originally buried in the Brindisi Communal Cemetery but he was moved by the CWGC to Bari War Cemetery, Italy in 1981

Image courtesy of The War Graves Photographic Project

30 April 1918 attacked by a submarine in the Mediterranean - the torpedo missed.

8 September 1919 purchased by British Tanker Co, London name unchanged

14 November 1919 sailed Singapore

26 November 1920  renamed British Holly by her owners

26 October 1926 Captain Sidney John Daniel appeared before Guildhall Justices Room, City of London charged with fraudulent conversion of £127 10sh and, as an alternative, embezzlement of the same sum from his employer - the British Tanker Co Ltd. while Master of the British Holly.  He pleaded Guilty. The full amount missing was £1,194 19sh. Sentenced to 3 months imprisonment

28 October 1931 Purchased for £7,000 for demolition by  Torazo Haslimoto, Osaka

Previous name:
Subsequent name:

Official Number:                   104821

Class:                                     Salvage Ship

Pennant No:                          W82

Laid down:
Builder:                                   Messrs Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow
Launched:                             29 October 1894
Into Service:
Out of service:                       26 April 1919
Fate:                                        Sunk

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -  

Background Data:  Some official lists, marked as  “Lists of RFA’s” show vessels which spent some time as RFA’s during the First World War. These records are extremely sketchy and some of these vessels were “Yard Craft”, partially or wholly Dockyard manned, partly by RNR or Reserve Fleet personnel. Some of the Depot Ships staffed by skilled civilian Dockyard workers were for a time White Ensign. The Director of Stores was understood to be concerned with their manning and operationally they remained under Admiralty control

29 October 1894 launched by  Messrs Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow as Yard Nr 268 named  HUGHLI for James Nourse & Co, London and Calcutta

7 December 1894 completed. Was built for towing Nourse Line sailing vessels on the River Hughli to  and from Calcutta

9 May 1897 purchased by  C.A. Hampton & E. Bromehead, London name unchanged

19 September 1898 attended the German steam ship Drachenfels which had lost its rudder on 13 September 1898 off Calcutta and took the Drachenfels in tow. Problems with the tow resulted in Court action in the Calcuta High Court on 25 January 1900 before Mr Justice Ali Ameer. 

1903 owners became James Nourse Ltd, London

1907 owner became Richard A. Grech, London name unchanged

1911 owner became Elizabeth C.V. Grech, St Leonard’s

22 February 1915 owner became Elizabeth C.V. Grech, St Leonard’s

28 September 1918 Engineer Lieutenant Richmond H Newsham RNR discharged dead having died from pneumonia. He is buried in Hartlepool (Stranton) Cemetery and is remembered with pride on a Screen Wall.

26 April 1919 Ship lost when she struck a mine off the Belgian Coast at Nieuport. Nineteen of the crew were lost and those whose bodies were recovered are buried in various military and civil cemetries in and around Dunkirk. Eight have no known grave but the sea and are variously remembered on the Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth Naval Memorials. See details in 'RFA Losses' section. Ten of the crew were rescued.

‘ Paymaster Lieutenant Andrew McQueen, RFA Hughli is buried in Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Belgium’

29 April 1919 The New York Times, in a report in their edition stated that the Hughli was carrying explosives for use in clearing obstructions in the Ostend Channel.

20 October 1919 raised but was lost again

Previous name:                      Lauterfels
Subsequent name: 

Official Number:                     136803                                                                         

Class:                                       Distilling Ship / Collier

Pennant No:                            Y4.24 / Y3.1687

Laid down:                             
Builder:                                    Weser Actien Gesellschaft 'Weser' Bremen
Launched:                               15 February 1913
Into Service:                            28 July 1915
Out of service:                        16 April 1918
Fate:                                         16 April 1918 Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -  

Background Data:  Some official lists, marked as  “Lists of RFA’s” show vessels which spent some time as RFA’s during the First World War. These records are extremely sketchy and some of these vessels were “Yard Craft”, partially or wholly Dockyard manned, partly by RNR or Reserve Fleet personnel. Some of the Depot Ships staffed by skilled civilian Dockyard workers were for a time White Ensign. The Director of Stores was understood to be concerned with their manning and operationally they remained under Admiralty control

15 February 1913 Launched by  Weser Actien Gesellschaft “Weser”, Bremen as Yard Nr 192 named  LAUTERFELS for Deutsche Dampschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa, Bremen

27 March 1913 completed

5 November 1913 sailed Calcutta to New York

28 December 1913 sailed Boston to Calcutta

5 June 1914 arrived at Port Said from Hamburg while on passage to Karachi

August 1914 detained at Port Said by the British

22 January 1915 detention confirmed by the Prize Court at Alexandria  - allocated to the Admiralty. Renamed RFA Hungerford under management of Grahams & Co, London. 

28 July 1915 became an RFA distilling ship name unchanged. Management by Grahams & Co ceased.

3 August 1915 Lieutenant Robert A Seabrook RNR appointed in command and Engineer Arthur John Trew RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. Both officers had been in post prior to this date but were granted temporary commissions in the Royal Naval Reserve on the ship becoming an RFA.

22 February 1916 distilling Ship service ended

6 April 1916 Temporary Assistant Paymaster John Richard Ormerod RNR discharged dead. He is buried in Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (Grave Ref. C. 20) and had been appointed to the ship on 26 August 1915

Displayed with thanks to British War Graves

22 June 1917 became a collier Y3.1687 name unchanged

16 December 1917 attacked with 2 torpedoes from a submarine in the Mediterranean but the torpedoes missed their target

1918 management transferred to George Heyn & Sons Ltd, Belfast name unchanged

16 April 1918 torpedoed by German submarine UC75 (Oberleutnant zur See Walter Schmitz) in the English Channel 9 miles SSE from the Owers Light Vessel while on passage in ballast from Le Havre to New York via St Helen’s Roads and sunk with Greaser Percy Brown MMR, Fireman and Trimmer James Thomas Clark MMR, 2nd Officer John McClure Dale RFA, Fireman Hitchins MMR, Greaser Thomas Jenkins MMR, Leading Seaman Joseph Martin RNR, 3rd Engineer Officer Donald McVictor McFarlane MMR and Junior 2nd Engineer Officer Alfred James Rice RFA all being drowned. 2nd Officer Dale is buried in Haslar Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Leading Seaman Martin RNR is remembered with pride on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. The others have no known grave but the sea and are remembered with pride on the Tower Hill Memorial

2nd Officer John Dale's grave in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery incorrectly showing he was 3rd Officer

2nd Officer John Dale is also remembered with pride on the 1914 - 1918

memorial in Cairncastle Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland

31 May 1918 The German submarine UC75 was sunk by being rammed by HMS Fairy at 53 57N 00 009E

For details of this RFA please go and see RFA Manica