List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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 Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...

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Tankers

  • Wave class
    Wave Knight class tanker
    The Wave class tankers are Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Fast Fleet Tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. There are two ships in the class, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler. The ships were ordered to replace the ageing Ol-class...

     fast fleet tanker (2003)
    • Wave Knight
      RFA Wave Knight (A389)
      RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world....

    • Wave Ruler
      RFA Wave Ruler (A390)
      RFA Wave Ruler is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world....


  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker (1979)
    • Brambleleaf
      RFA Brambleleaf (A81)
      RFA Brambleleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with the support/freighting tanker RFA Brambleleaf of 1959, also with the pennant number A81. On the 18th of August 2009 she was towed to Ghent for scrapping....

    • Bayleaf
      RFA Bayleaf (A109)
      RFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Construction:Bayleaf was one of four ships ordered from Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1973, and laid down in 1975 as the Hudson Sound. When the ordering company ran into financial difficulties, the ships were laid up, and...

    • Orangeleaf
      RFA Orangeleaf (A110)
      RFA Orangeleaf is a Leaf-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.RFA Orangeleaf saw action in the Gulf War in 1991 and was one of the first units to hear the code "Walkman" which was to signify the start of the offensive against Saddam Hussein's forces in Kuwait.During early to...

    • Oakleaf
      RFA Oakleaf (A111)
      The RFA Oakleaf is a Leaf-class fleet support tanker, formerly of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.Formerly the Swedish vessel MV Oktania, built by A. B...


  • Rover class
    Rover class tanker
    The Rover class is a ship class of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea with fuel oils and with limited supplies of other naval stores...

     small fleet tanker (1969)
    • Gold Rover
      RFA Gold Rover (A271)
      RFA Gold Rover is a small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Gold Rover participated in the 1986 Jamaican flood relief operations...

    • Black Rover
      RFA Black Rover (A273)
      RFA Black Rover is a small fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is designed to replenish ships underway at sea with fuel, fresh water, and stores in all weather conditions. She has a helicopter deck served by a stores lift and is capable of conducting helicopter replenishment...


Replenishment Ships

  • Fort Victoria or Fort (II) class
    Fort class replenishment ship
    The Fort Victoria or Fort II class is a class of replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, a role that combines the missions of a tanker and stores supply ship. As such they are designated auxiliary oiler replenisher . They are tasked with providing ammunition, fuel, food and other supplies...

     replenishment oiler (1994)
    • Fort George
      RFA Fort George (A388)
      RFA Fort George was a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Fort George was ordered from Swan Hunter in late 1987. The ship was laid down in 1989, launched by the wife of the Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Jock Slater in 1991 and commissioned in 1993...

    • Fort Victoria
      RFA Fort Victoria (A387)
      RFA Fort Victoria is a Fort Class combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing ammunition, fuel, food and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world....


  • Fort Rosalie or Fort (I) class
    Fort Rosalie class replenishment ship
    The Fort Rosalie or Fort class is a class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. These ships are designed to replenish Royal Navy ships with all kinds of armaments and victualling stores while under way....

     replenishment ship (1978)
    • Fort Rosalie
      RFA Fort Rosalie (A385)
      RFA Fort Rosalie is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Fort Rosalie was originally named RFA Fort Grange, but was renamed in May 2000 to avoid confusion with RFA Fort George, a change which was not universally popular.-History:Fort Rosalie was laid down in 1973, by Scott Lithgow on...

    • Fort Austin
      RFA Fort Austin (A386)
      RFA Fort Austin is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Fort Austin was laid down at Scott Lithgow in 1975, launched in 1978 and commissioned in 1979. These ships were designed to carry a wide range of stores to support other ships; ammunition, food, explosives...


Tankers & oilers

  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Cammell Laird
    Cammell Laird
    Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...

     type (1979)
    • Appleleaf

  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Sir James Laing type (1973)
    • Cherryleaf
      RFA Cherryleaf (A82)
      RFA Cherryleaf was a Leaf-class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the third ship to bear this name.She was launched in Emden, Germany in 1962 as Overseas Adventurer for a subsidiary of London & Overseas Freighters...


  • Rover class
    Rover class tanker
    The Rover class is a ship class of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea with fuel oils and with limited supplies of other naval stores...

     small fleet tanker (1969)
    • Green Rover
      RFA Green Rover (A268)
      RFA Green Rover was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Green Rover was built by Swan Hunter, Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK. She is a single hulled tanker and carries a mixture of fuel oil, aviation fuel, lubricating oil and fresh water...

    • Blue Rover
      RFA Blue Rover (A270)
      RFA Blue Rover was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It went to the Portuguese Navy in 1993 as Berrio....

    • Grey Rover
      RFA Grey Rover (A269)
      RFA Grey Rover was a Rover class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.- External links :*...


  • Dale class
    Dale class tanker
    The Dale class consisted of three tankers chartered for service for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1967. They served for a number of years supporting Royal Navy and allied fleet operations, during which one, Ennerdale, was lost...

     mobile reserve tanker (1967)
    • Derwentdale
    • Dewdale
    • Ennerdale

  • Ol class
    Ol class tanker (1965)
    The Ol-class tankers were Royal Fleet Auxiliary "fast fleet tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. The three ships in the class, RFA Olmeda, RFA Olna and RFA Olwen were an evolution of the earlier Tide class replenishment...

     large fleet tanker (1965)
    • Olmeda
      RFA Olmeda (A124)
      RFA Olmeda was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The second of her class, Olmeda came into service in late 1965 as Oleander. As with its sister ships, Olmeda's early service was routine...

    • Olna
      RFA Olna (A123)
      RFA Olna was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her design was a development of the Tide-class ships of the late 1950s.-Service history:...

    • Olwen
      RFA Olwen (A122)
      RFA Olwen was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.The lead ship of her class, and launched in 1964 as RFA Olynthus, the second ship to bear this name, she was renamed Olwen in 1967 to avoid confusion with HMS Olympus...


  • Tide (ii) class large fleet tanker (1963)
    • Tidespring
      RFA Tidespring (A75)
      RFA Tidespring was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. As an "oiler," its main purpose was to refuel other ships. The ship had a long career in the RFA, entering service in the early 1960s, and finally being decommissioned in 1991....

    • Tidepool
      RFA Tidepool (A76)
      RFA Tidepool was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Tidepool had a long and busy life in the fleet. The ship participated in both the Cod Wars and the Beira Patrol during the 1970s. In 1982 when the Falklands War broke out Tidepool was actually on its way to Chile to be disposed of...


  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Blythswood Shipbuilding Company type (1960)
    • Pearleaf
      RFA Pearleaf (A77)
      RFA Pearleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She was the second ship to bear the name.-Service history:...


  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Blyth Drydock & Engineering Company type (1960)
    • Plumleaf
      RFA Plumleaf (A78)
      RFA Plumleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.She was launched on 29 March 1960. She displaced 26,4080 tons, with a length of 560', a beam of 72' 1" and a draught of 30' 0.25". Her 1 x 6 cylinder Doxford diesel gave the ship a top speed of 15...


  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Furness Shipbuilding Company type (1959)
    • Bayleaf
      RFA Bayleaf (A79)
      RFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and the second ship to bear the name.Bayleaf was launched by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Stockton-on-Tees. She was launched as the civilian London Integrity for London & Overseas Freighters in 1954 and completed in...

    • Brambleleaf
    • Orangeleaf
      RFA Orangeleaf (A80)
      RFA Orangeleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She served between 1959 and 1978.-See also:* RFA Orangeleaf - the current Orangeleaf....


  • Leaf class
    Leaf class tanker
    The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...

     support tanker, Bartram type (1959)
    • Appleleaf
      RFA Appleleaf (A83)
      RFA Appleleaf was a Leaf-class tanker tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in service between 1959 and 1970....


  • Tide (i) class large fleet tanker (1955)
    • Tidereach
      RFA Tidereach (A96)
      RFA Tidereach was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Laid down on 2 June 1953 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, and launched on 2 June 1954, Tidereach was commissioned on 30 August 1955 and served until March 1978....

    • Tideflow
      RFA Tideflow (A97)
      RFA Tideflow was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Commissioned in 1956, the ship was originally named Tiderace, but was renamed Tideflow in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class....

    • Tidesurge
      RFA Tidesurge (A98)
      RFA Tidesurge was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Launched in 1954, the ship was originally named Tiderange but was renamed in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class....

    • Tide Austral

  • Eddy class coastal tanker (1953)
    • Eddybeach
    • Eddybay
    • Eddycliff
    • Eddycreek
    • Eddyrock
    • Eddyreef
    • Eddyfirth
    • Eddyness

  • Surf class oiler (1951)
    • Surf Patrol
      RFA Surf Patrol (A357)
      RFA Surf Patrol was a Surf-class freighting tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She and her sister RFA Surf Pioneer were originally ordered by Polish owners but were commandeered by the Admiralty whilst under construction during the Korean War...

    • Surf Pioneer
      RFA Surf Pioneer (A365)
      RFA Surf Pioneer was a Surf-class freighting tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She and her sister RFA Surf Patrol were originally ordered by Polish owners but were commandeered by the Admiralty whilst building during the Korean War....


  • Ol class coastal tanker (1946)
    • Birchol
    • Oakol
      RFA Oakol (A300)
      RFA Oakol was a coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was launched on 28 August 1946. She served until being decommissioned in February 1965, and then served briefly as a food storage ship. She was scrapped at Ghent from 14 November 1969 onwards....

    • Rowenol
      RFA Rowenol (A284)
      RFA Rowenol was a coastal tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Laid down on 27 September 1945, and launched on 15 May 1946 as Ebonol, she was the second ship to bear this name. Commissioned on 21 August 1946 as Cedarol, and renamed Rowenol on 18 September 1947. The ship was decommissioned on 3...

    • Teakol

  • Fleet Tanker (1946)
    • Olna
      RFA Olna (A216)
      RFA Olna was one of two ships built for Shell. She was originally named Hellicina and taken up for Fleet Service soon after building....


  • Fast replenishment oiler (1945)
    • Northmark
      RFA Northmark
      Nordmark was a former German Navy fast fleet oiler which was allocated to the Royal Navy by the Inter-Allied Repatriations Commission when British forces entered Copenhagen on 9 May 1945....


  • Wave class oiler
    Wave class oiler
    The Wave class was a class of replenishment oilers built for service supporting the Royal Navy during the later years of the Second World War...

     (1944)
    • Wave Baron
    • Wave Chief
    • Wave Emperor
      RFA Wave Emperor
      RFA Wave Emperor was a Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill by Furness Shipbuilding.-External links:* - website on Oilers by Jeremy Olver....

    • Wave Governor
    • Wave Liberator
    • Wave Protector
    • Wave Regent
    • Wave Ruler
      RFA Wave Ruler (A212)
      Wave Ruler was a that was built in 1946 as Empire Evesham by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the British Ministry of Transport. In 1947, she was transferred to the Admiralty and commissioned into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as Wave Ruler...

    • Wave Sovereign
    • Wave Victor
    • Wave King
    • Wave Monarch
    • Wave Duke
    • Wave Knight
    • Wave Laird
    • Wave Prince
    • Wave Protector
    • Wave Master
    • Wave Commander
    • Wave Conqueror

  • Ranger class
    Ranger class tanker
    The Ranger class tanker was a series of six ships built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.* RFA Black Ranger , built by Harland and Wolff* RFA Blue Ranger , built by Harland and Wolff* RFA Brown Ranger , built by Harland and Wolff...

     small fleet tanker (1941)
    • Gold Ranger
      RFA Gold Ranger (A130)
      RFA Gold Ranger was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which first served in World War II.In December, 1949, she supported Operation Corkscrew by providing aviation fuel at Deception Island for aircraft which helped relieve men of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey at Base E...

    • Green Ranger
      RFA Green Ranger (A152)
      RFA Green Ranger was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.She was wrecked on the Hartland peninsula, on a large rock, called Gunpath Rock, in November, 1962. She broke her tow from the tug that was taking her to be refitted in Cardiff, and drifted onto the rocks...

    • Grey Ranger
    • Black Ranger
      RFA Black Ranger (A163)
      RFA Black Ranger was a British diesel-powered fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, built by Harland & Wolff. It served with the Arctic Convoys, and was involved in a collision with the submarine in November 1960. Its role was to refuel the RAF flying boats, and carried 2,600 tons of...

    • Blue Ranger
      RFA Blue Ranger (A157)
      RFA Blue Ranger was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....

    • Brown Ranger
      RFA Brown Ranger (A169)
      RFA Brown Ranger was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.During World War II she played an important role in the Malta Convoys and in Pacific operations....


  • Sprite class
    Sprite class tanker
    The Sprite class were a class of spirit tankers that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They went on to support British and allied fleet units during the Cold War.-Class overview:...

     aviation spirits carrier (1941)
    • Airsprite
      RFA Airsprite (A115)
      RFA Airsprite was a Sprite-class spirits tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was laid up in reserve at Devonport in October 1963, and put up for disposal in January 1965....

    • Nasprite
      RFA Nasprite (A252)
      RFA Nasprite was a Sprite-class tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War.She was laid up in reserve at Devonport on 31 August 1954, and put up for disposal in August 1963....


  • Dale class
    Dale class oiler
    The Dale class were a class of replenishment oilers taken up for service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the inter-war period. The went on to see action during the Second World War and supported British and allied fleet units in Cold War conflicts such as the Korean...

     oiler (1940)
    • Dewdale
      RFA Dewdale (A151)
      RFA Dewdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. Her landing craft were in the first assault waves during the North African...

    • Darkdale
    • Derwentdale
      RFA Derwentdale (A114)
      RFA Derwentdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War....

    • Dingledale
    • Dinsdale
    • Denbydale
    • Eaglesdale
    • Easedale
    • Ennerdale
      RFA Ennerdale (A173)
      RFA Ennerdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. Took part in the North African, Italian, and Far East landings.In August...

    • Echodale
  • Dale class
    Dale class oiler
    The Dale class were a class of replenishment oilers taken up for service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the inter-war period. The went on to see action during the Second World War and supported British and allied fleet units in Cold War conflicts such as the Korean...

     oiler (1938)
    • Cairndale
    • Cedardale
  • Dale class
    Dale class oiler
    The Dale class were a class of replenishment oilers taken up for service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the inter-war period. The went on to see action during the Second World War and supported British and allied fleet units in Cold War conflicts such as the Korean...

     oiler (1937)
    • Abbeydale
    • Aldersdale
      RFA Aldersdale
      RFA Aldersdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.She was originally one of six ships ordered by the British Tanker Co., which were purchased on the stocks by the Admiralty prior to the Second World War...

    • Arndale
    • Bishopdale
    • Boardale
    • Broomdale

  • Ol class fleet tanker (1936)
    • Olcades
    • Oligarch
    • Olynthus
    • Olwen
    • Olna
    • Oleander

  • War class fleet oiler (1918)
    • War Afridi
    • War Bahadur
    • War Bharata
    • War Brahmin
    • War Diwan
    • War Gaekwar
    • War Ghurka
    • War Hindoo
    • War Jemadar
    • War Krishna
    • War Mehtar
    • War Nawab
    • War Nizam
    • War Pathan
    • War Pindari
    • War Rajah
    • War Ranee
    • War Sepoy
    • War Shikari
    • War Sirdar
    • War Subadar
    • War Sudra

  • Leaf class tankers (5,000 ton class) (1917)
    • Appleleaf
    • Brambleleaf
    • Cherryleaf
    • Orangeleaf
    • Pearleaf
    • Plumleaf

  • Leaf class tankers (1916)
    • Ashleaf
    • Aspenleaf
    • Bayleaf
    • Beechleaf
    • Birchleaf
    • RFA Boxleaf
    • Briarleaf
    • Laureleaf
    • Limeleaf
    • Mapleleaf
    • Palmleaf
    • Roseleaf
    • Vineleaf
    • Dockleaf
    • Elmleaf
    • Fernleaf
    • Hollyleaf
    • Oakleaf

  • Ol class tankers (1918)
    • Dredgol

  • Ol class tankers (2000 ton class) (1917)
    • Belgol
    • Celerol
    • Fortol
    • Francol
    • Montenol
    • Prestol
    • Rapidol
    • Serbol
    • Slavol
    • Vitol

  • Ol class tankers (ex-Port of London Authority) (1916)
    • Barkol
    • Battersol
    • Blackol
    • Greenol
    • Purfol
    • Silverol

  • Ol class tankers (1000 ton class) (1916)
    • Birchol
    • Boxol
    • Creosol
    • Distol
    • Ebonol
    • Elderol
    • Elmol
    • Hickorol
    • Kimmerol
    • Larchol
    • Limol
    • Mixol
    • Oakol
    • Palmol
    • Philol
    • Scotol
    • Sprucol
    • Teakol
    • Viscol

  • Ol class tankers (1915)
    • Ferol

  • Collier and distilling ship (1915)
    • Hungerford

  • Fleet oiler (1915)
    • Nucula

  • Fleet oiler (1915)
    • Delphinula

  • Fleet oiler (1911)
    • Burma

  • Collier (1908)
    • Mercedes

  • Collier (tanker after 1907) (1901)
    • Kharki

Replenishment Ships

  • Regent class (1967)
    • Regent
    • Resource
      RFA Resource (A480)
      RFA Resource was an armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Falklands War:RFA Resource served in the Falklands War. The ship was captained at that time by Captain Bruce Seymour....


  • Ness class (1966)
    • Lyness
      RFA Lyness (A339)
      RFA Lyness was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.On 15 November 1980, the ship was acquired by charter by the United States Military Sealift Command and renamed USNS Sirius . She was purchased outright on 1 March 1982...

    • Stromness
      RFA Stromness (A344)
      RFA Stromness was a fleet stores ship which served the Royal Fleet Auxiliary until sold to the United States Military Sealift Command in 1983.-Construction:...

    • Tarbatness
      RFA Tarbatness (A345)
      RFA Tarbatness was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.In 1981, the ship was bought by the United States Military Sealift Command to serve as USNS Spica ....


  • Hebe class (1962)
    • Hebe
    • Bacchus
      RFA Bacchus (A404)
      RFA Bacchus was a stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary . She was the third ship to bear this name.Built by Henry Robb of Leith for the British-India Steam Navigation Company and operated by the RFA on a long-term bareboat charter...


  • Air Stores Support Ship (1957)
    • Reliant
      RFA Reliant (A84)
      RFA Reliant was an air stores support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....


  • Retainer class (1954)
    • Retainer
    • Resurgent

  • Fort class (1944)
    • Fort Beauharnois
    • Fort Charlotte
    • Fort Constantine
    • Fort Dunvegan
    • Fort Duquesne
    • Fort Langley
    • Fort Rosalie
      RFA Fort Rosalie (A186)
      RFA Fort Rosalie was an armament stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.She was built by United Shipyards, Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947/8. She served in the Pacific Fleet Train and remained in the Far...

    • Fort Sandusky

  • Spa class coastal water carriers (1942)
    • Spa
      RFA Spa (A192)
      RFA Spa was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her bell is now in the chapel of St Nicholas, Langstone, Havant....

    • Spabeck
      RFA Spabeck (A227)
      RFA Spabeck was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Spabeck, ordered in September 1941, was laid down on 14 May 1943, and launched on 21 June 1943 as Rivulet. Commissioned on 3 September 1943 as Spabeck, she was decommissioned in March 1966 after having been used to carry peroxide...

    • Spabrook
      RFA Spabrook (A224)
      RFA Spabrook was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....

    • Spaburn
      RFA Spaburn (A257)
      RFA Spaburn was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....

    • Spalake
      RFA Spalake (A260)
      RFA Spalake was a coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and one of two ships of the class to be built in Bristol by Charles Hill & Sons....

    • Spapool
      RFA Spapool (A222)
      RFA Spapool was a Spa-class coastal water carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.The ship was laid down on 13 August 1945 by Charles Hill & Sons of Bristol, launched on 28 February 1946, and was commissioned on 14 June 1946, serving until 1976 when it was sold off by the MoD.Spapool was purchased...


  • Fresh class tank vessels
    • Freshbrook
    • Freshburn
    • Freshener
    • Freshet
    • Freshford
    • Freshlake
    • Freshmere
    • Freshpond
    • Freshpool
    • Freshspray
    • Freshspring
    • Freshtarn
    • Freshwater
    • Freshwell

  • Stores carrier (1941)
    • Demeter

  • Robert Dundas class coastal store carriers (1938)
    • Robert Dundas
      RFA Robert Dundas (A204)
      RFA Robert Dundas was the lead ship of her class of coastal stores carriers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Launched on 28 July 1938, the Robert Dundas was commissioned on 10 November 1938, and served until decommissioned on 8 December 1971. Laid up at Chatham, the ship arrived Grays, Essex, for...

    • Robert Middleton
      RFA Robert Middleton (A241)
      RFA Robert Middleton was a Dundas class coastal stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....


  • Stores Support and Distilling Ship (1936)
    • Bacchus
      RFA Bacchus (A103)
      RFA Bacchus was a stores freighter and distilling ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was the second ship to bear this name.-Service history:Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee...


  • Stores Carrier (1915)
    • Bacchus
      RFA Bacchus (1915)
      RFA Bacchus was a stores freighter and distilling ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by William Hamilton and Company, of Port Glasgow for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company and purchased by the Admiralty while on the stocks on 22 March 1915.She was renamed RFA Bacchus II in May 1936 in...


  • Stores Carrier (1902)
    • Bison
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