RFA Bacchus
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Three ships of the 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...

 have borne the name RFA Bacchus, after Bacchus
Dionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...

, the god of wine in Roman mythology
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...

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  • RFA 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...

     was a store carrier launched in 1915. She was renamed RFA Bacchus II in 1936 and was sunk as a target in 1938.
  • RFA 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...

     was a store carrier launched in 1936 and sold into civilian service in 1962 under the name Pulau Bali.
  • RFA 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...

    was a store carrier launched in 1962 and returned to her owners in 1981 under the name Cherry Lanka.
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