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After some very useful information from David Bolton CPO (Ck) RFA Retd., I have hereby ensured that these ships are referred to as RFA ships, and not HMS or Fleet Auxiliaries. RFA is the preferred term for the RFA, whom this page celebrates. Click here for the official RFA site.Click here for David Bolton's RFA site. Click here for the graphical RFA site.
Alternative Landing Ships Logistics:
L3007 Lyme Bay
L3008 Mounts Bay
L3009 Cardigan Bay
Hartland Point class Ro-Ro Strategic Sealift Vessels:
Hurst Point
Hartland Point
Eddystone
Longstone CHARTERED
Anvil Point
Beachy Head CHARTERED
Wave class Tankers:
A389 Wave Knight
A390 Wave Ruler
Rover class Tankers:
A271 Gold Rover
A273 Black Rover
Fort class I:
A385 Fort Rosalie (ex-Fort Grange)
A386 Fort Austin
Fort class II:
A387 Fort Victoria
Leaf class Freighters:
A81 Brambleleaf
A110 Orangeleaf
Diligence class Support ship:
A132 Diligence
Argus class Aviation Training ship:
A135 Argus
Tide class Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS).
Tidespring - the original Tidespring was awarded a battle honour in 1982
Tiderace - after service in the Suez Crisis, the Tiderace was renamed the Tideflow to avoid confusion with another ship name
Tidesurge - originally launched as RFA Tiderange in 1954, she spent many of her early years east of Suez and served until 1976
Tideforce - a new name in the RFA service.
Last updated 30/05/2018
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