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Photos of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and events that visitors have upload.

24 files, last one added on Nov 13, 2008

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships crests past and present.

58 files, last one added on May 18, 2006

Photographs of RFA Argus.
RFA Argus (A135) is the primary casualty receiving ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and also has the secondary role of aviation training ship for the Royal Navy.

9 files, last one added on Oct 25, 2007

Photographs of RFA Black Rover.
RFA Black Rover (A273) was ordered in November 1971, launched on the 30th of October 1973 at Wallsend, and completed on the 23 of August 1974.

5 files, last one added on Dec 15, 2007

Photographs of RFA Diligence

RFA Diligence first served with the RFA during the Falklands War as a civilian owned ship taken up from the trade. As MV Stena Inspector, the ship repaired many British vessels, and was purchased by the Government in 1983 and renamed RFA Diligence.

6 files, last one added on Dec 15, 2007

Photographs of RFA Cardigan Bay

RFA Cardigan Bay (L3008) is one of the four amphibious assault vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Intended to replace the Sir boats, this ship design was based on the Dutch Rotterdam class ships.

15 files, last one added on Dec 15, 2007

Photographs of RFA Fort Austin

RFA Fort Austin (A386) is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

RFA Fort Austin was laid down at Scott Lithgow on 9th of December 1975, launched on the 9th March 1978 and commissioned on 11th May 1979.

In March of 1982 while returning from the Armilla patrol she was diverted to the Falklands with stores for HMS Endurance. On the 13th of April RFA Austin embarks a full Royal Navy surgical support team for the South Georgia task force.

3 files, last one added on May 19, 2006

Photographs of RFA Fort George

RFA Fort George (A388) is a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

RFA Fort George was ordered from Swan Hunter on the 18th of December 1987. The ship was laid down on the 9th of March 1989, launched by the wife of the Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Jock Slater on the 1st of March 1991 and was commissioned in 1993. As with Fort Victoria, the ship received the Phalanx CIWS in a refit in 1999.

8 files, last one added on Aug 04, 2007

Photographs of RFA Fort Rosalie (A385) a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Fort Rosalie was formerly known as RFA Fort Grange, but was renamed in May 2000 to avoid confusion with RFA Fort George.

RFA Fort Grange(Fort Rosalie) was laid down on the 9th of November 1973, and completed on the 6th of April 1978.

4 files, last one added on Oct 15, 2008

Photographs of RFA Fort Victoria (A387) the combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

RFA Fort Victoria was laid down at Harland & Wollf in Belfast on the 15th September 1988. On the 6th of September 1990 a bomb placed in Fort Victoria’s engine room exploded causing minor damage but no casualties. She finally sailed for sea trials two years later than planned on the 29th June 1992.

11 files, last one added on Feb 28, 2008

Photographs of RFA Gold Rover (A271) the Small Fleet Tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

RFA Gold Rover was ordered in 1971, and completed in March of 1974. With a maximum speed of 19 knots, these small fleet tankers are fitted with a flight deck but no hanger, as such she is only capable of refuelling embarked helicopters. The Rover boats have been the work horses of the RFA for the last few decades.

3 files, last one added on Oct 12, 2006

Photographs of RFA Largs Bay (L3006) one of the four amphibious assault vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built to replace the Sir boats, this ship design was based on the Dutch Rotterdam class ships.

12 files, last one added on Jul 24, 2008