RFANostalgia

The official 'X' page of the 'unofficial' RFANostalgia. Celebrating the #RoyalFleetAuxiliary. When you look to the future, take a moment to look back.

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OTD 44 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary SIR GALAHAD and SIR TRISTRAM were attacked by Argentine aircraft and suffered severe loss of life, RFA and Welsh Guards, while offloading at Bluff Cove 🇫🇰. The incident remains vivid in the minds of the people present on that fateful day.

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OTD 57 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary RESURGENT off Singapore

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Cadet Bramble spotted an old favourite, (last here in 2022 ?) @Forsvaret_no @Sjoforsvaret STORM:

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HMS Inbound at 'The Narrows' .

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At D-Buoy overnight but inbound shortly... HMS SS...

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No @RFAHeadquarters vessels about today but an INBOUND to D-Buoy in Plymouth Sound threads it's way through numerous pleasure craft on the very sunny and warm Bank Holiday Monday .

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OTD 17 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary WAVE RULER @BDSSU_UK Sembawang 🇸🇬

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OTD in 1982 it was an incredibly busy and life changing day for many in the RFA 🇫🇰

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OTD 17 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary WAVE RULER in Sembawang, Singapore 🇸🇬 #MakingWAVEs

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OTD 9 years ago 7045 aka @RFATiderace fitting out at DSME 🇰🇷 #TIDEsAreHere

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RFANostalgia has been around for ~20 yrs & refits (Full, AMP or SMP) have been rare. SMP means no drydocking, just paint! Latest SMP has just been done and it now has a fresh coat of paint to hide all the old rust that lies behind :-)

Take a look here: https://t.co/YriRLlFZDa

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No @RFAHeadquarters vessels about - maybe DEN HELDER is on RAS duty. But today at Anchor 23:

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OTD xxxxx years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary TARBATNESS. No date information but think 1974🇳🇿 based on the tug. NESS would have been wonderful names for FSS; 3 ships in a single class, not a mish mash, stores ships not ammunition ships. Hey ho.

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OTD 15 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary WAVE RULER berthed in Mayport FL 🇺🇸 #MakingWAVEs

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No RFAs today but we thought this was interesting and worthy of a request for an appropriate caption ;-)

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Outbound this evening from @britainsocean City... almost an RFA. At least she's an 'A'. @kon_marine HNLMS Den Helder

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OTD 9 years ago 7045 aka @RFATiderace dwarfed by a rather large neighbour astern at DSME, Okpo 🇰🇷 #TIDEsAreHere

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OTD 15 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary WAVE RULER in Willemstad, Curaçao 🇨🇼 #MakingWAVEs

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OTD 15 years ago #RoyalFleetAuxiliary WAVE RULER in Willemstad, Curaçao 🇨🇼 #MakingWAVEs

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Around the Sound yesterday eve.... no @RFAHeadquarters vessels but @RoyalNavy @HMSSutherland and @HMSTrent making an appearance.