Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Wave Ruler:
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides vital logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported by providing fuel and stores through replenishment at sea, transporting Royal Marines and British Army personnel, providing medical care and transporting equipment and essentials across the world. In addition the RFA acts independently providing humanitarian aid, counter piracy and counter narcotic patrols together with assisting the Royal Navy in preventing conflict and securing international trade. They are a uniformed civilian branch of the Royal Navy staffed by British merchant sailors.
Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Brambleleaf:
Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Orangeleaf:
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Fort Rosalie:
Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Cherryleaf:
Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Appleleaf:
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Derwentdale:
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Oakol:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Middleton after the Middleton hunt:
The Wave-class tankers are a class of fast fleet tankers in service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The class is tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, 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 aging Ol-class tankers RFA Olna and RFA Olwen. The two vessels have seen service in a number of locations, including anti-drug and hurricane relief operations in the Caribbean Sea, anti-piracy activities around the Horn of Africa, and deterrent patrols in the South Atlantic.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
RFA Wave Ruler is a Wave-class tanker fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world.
RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world.
RFA Wave Victor (A220) was an 8,187 GRT Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees by Furness Shipbuilding Company. She was built in 1942 as Empire Bounty for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946 and renamed Wave Victor with Pennant number X130. Her pennant number was later changed to A220. She served until scrapped in 1981.
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Wave Knight:
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Dewdale:
Wave Ruler was a 8,138 GRT Wave-class oiler 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 (RFA) as Wave Ruler. She was in active service until 1970 when she was hulked in the Maldive Islands, serving RAF Gan until 1975. She was sold in 1976 and scrapped in Taiwan in 1977.
RFA Tiderace may refer to:
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary were named Plumleaf:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trouncer :