Download or read book The Royal Fleet Auxiliary written by Thomas A. Adams and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern British fleet some of the largest, most important - and most potent - vessels are not technically warships, nor are they commanded by Royal Navy officers. This does not prevent them going 'in harm's way' (indeed, many have been awarded Battle Honours), and their pseudo-civilian status allows them to carry out duties forbidden for diplomatic reasons to recognized warships. Formally classed as merchant ships, these vessels are run like the Navy's own shipping company, by a unique organization, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which celebrates its centenary in 2005. From humble origins in 1905 with ships that carried coal, and later oil fuel, for the fleet, through hazardous service in two world wars, the RFA has become an absolutely central element in modern naval warfare. This book combines the largely unsung history of this service in peace and war - including a detailed chronology of its activities - with the most comprehensive fleet list ever compiled. Written by the RFA's official historians, it is illustrated in depth from the archives, and completed by extensive appendices covering topics like losses, medals and honors, flags, color schemes, badges and pennant numbers.
Download or read book Ready for Anything written by Geoff Puddefoot and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set up in August 1905, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary unofficial motto: Ready for Anything was originally a logistic support organisation, Admiralty-owned but run on civilian lines, comprising a miscellaneous and very unglamorous collection of colliers, store ships and harbour craft. This book charts its rise in fleet strength, capability and importance, through two world wars and a technical revolution, until the time when naval operations became simply impossible without it. Its earliest tasks were mainly freighting supplying the Royal Navys worldwide network of bases but in wartime fleets were required to spend much longer at sea and the RFA had to develop techniques of underway replenishment. This did not come to full fruition until the British Pacific Fleet operated alongside the Americans in 1944-45, but by then the RFA had already pioneered many of the procedures involved.This book combines a history of the service, including many little-known wartime operations, with data on the ships, and a portrait of life in the service gleaned from personal accounts and recollections. Half way between a civilian and a military service, the RFA has never received the attention it deserves, but this book throws a long-overdue spotlight on its achievements.
Download or read book The Fourth Force written by Geoff Puddefoot and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set up in August 1905, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was originally a logistic support organization, part of the Navy proper but run on civilian lines, comprising a miscellaneous and very unglamorous collection of colliers, store ships and harbor craft. Just over a century later it has evolved beyond recognition: its ships compare in size, cost and sophistication with all but the largest warships, and the RFA itself has developed into an essential arm of all three Services. It is truly the Fourth Force as it is known to its own personnel and without it, the current worldwide deployment of British service men and women would be simply impossible.This book charts the veritable revolution that has overtaken the RFA since the end of the Second World War. New technology and techniques reflect the rapid growth in the importance of logistics in modern warfare, while the broadening role of the RFA is to be seen in the history of its operations, many of them little known to the public. Woven together from a combination of technical ship data, official correspondence and personal recollections, it is predominantly about the men and women of the RFA and their stories an insight into the underreported history of a service whose initials unofficially translate as Ready For Anything.
Download or read book Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service written by Great Britain. Royal Navy. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The First 60 Years of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service 1905 1965 written by G. M. Manuell and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service written by Great Britain. Privy Council and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Royal Fleet Auxiliary in Focus written by Jon Wise and published by . This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
