Author: Jon Wise
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ISBN: 9780907771890
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Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary in Focus
Author: Jon Wise
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ISBN: 9780907771890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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ISBN: 9780907771890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Ready for Anything
Author: Geoff Puddefoot
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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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.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-85
Author: Tony James
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Pages : 144
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A Fleet Within a Fleet
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The First 60 Years of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, 1905-1965
Author: G. M. Manuell
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Its Ancestry and Affiliations 1600-1968
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The First 60 Years of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Author: Emil Edward Sigwart
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Languages : en
Pages : 215
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Pages : 215
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Baseport Devonport
Author: Sydney v. c Goodman
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