Ol-class tanker (1965)
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The Ol-class tankers were a series of three "fast fleet tankers" used by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammu
RFA Olmeda
RFA Olwen in 1982.
Bristol Group - A Type 21 frigate conducting replenishment at sea (RAS) with RFA Olna. May 1982. Picture taken from HMS Cardiff
The Tide class was a series of six replenishment oilers used by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Chilean Navy.
Ol-class tanker (1965)
…of operating 3 x Westland Sea King helicopters. The three ships in the class, RFA Olwen, RFA Olmeda and RFA Olna, were an evolution of the earlier Tide-class replenishment oilers. The lead ship of the class was launched as RFA Olynthus, thus becoming known as Olynthus class although she was renamed RFA Olwen in 1967, to avoid…
RFA Tidepool (A76) underway
HMAS Supply (A195) under tow in the Brisbane River, in late 1967
RFA Tidereach (A96), at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth Navy Day, August 1977
RFA Tideflow (A97) underway during NATO exercise Riptide III, in the Mediterranean Sea, in August 1962