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British and Dominion Royal Navies
In cooperation with Robert Michel
Order of Battle
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
3 September 1939
 
AH  RFA Maine
    Master W. Whiteley (for ship duties)
    Capt M.S. Moore, R.N. (for medical duties)
    Malta

AF  RFA Bacchus
    Master R.G. Edmonds
    Chatham

AF  RFA Reliant
    Master R.C.E. Neyroud
    Malta

AO  RFA Abbeydale
    Master G.W. Gallaway, LtCdr R.N. (retired)
    Chatham

AO  RFA Aldersdale
    Master T.H. Card
    –

AO  RFA Appleleaf
    Master S.G. Kent
    Hong Kong

AO  RFA Arndale
    Master T.G. Bennett, LtCdr R.N. (retired)
    –

AO  RFA Belgol
    E.B. Morton [1]
    In Reserve at Devonport

AO  RFA Birchol
    Master W. McEvor, LtCdr R.N. (retired)
    Sheerness

AO  RFA Bishopdale
    Master A.L. Jones
    Chatham

AO  RFA Boardale
    Master L. Elford
    –

AO  RFA Brambleleaf
    Master R.M. Shaw
    Malta

AO  RFA Broomdale
    Master J.H. Jones
    –

AO  RFA Cairndale
    Master R.J. Harland
    –

AO  RFA Cedardale
    Master W. Frost
    –

AO  RFA Celerol
    –
    in Reserve at Devonport
AO  RFA Cherryleaf
    Master D.A. Rees
    Malta

AO  RFA Fortol
    –
    In Reserve at Devonport

AO  RFA Francol
    Master F.G. Drake
    Hong Kong

AO  RFA Montenol
    Master H.A. Shacklock
    Hong Kong

AO  RFA Olcades
    Master R.H.P. Mayhew
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Oleander
    Master A. MacDonald
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Oligarch
    Master H.M. Sinclair
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Olna
    Master D.N.J. Williams, LtCdr R.N.R.
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Olwen
    Master B. Tunnard
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Olynthus
    Master L.N. Hill
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Orangeleaf
    Master T.C. Robinson, LtCdr R.N. (retired)
    Bermuda

AO  RFA Pearleaf
    Master A. Spencer
    Hong Kong

AO  RFA Plumleaf
    Master S.T. Dunster
    Malta

AO  RFA Prestol
    Master C.R. Rosen
    Portsmouth

AO  RFA Rapidol
    Chief Engineer M. Blair
    In Reserve at Simonstown

AO  RFA Serbol
    –
    In Reserve at Gibraltar
AO  RFA Slavol
    Master A. Hobson
    Trincomalee

AO  RFA War Afridi
    Master W.H. Green
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Bahadur
    –
    In Reserve at Devonport

AO  RFA War Bharata
    Master E.V. Blyth
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Brahmin
    Master C.F. Smith
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Diwan
    –
    In Reserve at Devonport

AO  RFA War Hindoo
    Master J. Gow
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Krishna
    Master R.D. Scanlon, LtCdr R.N. (retired)
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Mehtar
    Chief Officer W.R. Parker
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Nawab
    –
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Nizam
    Master F.M. Harvey
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Pathan
    Master N. Colbridge
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Pindari
    Chief Officer T. Banbury
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Sepoy
    Chief Officer E. Payne
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Sirdar
    Master M.W. Westlake, LtCdr R.N.R.
    Devonport

AO  RFA War Sudra
    Chief Engineer F.L. Finch
    –
[1] Engineer in charge of Oilers in Reserve in Devonport.
 
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