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Ol-class tanker (1918)

Class of six replenishment oilers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Summary

Class of six replenishment oilers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Field	Value
sclass	2
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	RFA Olcades.jpg
image_caption	RFA Olcades
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Ol class
operators	[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg	23px	RFA Ensign]] Royal Fleet Auxiliary
in_service_range	1918–1952
total_ships_completed	6
total_ships_retired	6
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Tanker
displacement
length	444.1 ft
beam	57 ft
draught	27.2 ft
propulsion	1 screw, triple expansion engine, 3100 hp; 3 Scotch boilers
speed	11 kn
range	10000 nmi at 16 kn
complement	43

The Ol-class tankers were Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) replenishment oilers built from 1917 to 1919, tasked with providing fuel and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. There were six ships in the class. Until 1936 they were managed by Davies and Newman with RFA crews, after which time they were transferred to the British Admiralty.

The lead ship of the class, RFA Olcades, was originally built as British Beacon and acquired for RFA use in 1918. She was renamed in 1936. The six ships in the Ol class saw wide service during World War II as far afield as India, Singapore and the Far East.

Construction programme

Name	Pennant	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Into service	Out of service
Olcades (ex-British Beacon)	X18	Workman Clark, Belfast		9 September 1918	9 October 1918	April 1953
Oligarch (ex-British Lantern)	X12	1918	30 June 1918	1 August 1918	14 April 1946
Olynthus (ex-British Star)	X11	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend	20 June 1917	14 February 1918	March 1918	1949
Olwen (ex-British Light)	X09	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow	1917	3 October 1917	17 April 1937	1947
Olna	X47	His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport	14 June 1920	21 June 1921	10 October 1921	18 May 1941
Oleander	X46	Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke Dock	1 December 1920	26 April 1922	20 October 1922	26 May 1940

References

(26 October 2008). "RFA Olcades - Historical RFA".
(26 October 2008). "RFA Oligarch - Historical RFA".
(26 October 2008). "RFA Olynthus - Historical RFA".
(24 October 2008). "RFA British Light - Historical RFA".
(24 October 2008). "RFA Olna - Historical RFA".
(26 October 2008). "RFA Oleander - Historical RFA".

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