Part of the Acorn Archive

Hearts of Oak

 

 

RMAS Water Carriers

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service

 

WATERSPOUT    Pennant :Y19.

Built 1966  J.R. Hepworth, Hull

285 grt. Water tanker for M.O.D.

1996 Sold to Pounds Organisation, Portsmouth

         Presumed Scrapped.

 

Waterspout

 

WATERFALL     Pennant :Y17.

Built 1967  Drypool Eng. & DD Co., Hull

285 grt. Water Tanker for M.O.D.

1988 During annual survey, found to be beyond

economical repair and moved from Portsmouth

to Rosyth for use as a diving and salvage hulk.

1996 4^th April : Arrived Garston for demolition by S. Evans & Sons.

 

Waterfall

 

WATERSHED    Pennant :Y18.

Built 1967  Drypool Eng. & DD Co., Hull

285 grt. Water tanker for M.O.D.

1992 Sold  to VPJ Ltd., Malta;

         Renamed CONRAD.

2001 18^th May : Sank off Tunisia.

 

Watershed

 

WATERSIDE    Pennant :Y20.

Built 1967  Drypool Eng. & DD Co., Hull

285 grt. Water tanker for M.O.D.

1991 Sold to Ecuador government;

         Renamed BAE QUISQUIS  Pennant :T64.

Still in existence 2005.

 

Waterside

 

WATERCOURSE    Pennant :Y30.

Built 1974  Drypool Eng. & DD Co., Hull 

269 grt Water tanker for M.O.D.

1997 sold to Rosyth Marine Services

Nothing further known

 

Watercourse

 

WATERFOWL    Pennant :Y31.

Built 1974  Drypool Eng. & DD Co., Hull

269 grt Water tanker for M.O.D.

1999 Sold to Coloured Fin Ltd., Trinidad & Tobago;

         Renamed THISTLE

Still in existence 2005

 

Waterfowl

 

WATERMAN    Pennant :A146.

Built 1978  R. Dunston, Hessle

270 grt. Water tanker for M.O.D.

Still with M.O.D. 2005

 

Waterman

 

 

With Thanks to Joe McMillan

 

Raymond Forward