Breaking Up – RFA BLACK ROVER A 273 and RFA GOLD ROVER A 271 – August 2019

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During the month of August 2019 , the last 2 from a class of 5 British small fleet tankers serving with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) did their last voyage, this time towed to the breakers in Aliaga at Turkey. Tenders for what became 5 ships were invited in 1967. Problems with the original propulsion …

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