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	RFA Olna (A123) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Olna left for the south Atlantic as part of the second wave of ships to leave the UK during the Falklands War.
		Olna arrived in August 1990, shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait, and apart from a short maintenance period in Singapore was on station for the whole duration of the conflict.
		Olna operated further north than any other tanker as the US Navy was leery of mines after two ships had been severely damaged.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/RFA_Olna_%28A123%29 (314 words)

	RFA Olna (A123) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RFA Olna (A123) was a fast fleet tanker of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		Olna left for the south (The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east) Atlantic as part of the second wave of ships to leave the UK during the (Click link for more info and facts about Falklands War) Falklands War.
		Olna operated further north than any other tanker as the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) US Navy was leery of mines after two ships had been severely damaged.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/RF/RFA_Olna_(A123)3.htm (313 words)

	Encyclopedia: RFA Olna (A216) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		R.F.A. Olna (A126) was one of two ships built for Shell oil and originally named "Hellicina"she was taken up for Fleet Service soon after building.
		RFA Olna (A216) was a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		Olna was crucial to the development of replenishment at sea doctrines for the British fleet, and saw service up until 1966.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/RFA-Olna-(A216) (278 words)

	RFA Olna (A123) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Olna left for the south Atlantic as part of the second wave of ships toleave the UK during the Falklands War.
		Olna arrived in August 1990,shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait, and apart froma short maintenance period in Singapore was on station for the whole duration ofthe conflict.
		Olna operated further north than any other tanker as the USNavy was leery of mines after two ships had been severely damaged.
	www.therfcc.org /rfa-olna-a123--347930.html (274 words)

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		Olna was on hand for most of the conflict briefly sailing to Singapore for maintenance before returning and positioning herself further up the Gulf than any American warship dare go due to mines in the area.
		During the scenario for exercise Kernow, which was held in force eight conditions, the RFA vessel Oakleaf took the role of tanker involved in a collision with the ferry Scillonian 111, south of Penzance.
		Olna arrived at Portsmouth to await final disposal in October of 2000 as the new generation of ship Wave Knight was launched at Barrow-in-Furness.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /rfa4.html (3157 words)

	RFA web site
		RFA SIR BEDIVERE has recently completed a three-year ship life extension programme, equipping her for a further 15 years' service and RFA SIR TRISTRAM was also extensively re-built in 1985, following extensive damage received in the Falklands War.
		The logistic transport capability of the RFA is now augmented by two new-build roll-on roll-off ferries of commercial design, tasked with providing the heavy-lift capability for the Joint Rapid Deployment Force.
		RFA's SEA CRUSADER and SEA CENTURION, large ships of 21,000 tonnes but with a crew numbering just 17, have the capacity to move large amounts of heavy equipment at high speed to any parts of the world.
	www.rfa.mod.uk /rfa/html/history/main.html (1173 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Wave Knight makes a splash at Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RFA Wave Knight will now be fitted out with the equipment and systems which she will need to replenish warships at sea before beginning sea trials towards the end of 2001.
		Her sister ship, RFA Wave Ruler, is being built by BAe Systems at Govan shipyard and is due to be launched in February before entering service in September 2002.
		RFAs Wave Knight and Wave Ruler are the replacements for the O-class oilers RFA Olna and RFA Olwen and they make use of some of the most advanced shipbuilding technology available.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0009/0000092901.asp (441 words)

	RFA WebShip: RFA Wave Ruler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RFA Wave Ruler, which entered RFA service in 2002, is tasked to provide Royal Navy and allied vessels with replacement oil, aviation fuel and stores while at sea.
		Her crew comprises 80 RFA personnel with a further 22 from the Royal Navy embarked when operational.
		RFA Wave Ruler and her younger sister ship, RFA Wave Knight, are the replacements for the old Fleet tankers Olwen and Olna.
	www.marine-society.org /rfa/wavek.html (220 words)

	Royal Navy: News Archive
		RFA OLNA carried out her last refuelling-at-sea operation at the end of July, with HMS COVENTRY off the Devon Coast.
		With a load displacement of 36,000 tonnes, RFA OLNA is one of the larger ships of the Fleet, and with a top speed of over 20 knots, she was designed to replenish a Naval Task Group underway at sea.
		The second OLNA was built by Swan Hunters in 1945 and served briefly as a Royal Navy Ship before transfer to the RFA in 1946.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /content/166_4307_315_0.html (525 words)

	Naval Technology - Wave Class Royal Fleet Auxiliary Large Fleet Tankers
		The first, RFA Wave Knight (A389), was built at BAE Systems Marine Ltd Barrow yard and launched in September 2000.
		The second, RFA Wave Ruler (A390), was built at BAE's Govan yard and launched in February 2001.
		RFA Wave Ruler (A390) was commissioned in April 2003.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/wave (933 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Final sea task for RFA Olna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fast Fleet Tanker RFA Olna, the oldest ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has completed her final task at sea after 34 years of distinguished service.
		But her sea-going days for the RFA have come to end as she is due to be replaced by the Fast Fleet Tanker RFA Wave Knight which is being built at Barrow-in-Furness and is due to be launched at the end of September.
		RFA Olna was popular for her elegant lines and traditional wooden decks.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0008/0000080901.asp (387 words)

	Seafarer Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1985 he transferred to the RFA as Second Officer and in 1986 attended the Royal Navy Frigate Navigator and Helicopter Controller's Courses.
		He was promoted to First Officer in 1987, serving as Navigator/Operations Officer and Flight Deck Officer on a number of RFAs and was awarded the Gulf War Medal whilst serving on RFA Olna.
		In 2001 he was appointed as the Chief Officer standing by the build of RFA Wave Ruler and has served as XO during her sea trials and operational tasking.
	www.marine-society.org /profile/bill_butcher.html (420 words)

	RFA Olna (A123) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	RFA Olna - Fast Fleet Tanker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1945 she was commissioned into the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Olna.
		During her service she undertook various trials and experiments into Replenishment-at-Sea (RAS) and in this respect was the forerunner of the
		Olna displaced 17,500 tons and measured 218ft in length, 39ft in breadth and 15ft in draught.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/RFA/olna.htm (111 words)

	RFA Olna (A216) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		R.F.A. Olna (A126) was one of two ships built for Shell Oil, she was originally named "Hellicina" and taken up for Fleet Service soon after building.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/RFA_Olna_%28A216%29 (344 words)

	RFA Olna (A216) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RFA Olna (A216) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		RFA Olna (A216) was a fleet tanker of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		However after (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) World War II the ship was quickly transferred to the RFA, making the move in 1946.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/RF/RFA_Olna_(A216)3.htm (103 words)

	Oil Tankers and Coaling Ships
		RFA Fort Victoria at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
		RFA Fort George at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
		RFA Wave Commander, showing collision damage, September 1954.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /auxiliaries.htm (2584 words)

	Biological Warfare Agents: Chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RN and RFA - At sea, the Royal Navy, supported by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), was conducting maritime embargo operations and preparing for the active phase of hostilities when the anti-BW immunisation programme began.
		However, by this time RFA ARGUS, fitted out as a Primary Casualty Reception Ship, was on station in the Gulf and had the task of planning and running the anti-BW immunisation programme.
		All personnel deploying to the Gulf with the exception of RFA personnel, MOD civilians, personnel not part of the ship’s company and Javelin missile detachments assigned to ships deploying before 13 May 1991 were to receive a course of anti-BW immunisations.
	www.mod.uk /issues/gulfwar/info/medical/bwa/ch4.htm (10165 words)

	Untitled Document
		Her class of RFAs was originally owned and operated by British India in the early 70s, were painted white and had yellow funnels.
		Quite a number of RFA engineers and deck officers have migrated to P&O in recent years.
		I was on the RFA Regent, a deck cadet.
	www.comcen.com.au /~raiment/Comments.htm (2918 words)

	Shipbreaking Site English
		Two other Royal Naval vessels - the 'Olwen' and the 'Olna' (4) - which were sold to German shipbreaking company Eckhardt in 2000 ended up being broken on the beaches of the notorious scrap yards at Alang in India.
		They were replaced by two new large fleet tanker ships RFA Wave Knight and FRA Wave Ruler, built by BAE Systems for the United Kingdom Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		The Olwen and Olna were bought by a German company called Eckhardt (a broker which is specialised in the illegal export of scrap vessels to the Far East).
	www.greenpeaceweb.org /shipbreak/news76.asp (971 words)

	British Task Force Units - Falklands War 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RFA's "Tidespring" and (earlier) "Brambleleaf" and "Fort Austin".
		by destroyer "Exeter", frigate "Ambuscade" and RFA "Regent".
		Gazelle and Scout helicopters of 656 Sqdn AAC.
	freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/F18taskforce.htm (550 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Feb 2003 (pt 4)
		The Royal Navy decommissioned two O-class RFA Fleet tankers during financial year 2000–01: RFA Olwen (commissioned in 1965) and RFA Olna (commissioned in 1966).
		On current plans four of the five Landing Ships Logistics, RFA Sir Geraint, Sir Tristram Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad are expected to be replaced by four larger and more capable Bay Class vessels in 2004 and 2005.1 also refer the hon.
		HMS Iron Duke and RFA Black Rover are also planned to deploy to Sierra Leone waters in the next few weeks as a further demonstration of UK commitment.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030227/text/30227w04.htm (1128 words)

	Rfa Olna (A216) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		El RFA Olna (A216) era un petrolero de la flota del auxiliar real de la flota.
		Olna era crucial al revelado del relleno en las doctrinas del mar para la flota británica, y vio servicio hacia arriba hasta 1966.
		English version: RFA Olna (A216) Next: Fortaleza Charlotte (A236) del Rfa Up
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/rf/Rfa%20Olna%20%28A216%29.htm (117 words)

	Naval Projects
		The first of two new large fleet tanker ships for the United Kingdom Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the RFA Wave Knight (A389) was launched in September 2000.
		The second, RFA Wave Ruler (A390), is under construction at BAE's Govan yard and is due to be launched in March 2001.
		The new 30,000 ton large fleet tankers will replace the Olna and Olwen, two 36,000 ton displacement fast fleet tankers, built at Swan Hunter and Hawthom Leslie in the1960's.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/navalprojects.htm (2323 words)

	Encyclopedia: RFA Olna (A123) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Type 42 Destroyers
		Royal Fleet Auxiliary Olna prepares to receive HMS Active (F171) during the Falklands campaign of 1982.
		Fuelling astern from RFA Grey Rover, Mediterranean, April 1986.
		Closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover, North Sea, June 1984.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /type_42_destroyers.htm (1473 words)

	Royal Navy: LSA Gary Walker
		I have served on several ships since joining the Navy in 1989 at the age of 17.
		My first ship was HMS Manchester, but I have also been on HMS Cardiff, Leeds Castle, Angelsey, RFA Olna and RFA Argus.
		I have also enjoyed time in London and Portsmouth, whilst earning a BTEC in Stores Accounting as part of my job training.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/8586.html (302 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships - Falklands War 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Civilian-manned and flying the Blue Ensign, the RFA's usually supply warships underway by
		Heavy furnace fuel oil for older ships, diesel and aviation fuels and fresh water are supplied through hoses,
		Most ships are equipped to handle helicopters for vertrep, and if needed to provide the RFA's own ASW screen.
	freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/F21rfa.htm (267 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Postwar
		In the last fifty years the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has played an ever more important role, supporting the Royal Navy in both peace and war.
		Unfortunately information on the RFA in this era is hard to come across, so at the moment this section is neither comeplete of definitive.
		: the future vessels of RFA- tankers, landing ships, transports and hospital ships.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/RFA (110 words)

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