Two ships of the
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported by ...
have borne the name RFA ''Ennerdale'':
* was a
oiler and landing ship, gantry launched in 1941 and sold in 1960.
* was a mobile reserve tanker launched in 1962 as ''Naess Scotsman''. She was acquired by HMG in 1968 and utilised to refuel Royal Naval vessels on the Beira Patrol blockading Southern Rhodesia. In June 1970, she was visiting Mahé in the Seychelles to provide her Seychellois crew with R&R. When departing to resume refueling duty along the east coast of Africa and whilst still within the sheltered water in front of Victoria Town, she was holed below the water line by an uncharted granite obstruction and sank with a full load of oil within 30 minutes. There was great concern that the oil escaping from the Wreck could cause great ecological damage but fortuitously the South East Monsoon dispersed the resultant oil slicks away from Mahé, the main island in the Seychelles group.
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names