RFA Oakleaf.
RFA Oakleaf. 25/07/1917
Displacement: 8106 grt.
Length: 147 m. Beam: 18 m. Draught: 9.3 m.
Propulsion: 2 x 3 Cylinder triple expansion steam engines, dual shaft, 2 screws
Complement: ?? officers and men.
Men Lost: 0
Armament: Yes.
Displacement: 8106 grt.
Length: 147 m. Beam: 18 m. Draught: 9.3 m.
Propulsion: 2 x 3 Cylinder triple expansion steam engines, dual shaft, 2 screws
Complement: ?? officers and men.
Men Lost: 0
Armament: Yes.
The RFA Oakleaf was built as SS Montezuma, a cargo/passenger ship by Stephen & Sons Ltd. - Alexander Stephen, Glasgow in 1899 for the Elder Dempster Lines Ltd. - African Steamship Co., Liverpool.
Hired in 1914 hired to make up the Dummy battleship Iron Duke. The dummy guns and superstructure were made of wood.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a tanker in 1915 as RFA Abadol .
1917 renamed RFA Oakleaf and operated by Lane & MacAndrew Ltd under Admiralty control.
On 25 July 1917 the tanker RFA Oakleaf was torpedoed and sunk 64 miles NW¼W from the Butt of Lewis by the German submarine SM UC-41. There were no casualties.
The Wreck.
There is no UKHO Wreck Card for RFA Oakleaf.
There is no UKHO Wreck Card for RFA Oakleaf.
