Ol Class Fleet Attendant Tankers

Most vessels of this class were chartered out until 1936 or 1937, when they were taken back over by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The names Olwen, Olna, Oleander and Olynthus were all used at some point for the Ol Class Fast Fleet Tankers.

Ship	Pennant No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned
Olcades		Workman Clark
Oligarch		Workman Clark
Olynthus		Swan Hunter & Wigham
Olwen		Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co.
Olna		Devonport Dockyard
Oleander		Pembroke Dockyard

Ship	History
Olcades	Chartered out until 1936. Stationed at Singapore between 1946 and 1953, and then sold for breaking up.
Oligarch	Served in the Russian Convoys, where she was fitted with a dummy funnel. In 1946 she was loaded with obsolete ammunition before being scuttled in the Red Sea.
Olynthus	Chartered out before serving in the Second World War. In 1939 Olynthus was attached to squadron hunting the Admiral Graf Spee. Sold to Italian interests in 1947.
Olwen	Manned by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 1937. Attached to the Eastern Fleet between 1942 and 1946 and participated in Operation: Dukedom, the hunt for the Japanese cruiser Haguro .Sold to Pakistani owners in 1948.
Olna	Chartered out until 1936. In 1939 she was severely damged by stranding, but was later repaired at Bombay. However in May 1941 she was bombed in Souda Bay, caught alight and sunk.
Oleander	Bombed and beached at Harstad, Norway in 1940.

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