RFA Nimble 1944 -1948

RFA Nimble 1944 -1948 Built as ROSLIN CASTLE for Galloway Saloon SP Co,Leith. 1908 purchased by the Admiralty for service as a tender based at Sheerness and was renamed NIMBLE.
2 April 1944 became RFA manned and renamed RFA Nimble. Acted as the Medway Ferry Service between Chatham and Sheerness. Sold 1948. Scrapped 1949.

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