Westralia

Westralia Formerly the Hudson Cavalier, then RFA Appleleaf until 1989 and finally HMAS Westralia.
Suffered a machinery space fire on 5th May 1998 with tragic consequences.

Click HERE to read a family's scrapbook relating to that tragedy and click HERE to read the Board of Inquiry report.

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A collection of over 3600 photos, started in 2006 with photos by George Mortimore. Rebuilt and expanded 2011 - 2016 by Capt. D.Gerrard RFA(Ret'd). Also included are the RMAS and it's predecessors and Army vessels. Send your photos for inclusion via eMail attachments to 'webmaster AT rfanostalgia DOT org'. Historical information sourced from Sigwart, Adams/Smith, Puddefoot, Hannan, Critchley, Villar, Cassar, Sowdon, Cooley, Habesch and various RFA publications.