The RFA in Print
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, its crews and its ships over the years have been the subject of various published books. The details of some of these books are listed below. As and when other books are identified their details will be considered for adding to the list. Most, but not all, are available from public libraries, good booksellers and second hand book dealers
This list is not intended to be a complete list of published books which mention or deal with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, its ships or its crews.
The Editors of the RFA Historical Society have published this list for information only and will not be responsible or liable for the content of any of the books listed below.
If an author or publishers wish to have a book included in this list they are asked to contact the Editors via the ‘Contact us’ section of this web site and their application will be considered. The Editors decision will be final.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Its Ancestry and Affiliations
Author: E. E. Sigwart
Publisher: Adlard Coles
ISBN 13: 978
Published: March 1969
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary, 1905-85
Author: Tony James
Publisher: Maritime Books
ISBN 13: 978
Published: September 1985
Royal Fleet Auxiliary in Focus
Author: Jon Wise
Publisher: Maritime Books
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 1 May 2000
RFA Wave Premier: Korean Wartime Voyage 1951 – 1952 – a view from the bridge
Author: Philip Harland
Publisher: Philip Harland
ISBN 0:
Published 25 June 2000
The Adventures of Mrs RFA Orangeleaf and Friends: The Pirates
Author: Pierre Cornlover
Publisher: The Pentland Press
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 1 August 2001
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal: Royal Warrant (Command Paper)
Author: Ministry of Defence
Publisher: Stationary Office Books
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 2 October 2001
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: A Century of service
Author: Tom Adams and James R. Smith
Publisher: Chatham Publishing
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 15 June 2005
No Sea Too Rough: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary in the Falklands War
Author: Geoff Puddefoot
Publisher: Chatham Publishing
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 15 May 2007
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service: Memorial Register 1905 – 2005
Author: Christopher J White
Publisher: Privately by Gibeltarik Limited
Published: 2008
The Fourth Force: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary since the war
Author: Geoff Puddefoot
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13: 078
Published: 30 October 2009
Ready for Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary from 1905 to the Korea War
Author: Geoff Puddefoot
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13: 978
Published: 18 November 2010
GC on the Rock: The Story of George Henderson
Author: Terry Hissey
Publisher: Civil Defence Association
ISBN: 13:
Published 27 April 2011
(The story about the destruction of RFA Bedenham)