Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Wednesday, December 21, 1960 @ 1115
WAVE BARON ( 1946 - 1969 Replenishment Tanker 491 feet long of Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London) Own Page

Royal Fleet Auxiliary WAVE BARON undocks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow after second docking

Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London

She had come to the Clyde after serving as replenishment tanker near Iceland, replenishing the Royal Naval ships with fuel which were tasked with protecting the British fishing fleet during the 1959 Cod War with Iceland