RFA Slavol

RFA Slavol was a Belgol-class tanker made in Greenock, by the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, in 1917. It could hold 2,623 tons of fuel. It had a crew of 62.^[1] It was sunk by the German submarine U-652 (Some saying U-205) on 26 March 1942, off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, on its way to Tobruk.^[1] The commander of the submarine was Franz Georg Reschke. 36 crew members were killed, but 20 survived the incident. They are remembered at The Tower Hill Memorial in London and the Bombay and Chittagong 1939-1945 memorials. The master of the ship and the other survivors were rescued by RHN destroyer Vasilissa Olga and landed at Alexandria.^[2]