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RFA KHARKI  1907-1931
GRT 675. DWT 850. 185 x 29 x 12 feet. Built Irvine as collier in 1899. Bought by Admiralty 1900 and converted to tanker 1906. Initially stationed at Portland, then from 1920 at Hong Kong where she was badly damaged by a typhoon in 1924.
Sold HK 1931.  Modern copy from damaged original.

RFA KHARKI 1907-1931

GRT 675. DWT 850. 185 x 29 x 12 feet. Built Irvine as collier in 1899. Bought by Admiralty 1900 and converted to tanker 1906. Initially stationed at Portland, then from 1920 at Hong Kong where she was badly damaged by a typhoon in 1924.
Sold HK 1931. Modern copy from damaged original.

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