© Copyright R McC McMullan 2008 – reproduced here with his kind permission.

HMS Rushen Castle oiling at sea using the canvas hose method.

On the back of this photograph Lt McMullan has written "1 for Reg, No 1, Weeks, Chief" - presumably those who asked for copies.

I appreciate the photograph is somewhat murky, but does some knowledgeable soul out there recognise the oiler?