| Name: | BRIARLEAF launched as OLETTA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 09/1916 |
| Completed: | 12/1916 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 451 |
| Dimensions: | 5955grt, 3601nrt, 393.5 x 51.1 x 33.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 437nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 139172 |
| History: | |
| 12/1916 | British Government, Royal Fleet Auxilliary (Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, managers), London |
| 1919 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1921 | Renamed LACUNA |
| 30/05/1927 | A/S Dovrefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad, managers), Oslo; renamed DOVREFJELL |
| 01/1938 | Naptha Tankers Ltd, London; renamed NAPTHA SHIPPER |
| 03/09/1939 | German Kriegsmarine |
| 03/05/1940 | Renamed ALTENGAMME |
| 04/05/1945 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1916: Laid down as a cargo ship and converted to a tanker during build |
| 09/1916: Launched as RFA OLETTA for the Admiralty | |
| 30/05/1927: Purchased for £70,000 | |
| 01/1938: Purchased for £51,000 | |
| 28/08/1939: Arrested at Hamburg for non-payment of debts | |
| 04/05/1945: Bombed and sunk by Russian aircraft at Neu Mukran, Rugen Island, Germany |
Above photo as OLETTA before delivery & renaming to BRIARLEAF courtesy of Photoship
Photo as DOVREFJELL copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum