What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records RFA Vitol as Wreck from the Modern period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
RFA *Vitol* was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary oil tanker that was lost in 1940 during World War II after striking a mine off the coast of Wales. The wreck resulted in the loss of all 36 crew members and was significant as part of the Allied logistical efforts and wartime shipping losses in the region.
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