Britain continued taking deliveries of naval oil during the Second World War even while holding substantial reserves. Those imports are explained as a way to keep stocks topped up. The account maintains that ship-fuel reserves never fell below years of operations and were never at risk of exhaustion. A recalled comparison puts the stockpile higher in 1946 than in 1939, although the date and figures are offered from memory.
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Keeping years of naval fuel in reserve
Continued oil deliveries are explained as replenishment of large British naval reserves, with a tentative recollection that stocks were larger in 1946 than in 1939.