Official Number:                    135598

Builder:                                 J L Thompson & Son Ltd

Pennant No:                   Y 3.828

Launched:                             13 May 1914

Into Service:                           7 August 1915

Out of service:                        1918

Fate:                             27 September 1940 Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

13 May 1914 launched by Montrose Shipbuilding Co, Montrose as Yard Nr: 59 named Heimat for Overton Steamship Co Ltd., (R R Clark, Manager) Liverpool

14 May 1914 the Scotsman newspaper reported …

10 July 1914 completed and renamed Halton

30 October 1914 sailed Manchester Ship Canal for Ellesmere Port

7 November 1914 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal in ballast for Partington from Dublin

14 November 1914 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal in ballast for Partington from Dublin

20 February 1915 sailed Manchester Ship Canal for Ellesmere Port

5 May 1915 sailed Manchester Ship Canal for Belfast

11 May 1915 sailed Runcorn on the Manchester Ship Canal for Glasgow with a cargo of brickets

22 May 1915 sailed Manchester Ship Canal from Danehurst

8 July 1915 sailed Manchester Ship Canal for Dublin

5 August 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged

1918 returned to her owners

11 October 1929 in dock at Preston

5 December 1929 sailed Preston for Cork with a cargo of coal

28 August 1936 sailed the River Tyne

21 January 1940 wrecked on Lundy Island while on passage from Cardiff to St Brieuc with a cargo of coal

27 September 1940 arrived at Briton Ferry for demolition by T W Ward Ltd.