Official Number: 124617
Laid down:
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay, Newcastle
Launched: 23 March 1909
Into Service: 23 November 1914
Out of service: 24 March 1919
Fate: Sunk, raised and broken up
Background Data:
One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
23 March 1909 launched by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay, Newcastle as Yard Nr: 158 named KINGSWEAR for Renwick, Wilton & Co Ltd., Dartmouth.
24 March 1909 the Lloyds List newspaper reported …
April 1909 completed
21 February 1910 passed Dover
18 May 1910 arrived at Dartmouth from Portland
19 May 1910 sailed from Dartmouth for Newcastle
9 August 1910 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound
9 September 1910 sailed the River Tyne for Brest, France
18 November 1910 sailed the River Tyne
5 June 1911 at Antwerp Hospital Donkeyman William Nicholson discharged dead from a stroke
8 May 1912 arrived Blyth
22 June 1912 sailed Blyth for Dartmouth
28 August 1912 passed Dover
26 December 1912 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard
25 October 1914 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS FALMOUTH delivering 470 tons of bunker coal
HMS FALMOUTH
23 November 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Ammunition Carrier, name unchanged
24 March 1919 returned to her owners, name unchanged
1 April 1919 sailed the River Tyne for Rouen, France
1920 purchased by King & Co (Cardiff) Ltd, Dartmouth name unchanged
1926 purchased by John D Paleocrassas, Andros and renamed POLEMIS
26 May 1935 passed Gibraltar sailing west bound for Honfleur
1941 owners became Vichy French Govt, Marseilles and renamed MAURE
1943 owners became Mittelmeer Reederei GmbH, Germany name unchanged
15 March 1944 bombed and damaged by Allied aircraft
21 August 1944 scuttled at St Louis du Rhone
1949 was raised and broken up locally