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Official No:                             110995

Builder:                          Dundee Shipbuilders Co Ltd., Dundee

Launched:                      24 February 1902

Pennant No:                           Y 8.42 / Y 3.712

Into Service:                   8 January 1915

Out of service:                1918

Fate:                             1937 reported 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:

 24 February 1902 launched by Dundee Shipbuilders Co Ltd., Dundee as Yard Nr: 136 named ABERCRAIG for Balgay Shipping Co Ltd., Dundee

25 February 1902 the Dundee Courier newspaper reported …

26 February 1902 sailed Dundee in tow to Leith to have her engines fitted

30 March 1902 arrived at Dundee having had her engines fitted by J Crann & Co., Leith as their Yard Nr: 43

4 April 1902 registation No: 3/1902 at Dundee refers

26 April 1903 arrived at Aberdeen from Liverpool

30 March 1904 arrived at Dundee from Hull

2 April 1904 sailed Dundee to Grangemouth

11 November 1904 arrived Bo’ness, loaded 418 tons of cargo and bunkers sailing the same day

30 May 1906 arrived at Rochester from London sailing the same day for Liverpool

8 August 1906 cleared Liverpool for Swansea

12 August 1907 sailed from Bristol for Newport

10 August 1908 sailed the Mersey for Shetland

14 September 1908 sailed Liverpool for St Brieux

24 November 1908 sailed Ellesmere Port for St Brieux

14 February 1909 arrived at Swansea

6 June 1909 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head

15 June 1909 berthed at Kirkcaldy

16 June 1909 sailed from Kirkcaldy

7 July 1909 arrived at Leith from London with a cargo of cement

25 January 1910 sailed Rochester for Leith with a cargo of cement

4 December 1910 at Boston Dock Fireman George William Mead discharged dead – drowned

13 January 1911 arrived at Calais from Grangemouth

24 January 1911 berthed at Arbroath from Leith in ballast

4 March 1911 arrived at Flushing from Dundee

6 March 1911 berthed at Grimsby from Ghent

11 June 1911 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing south

16 November 1911 berthed at Aberdeen from London with a cargo of cement

11 December 1911 arrived at Dundee from Grangemouth

31 January 1912 berthed at Blyth from Hartlepool

9 March 1912 berthed at Grangemouth

10 March 1912 sailed Grangemouth for Dundee

13 July 1913 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of flints

11 October 1913 sailed Western Point on the Manchester Ship Canal for Aberdeen with a cargo of salt

13 June 1914 arrived Leith from Rochester with a cargo of cement

17 June 1914 sailed Montrose for Gravesend

12 July 1914 sailed Dundee for the River Tyne in ballast

14 July 1914 sailed the River Tyne

5 August 1914 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of flints for Weston Point

23 October 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing north

24 October 1914 arrived Dundee from London

22 November 1914 arrived Leith from King’s Lynn

8 January 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier – name unchanged

14 March 1915 became a Collier – name unchanged

1918 returned to her owners, purchased by Lowlands Steam Shipping Co Ltd., Dundee – name unchanged

27 March 1919 sailed Aberdeen

2 April 1919 sailed Aberdeen

2 May 1919 arrived at Aberdeen

3 May 1919 sailed Aberdeen

17 May 1919 arrived at Aberdeen with a cargo of coal

24 October 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

4 January 1920 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

1920 purchased by Haven Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., Dundee – name unchanged

25 February 1920 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

6 March 1920 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

9 April 1920 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

1922a purchased by A Matthew & Co Ltd., Dundee – name unchanged

1922b purchased by Country of Cornwall Shipping Co Ltd., (J Hampton, Manager) Dundee – name unchanged

11 June 1924 sailed Penzance to Newlyn with a cargo of stone

1 October 1925 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

13 October 1925 berthed at Penzance from Newport with a cargo of coal

13 June 1929 berthed at Penzance from Newport with a cargo of coal

3 October 1929 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

24 March 1934 arrived on the River Tyne from Plymouth

13 May 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

30 March 1935 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

13 April 1935 berthed at Penzance from Blyth with a cargo of coal

4 May 1935 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

26 July 1935 at Hull Roads Fireman Leonard Mugford discharged dead – fell from ships boat and drowned

Press report from The Cornishman Newspaper of 8 August 1935

31 July 1935 berthed at Blyth from Hull

29 September 1935 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

18 March 1936 sailed Avonmouth

20 March 1936 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

28 March 1936 arrived at Plymouth

September 1936 purchased by Sea & Land Securities Ltd., Dundee – name unchanged

June 1937 reported as broken up by Rees & Co at Llanelly