Official No: 5430
Builder: Göteborgs M. V. Aktiebolaget, Gothenburg
Launched: 28 February 1913
Into Service: 8 April 1918
Out of service: 24 June 1919
Fate: 11 April 1943 mined and sank
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data:
One of a group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty to augument the RFA during WW1
Career Data:
8 February 1913 launched by Göteborgs M.V. Aktiebolaget, Gothenburg as Yard Nr: 331 named ABISKO for Rederi A/B Lulea-Ofoten, Stockholm
March 1913 completed
23 July 1913 arrived at Lulea, Sweden from Burntisland
29 March 1914 berthed at Liverpool from Narvik
1916 sold to Trafik A/B Grandesburg-Oxelösund (M. Waldenström, Manager) Stockholm – name unchanged
16 March 1916 passed Flamorough Head sailing south bound
22 November 1916 arrived at Middlesbrough from Narvik
9 April 1918 time-chartered by the Ship Management Branch for service with the Commercial Branch as a Transport on a Norwegian service until 9 May 1919
10 May 1919 served as a collier until 24 June 1919
31 October 1919 re-delivered to neutral owners
20 December 1919 sailed from Immingham for Lerwick
14 April 1920 arrived at Grangemouth from Narvick, Norway with a cargo of iron ore
22 December 1926 berthed at Burntisland
23 December 1926 sailed from Burntisland for Narvik with a cargo of coal
3 July 1935 berthed the River Tees from Narvik with a cargo of Iron Ore
27 July 1937 berthed the River Tees from Narvik with a cargo of Iron Ore
5 January 1938 berthed the River Tees from Narvik with a cargo of 4349 tons Iron Ore
19 June 1939 berthed the River Tees from Narvik with a cargo of Iron Ore
9 January 1940 sailed from Norwegian waters in escorted convoy HN7 to Methil arriving 12 January 1940
5 February 1940 sailed from Methil in escorted convoy ON7 (Nor) to Norwegian waters arriving 8 February 1940
11 April 1943 struck a mine and sank in the North Sea in position 53°43N 06°01E when on passage from Rotterdam to Stockholm with the loss of one life