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Official No: 118702
Builder: A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow
Launched: 9 November 1904
Pennant No: Y 3.464
Into Service: 10 December 1914
Out of service: 1918
Fate: 1957 register closed – presumed 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:
9 November 1904 launched by A Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow as Yard Nr: 381 name Craigmore for Craig Line Steamship Co Ltd., (Russell & Co, Managers) Leith
February 1905 completed
1 Jun 1905 arrived at Cardiff from Walleroo
23 September 1905 on passage from Cardiff to Iquique reported her position as 6.34S 0.00W
10 October 1906 sailed Burntisland
1908 sold to Colonies Shipping Co Ltd., (Smith, Evans, Managers) Cardiff and renamed Aden
10 December 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Collier – name unchanged – until 30 April 1915
1916 owners became Colonial Coal & Shipping Co Ltd., London and renamed Thysa
30 August 1917 re-deployed as a Collier until 1918
1919 owners now Thysa Shipping Co Ltd., (J Edgar & Co., Managers) London – name unchanged
1925 sold to Costis E Lemos & Vassilios Pateras, Chios and renamed Kostis
1931 owner now C E Lemos, Chios – name unchanged
1934 aquired by USSR and renamed Azbassein
1936 owners now Sovtorgflot and renamed Georgi Dimitrov
21 March 1942 bombed and sunk at Sevastopol by German aircraft
29 October 1948 raised and hulked for harbour service only
1957 register closed – presumed broken up
Notes:
- Pennant Nr subsequesntly allocated to Bagdale