Requisitioned Auxiliary – Aden

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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

 

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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:

  1. Pennant Nr subsequesntly allocated to Bagdale