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Official No:                              68939

Builder:                           Short Bros. Ltd., Pallion Yard, Sunderland

Launched:                       8 April 1876

Pennant No:                            Y 3.706

Into Service:                   17 May 1915

Out of service:                 27 September 1917

Fate:                              27 September 1917 mined and sunk

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:

8 April 1876 launched by Short Bros Ltd.,  Pallion Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 74 named Advent for Westoll Line, (James Westoll Ltd., Manager) Sunderland

April 1876 completed

1905 purchased by J & A Davidson Ltd., Aberdeen – name unchanged

7 January 1910 arrived at Aberdeen from Sunderland with a cargo of coal

5 February 1910 arrived at Aberdeen from Sunderland with a cargo of coal

19 February 1910 arrived at Aberdeen from Sunderland with a cargo of coal

2 June 1910 sailed Aberdeen for Sunderland in ballast

23 June 1910 arrived at Aberdeen from Sunderland with a cargo of coal

22 December 1910 sailed Aberdeen for Sunderland in ballast

17 May 1915 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Collier – name unchanged – until 12 August 1915

7 October 1915 re-deployed as a Collier until 25 September 1917

26 September 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport for 1 trip carrying ammunition empties from France to Immingham until …

27 September 1917 struck a mine and sank in the Dover Strait 0.25miles N of Quinocs Buoy W of Calais in position 50.56N 01.41E