Official No:                            88913

Builder:                         Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland

Launched:                     26 November 1894

Pennant No:                          Y 3.???

Into Service:                  15 June 1917

Out of service:               WW1

Fate:                            1933 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:

26 November 1894 launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon as Yard Nr: 48 named AILSA for James Hamilton, Troon

December 1894 completed

1897 sold to W B Niven & Co., Troon – name unchanged

1900 sold to M H Williams, Truro – name unchanged

1903 sold to John Williams, Truro – name unchanged

1916 sold to John Kelly Ltd., (Samuel Kelly, Manager), Belfast – name unchanged

15 June 1917 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier transport and was engaged in carrying potatoes on behalf of London & South Western Railway Co until 23 July 1917

26 November 1923 William Clint, Belfast appointed Manager

1932 laid up at Belfast for disposal

1932 sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Co Ltd., Dublin, Ireland for demolition but remained at Belfast

1933 sold for demolition by Smith & Houston Ltd., Port Glasgow