Official No:                            86379

Builder:                         J T Eltringham & Co., Stone Quay, South Shields

Launched:                     1883

Pennant No:                         

Into Service:                  29 July 1914

Out of service:               30 June 1919

Fate:                            1928 reported 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:

1883 completed by J T Eltringham & Co., Stone Quay, South Shields as Yard Nr: 109 named Albert Victor for Dundee & Perth Steamboat Co (David Edwards, Manager) Dundee

1889 purchased by Cosens & Co Ltd., Weymouth – name unchanged

29 July 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a tender to warships anchored at Portland and was also employed transporting troops around Devonport and Plymouth – name unchanged

23 March 1918 Sub-Lieutenant Alfred E Pearce RNR appointed in command

30 June 1919 returned to her owners – name unchanged

1928 reported as sold for scrap and broken up – no further details held