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Official No:                             135331

Builder:                         George Brown & Co., Greenock

Launched:                    22 August 1913

Pennant No:                           Y 8.53  /  Y 3.603

Into Service:                 1914

Out of service:              1918

Fate:                            1962 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:

22 August 1913 launched by George Brown & Co, Greenock as Yard Nr: 83 named ARDGARTH for ‘Ard’ Coasters Ltd., (Lang & Fullerton, Managers) Greenock

September 1913 completed

1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged

6 September 1914 arrived at Swansea from Plymouth

22 May 1915 became a Stores Carrier – name unchanged

9 February 1917 reverted to being a Collier again – name unchanged

1918 returned to her owners and purchased by P MacCallum & Son Ltd., Greenock – name unchanged

28 June 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

18 July 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

24 July 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

1 August 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

1923 purchased by Sollus Lines Ltd., (Richards, Longstaff, Managers) London – name unchanged

1925 purchased by Sowards Coal Co Ltd., (J F Soward, Manager, Kingston, Ontario and renamed PATDORIS

 1931 Managers became registered owners – name unchanged

1945 purchased by Toronto General Trusts Corp., Kingston, Ontario – name unchanged

1946 purchased by Maple Leaf Steamship Co Ltd., Montreal – name unchanged

1956 same owners but under the Panamanian Flag – name unchanged

1962 reported broken up in Canada