Requisitioned Auxiliary – Athelregent

Athel Regent

 

 

Athel Regent  

Official Number:                        161142

Laid down:

Builder:                                    Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees

Launched:                                16 December 1929

Into Service:                             1939

Out of service:                          1945

Fate:                                       21 August 1959  scrapped

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

 

Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

16 December 1929 launched by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees as Yard Nr: 153 named ATHELREGENT for United Molasses Co Ltd, Liverpool

February 1930 completed

6 July 1937 at New Orleans Able Seaman Charles F Clarke discharged dead from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident ashore

8 September 1938 sailed Durban

7 October 1938 arrived Liverpool

12 November 1938 sailed Liverpool

28 December 1938 berthed at Falmouth

29 December 1938 sailed Falmouth

21 February 1939 sailed Falmouth for Saint Pedro

10 July 1939 arrived at Liverpool

1939 – 1945 requisitioned for Admiralty service and served as an Escort Oiler

11 September 1939 sailed Cape Town independently to Singapore arriving 3 October 1939

10 October 1939 sailed Singapore independently to Auckland, New Zealand arriving 2 November 1939

6 November 1939 sailed Auckland, New Zealand independently to Sourabaya arriving 24 November 1939

24 November 1939 sailed Sourabaya independently to Tegal arriving the next day

25 November 1939 sailed Tegal independently to Colombo arriving 7 December 1939

7 December 1939 sailed Colombo independently to Aden arriving 15 December 1939

15 December 1939 sailed Aden independently to Suez arriving 21 December 1939

22 December 1939 sailed Port Said independently to Gibraltar arriving 31 December 1939

31 December 1939 sailed Gibraltar in escorted convoy HG13 to the Clyde arriving 10 January 1940. RFA OLEANDER was also in this convoy

20 January 1940 sailed the Clyde independently to Liverpool arriving 22 January 1940

1940 nominal ownership passed to Athel Line Ltd, London name unchanged

25 January 1940 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy OB79 until dispersal on 28 January 1940 then independently to Antilla arriving 15 February 1940

22 February 1940 sailed Antilla independently to Caibarien

24 February 1940 sailed Caibarien independently to Halifax arriving 2 March 1940

5 March 1940 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX25 to Liverpool arriving 20 March 1940

1 April 1940 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy OB121 until its dispersal on 4 April 1940 and then independently to Matanzas arriving 20 April 1940

24 April 1940 sailed Matanzas independently to Halifax arriving 2 May 1940

4 May 1940 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX40 to the Downs arriving 19 May 1940

27 May 1940 sailed Southend in convoy OA156 to Falmouth arriving 29 May 1940

12 June 1940 sailed Falmouth joining escorted convoy OA166G which reformed as Convoy OG33 on 13 June 1940 and then independently to Dakar arriving 24 June 1940

26 June 1940 sailed Dakar independently to Cape Town arriving 11 July 1940

12 July 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Sourabaya arriving 8 August 1940

10 August 1940 sailed Sourabaya independently to Cape Town arriving 6 September 1940

7 September 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Freetown arriving 20 September 1970

27 September 1940 sailed Freetown in escorted convoy SL49 to Liverpool arriving 17 October 1940

October 1940 Captain Hugh Roberts appointed as Master

9 November 1940 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy OB241 until dispersal on the 14 November 1940 thence independently to Capetown arriving 11 December 1940

17 December 1940 sailed Capetown independently to Durban arriving 21 December 1940

22 December 1940 at Durban loaded a full cargo of Molasses

24 December 1940 sailed Durban independently to Freetown arriving 10 January 1941

10 January 1941 sailed Freetown in escorted convoy SL62 to Liverpool arriving 2 February 1941

13 February 1941 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy OB286 until dispersal on the 17 February 1941 thence independently to Halifax arriving on 25 February 1941

25 February 1941 sailed Halifax independently but returned 3 March 1941

10 March 1941 sailed Halifax independently to Philadelphia arriving on 14 March 1941

18 March 1941 sailed Philadelphia independently to Baltimore arriving 20 March 194

12 April 1941 sailed Baltimore independently to Nuevitas arriving 7 April 1941

8 April 1941 Nuevitas independently to Matanzas arriving 9 April 1941

12 April 1941 sailed Matanzas

15 April 1941 sailed New York independently to Halifax arriving 18 April 1941

20 April 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX122 to the River Clyde arriving 8 May 1941

9 May 1941 sailed the River Clyde in unescorted convoy WN125 to Methil arriving 12 May 1941

3 May 1942 arrived at Port Everglades with 14 survivors from the Nicaraguan ship ss Sama which had been sunk by German submarine U506 some 60 miles SE of Miami, Florida – Source Admiralty War Diary page 1057 of  4 May 1942

 

3 January 1945 Chief Officer William Alfred Meneight appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) – Civil Division – Published in the London Gazette of this day

27 June 1953 at 42.22N 6.53E Donkeyman Greaser Cornelis Berkhout discharged dead – missing presumed drowned

1957 purchased by Fleet Operators Inc (Philpotts Shipping Agency, Managers) Panama and renamed  FLEET TANK

1959  purchased by J.C. Berkwit, New York name unchanged but resold for scrap

21 August 1959 arrived Osaka for demolition by Japanese breakers.