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Official Number: 120682
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Builder: S P Austin & Son., Wear Dock, Sunderland
Launched: 21 February 1906
Pennant No: Y8 .57 / Y3.94
Into Service: 1914
Out of service: 1918
Fate: 1924 sank after a collision
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:
21 February 1906 launched by S P Austin & Son, Wear Dock, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 235 named BROOK for Stephenson Clarke & Co., London
24 February 1906 Lloyds List reported –
March 1906 completed
30 October 1906 arrived at Portsmouth from the River Tyne
1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged
14 July 19145 became a Stores Carrier – name unchanged
27 August 1915 Stores Carrier service ended
8 September 1915 became a Collier again – name unchanged
1918 returned to her owners – name unchanged
1919 purchased by the Brentford Gas Co., London – name unchanged
10 February 1924 sank after a collision with ss CAPULIN off the Shipwash Light Vessel while on passage from the Tyne to London