Requisitioned Auxiliary – Canadian Transport

 

 

 Canadian Transport

 Canadian Transport

 

Official Number:                      127460

Laid down:

Builder:                                  Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesborough

Pennant No:                           Y 3.11599 / C 1860

Launched:                              23 June 1910

Into Service:                           1 April 1917

Out of service:                        1918

Fate:                                      3rd Quarter 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

23 June 1910 launched by Sir Raylton Dixon & CO., Middlesborough as Yard Nr: 551 named Canadian Transport for Empire Transport Co Ltd., (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd., Managers), West Hartlepool

July 1910 completed

1 April 1917 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged until 26 June 1917

27 June 1917 re-deployed as a Transport carrying hay from Bombay until 19 October 1917

20 October 1917 re-deployed as a collier until 21 December 1917

22 December 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying cross – Channel hay for one trip until 10 January 1918

11 January 1918 re-deployed as a collier until 19 March 1918

28 March 1918 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying Indian grain until 29 April 1918

18 April 1918 stopped and boarded off Perim by the Armed Boarding Steamer HMS PERTH – all found correct and allowed to proceed

30 April 1918 re-deployed as a collier until 19 July 1918

20 July 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from the River Plate area until 26 September 1918

27 September 1918 re-deployed as a collier until 30 November 1918

1 December 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from the Gulf

14 February 1919 arrived at Falmouth

28 March 1919 sailed Barry for Las Palmas

1 July 1919 passed Dungeness

22 August 1919 from Barry arrived at St. Vincent (CV)

27 December 1927 at Rosario Fireman Andrew Sullivan accidentally drowned while bathing

3rd quarter 1933 broken up in Italy