Official Number: 113975
Class: Collier / Stores Carrier
Laid down:
Builder: John Fullerton & Co., Paisley
Pennant No: Y.3 106 / Y 8.114
Launched: 16 July 1901
Into Service: WW1
Out of service: 20 October 1919
Fate: 2q 1939 scrapped
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career:
16 July 1901 launched by John Fullerton & Co., Paisley as Yard Nr: 159 named Carlston for Glasgow Steam Coasters Co Ltd., (Paton & Hendy, Managers) Glasgow
August 1901 completed
27 September 1901 arrived at Briton Ferry
6 April 1902 at Swansea Hospital Able Seaman Alex McMillan discharged dead from injuries sustained to his spine by falling into the ships hold
4 May 1902 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
27 May 1902 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
4 September 1903 passed St. Ann’s Head
4 July 1904 in the Manchester ship canal in collision with the steamer Kotka from St. Petersburg. Both ships were damaged
26 August 1904 berthed at Dunston
3 September 1904 sailed from Methil
24 April 1905 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal in ballast and berthed at Partington Coal Basin
22 October 1905 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of pig iron berthing at Manchester Docks
29 October 1905 sailed Manchester Docks in ballast
19 December 1905 sailed Manchester Docks in ballast
20 June 1906 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal in ballast berthing at Runcorn
19 July 1906 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of pig iron berthing in No: 4 Dock at Manchester Docks
21 July 1906 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Orme’s Head
29 July 1906 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Swansea
20 August 1906 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Orme’s Head
5 September 1906 berthed in No: 4 Dock, Manchester Docks
12 September 1906 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of pig iron berthing in No: 4 Dock at Manchester Docks
13 September 1906 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Orme’s Head
21 September 1906 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Orme’s Head
26 September 1906 entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of pig iron berthing in No: 4 Dock at Manchester Docks
1 October 1906 berthed at Bristol from Manchester
3 June 1907 took shelter in Lerwick Harbour due to a strong gale while on passage from Runcorn to Bressay with a cargo of salt and box wood for the Anglo German Herring Company. The ship suffered damage with her fore mast being broken half way up
29 May 1907 from Dieppe entered Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal with a cargo of flints for Ellesmere Port
13 June 1907 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Runcorn
28 September 1907 sailed from Manchester No: 4 Dock via the ship canal to Liverpool
10 March 1908 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Garston
17 November 1908 sailed from Manchester Docks via the ship canal to Garston
10 December 1908 loaded with 760 tons of coal for the Bristol Gas Company at Garston Docks
16 February 1909 sailed Methil for Grangemouth
27 May 1909 discharging a cargo of coal at Hayle
17 February 1911 berthed at Dover with a cargo of coal from Methil for J W Bussey & Co
8 January 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
1915 purchased by Ernest Johnson & Co, Google – name unchanged
11 February 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged – with off hire voyages from 20 May 1916 until 3 June 1916 and 13 June 1916 until 23 June 1916
24 June 1916 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS ROXBURGH supplying her with 547 tons of bunker coal
18 March 1917 in a convoy with nine other ships and escorted by HMS’s SAPPER, ROSE, SEA SEARCHER and GOZO from St Helens Bay to Caen Roads
16 November 1918 became a Stores Carrier – name unchanged
30 July 1919 sailed City Docks, Bristol for Glasgow
20 October 1919 returned to her owners – name unchanged
27 March 1920 at Poole, Dorset Able Seaman Arthur Roy Thomson discharged dead as a result of an accident
1925 purchased by W M Barkley & Sons Ltd., Belfast name unchanged
1926? purchased by Wilson, Reid & Co., Belfast – name unchanged
1927 purchased by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D Marsden, Manager) Grimsby and renamed George Frusher
6 February 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing south
10 April 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing south
16 May 1934 arrived at Blyth
17 May 1934 sailed Blyth
13 August 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing south
11 August 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing north
21 August 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamborough Head sailing north
10 December 1934 arrived Blyth
19 December 1934 arrived Blyth
22 December 1934 sailed Blyth
10 March 1936 in thick fog in collision with ss Pink Rose 11 miles SE of the River Tyne. The Pink Rose sank in about 5 minutes. Her crew of 10 were saved by the George Frusher and landed at Blyth
Press report from the Gloucestershire Echo on 10 March 1936
2q 1939 reported broken up Antwerp