Official Number: 132028
Pennant No: Y 3.644 Y 8.10
Laid down:
Builder: Scott & Sons, Bowling
Launched: 26 November 1912
Into Service: 30 September 1914
Out of service: WW1
Fate: Broken up September 1959
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:
26 November 1912 launched by Scott & Sons, Bowling as Yard Nr: 241 named CARNALEA for John Kelly Ltd. (W Clint, Manager) Belfast
January 1913 completed
1 March 1913 sailed Ayr for Belfast with a cargo of coal
6 November 1913 arrived at Ayr from Belfast
11 April 1914 arrived at Troon from Londonderry in ballast
12 July 1914 passed the Lloyd’s Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound
30 September 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier – name unchanged – until 27 March 1915
28 March 1916 re-deployed as a Collier until 26 May 1917
27 May 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force transport for one passage from Calais to Google with a cargo of rags until 31 May 1917
1 June 1917 re-deployed as a collier
14 February 1918 when off Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel rescued the five crew of the sailing ship Bessie Stephens which had been sunk by the German submarine U-86 and the crew had taken to the boats
23 July 1919 sailed Immingham
8 November 1919 sailed Leith for Stockton
22 February 1920 arrived at Blyth from Zeebrugge
27 April 1920 sailed the River Tyne for Portsmouth
7 September 1920 in the Cork River Fireman John Parker discharged dead having fallen or jumped overboard
4 May 1922 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
26 November 1923 W Clint appointed as Manager – name unchanged
20 February 1934 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
23 October 1935 grounded on Knott Spitt while on passage from London to Glasson Dock, Lancashire – source Lloyds Casulaty Reports
24 October 1935 refloated and arrived at Glasson Dock – Source Lloyds Casulaty Reports
27 October 1935 at sea Cook and Able Seaman William Black discharged dead having fallen overboard and drowned
1941 owners became Wm M Barkley & Sons Ltd., Belfast, name unchanged
28 July 1942 SE of Hook Point was bombed by enemy aircraft. No damage caused albeit the ship suffered a very near miss – source Admiralty War Diary 30 July 1942 page 138
25 April 1944 charted to the British Government until 6 March 1946
11 June 1944 sailed the Solent in escorted convoy ETC6 to Seine Bay arriving the next day
23 June 1944 sailed the Solent joining in escorted convoy EBC16 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
26 June 1944 sailed Seine Bay in unescorted convoy FBC11 to the Solent arriving the next day
7 July 1944 sailed Plymouth in unescorted convoy EBC33 to Seine Bay arriving the next day
10 July 1944 sailed Seine Bay in escorted convoy FBC24 to Southampton arriving the next day
17 July 1944 sailed Southampton in escorted convoy EBC24 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
25 July 1944 sailed the Solent in escorted convoy EBC50 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
2 August 1944 sailed Seine Bay in unescorted convoy FBC43 to Southampton arriving the next day
6 August 1944 sailed Southampton in escorted convoy EBC61 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
17 August 1944 sailed Seine Bay in unescorted convoy FBC57 to Southampton arriving the next day
26 August 1944 sailed the Solent in escorted convoy EBC82 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
30 August 1944 sailed Seine Bay in escorted convoy FBC68 to Southampton arriving the next day
8 September 1944 sailed the Solent in escorted convoy EBC95 to Seine Bay arriving the same day
15 September 1944 sailed Seine Bay in escorted convoy FBC83 to Southampton arriving the next day
27 March 1947 berthed at the Port of Hull’s Albert Dock to discharge a cargo of bran
13 October 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
5 November 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
16 November 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
30 November 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
4 December 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
8 December 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
13 December 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
15 December 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east
7 December 1949 berthed at Bristol City Dock discharging a cargo of potatoes
1951 owners reverted to John Kelly Ltd., (J.C. Christie, Manager) Belfast – name unchanged
1952 renamed BALLYDOUGAN by her owners
1955 Douglas Watson appointed as Manager – name unchanged
1959 sold for scrap to BISCO and allocated to R.S. Hayes, Pembroke Dock. Resold to Belgian breakers.
10 September 1959 arrived Antwerp for demolition by Soremar S.P.R.L. Hermiksen
16 September 1959 demolition commenced