Official Number:                      171462

Laid down:

Builder:                                  Akt. Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen

Launched:                              22 June 1927

Into Service:                           1941

Out of service:                        1945

Fate:                                     January 1959 broken up

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

 22 June 1927  launched by Akt. Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen as Yard Nr 348 named CHRISTIAN for Det Danske Petroleums A/S (Holm & Wonsild, Managers), Nyborg

August 1927  completed

1930 renamed CHRISTIAN HOLM by her owners and management transferred to C. F. Holm, Nyborg

23 April 1935 sailed Stornaway, Lewis after two day delay when 15 of the crew 27 were stricken with influenza 

1 April 1939 suffered engine problems (starboard engine) having sailed from Manchester to Caripito. Entered Brockelbank Dock for repairs – from Lloyds Casualty reports

10 July 1940 intercepted at sea by the Dutch sloop VAN KINSBERGEN who escorted her and the Danish SCANDIA to Trinidad. Acquired by the MoS later MoWT

1941 changed to the British flag, name unchanged and requisitioned for Admiralty service and served as an Escort Oiler under management of Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London

6 May 1941 sailed Halifax in unescorted convoy HX125B to Belfast Lough arriving 22 May 1941

27 May 1941 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB26 to Barry arriving 29 May 1941

16 June 1941 sailed Milford Haven and joined escorted convoy OB335 to Halifax arriving 2 July 1941

14 August 1941 due at Cape Town from Aruba but reported in the Admiralty War Diary of 19 August 1941 (Page 992) as not having arrived

25 October 1941 sailed Cape Town independently to Curaçao arriving 23 November 1941

29 November 1941 sailed Curaçao independently to Freetown arriving 19 December 1941

24 December 1941 sailed Freetown independently to Curaçao arriving 10 January 1942

13 January 1942 sailed Curaçao independently to Puerto La Cruz

16 January 1942 sailed Puerto La Cruz independently to Curacao arriving 18 January 1942

22 January 1942 sailed Curaçao independently to New York arriving 1 February 1942

11 March 1942 sailed New York independently to Halifax arriving 13 March 1942

18 March 1942 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy SC75 to the Clyde arriving 3 April 1942

21 April 1942 sailed the Clyde and joined convoy OB26 until detached to sail independently to Curaçao arriving on 12 May 1942. RFA DINSDALE also sailed in this convoy

17 May 1942 sailed Curaçao independently to Las Piedras

18 May 1942 sailed Las Piedras independently to Curaçao

28 June 1942 sailed Curaçao in convoy OT12 until dispersal on 1 July 1942 and then independently to Freetown arriving 15 July 1942

1 August 1942 sailed Freetown independently to Trinidad arriving 15 August 1942

20 August 1942 sailed Trinidad independently to Puerto la Cruz arriving the next day

7 September 1942 sailed Curaçao in escorted convoy TAG3 to Guantanamo arriving 11 September 1942

12 September 1942 sailed Guantanamo in unescorted convoy GN3 to New York arriving 20 September 1942

26 September 1942 sailed New York in escorted convoy SC103 to Liverpool arriving 17 October 1942

22 October 1942 sailed Liverpool independently to the Clyde arriving the next day

26 October 1942 sailed the Clyde in convoy KMS2G to Algiers arriving 12 November 1942. RFA Abbeydale also sailed in this convoy

2 February 1943 sailed the Clyde in convoy ON165 to New York arriving 28 February 1943

5 March 1943 sailed New York in convoy SC122 to Liverpool arriving 24 March 1943

5 April 1943 sailed Liverpool in convoy ONS3 to Londonderry arriving the same day – ran aground

14 April 1943 sailed Londonderry independently to Belfast Lough arriving the same day

4 May 1943 sailed Belfast Lough independently to Londonderry arriving the same day

8 May 1943 sailed Londonderry joining convoy ONS7 to Halifax as an escort oiler arriving 25 May 1943 and then sailed the same day in convoy XB55 to Cape Cod Canal arriving 27 May 1943  

27 May 1943 sailed Cape Cod Canal independently to New York arriving the next day

10 June 1943 sailed New York independently to Boston arriving the next day

12 June 1943 sailed Boston in unescorted convoy BX57 to Halifax arriving 14 June 1943

27 June 1943 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy SC135 as escort oiler to Belfast Lough arriving 10 July 1943

10 July 1943 sailed Belfast Lough independently to Milford Haven arriving the next day

13 July 1943 sailed Milford Haven in escorted convoy WP369 to Southampton arriving 15 July 1943

13 August 1943 sailed Cowes Roads in convoy PW384 to Milford Haven arriving 15 August 1943

16 August 1943 sailed Milford Haven independently to the Clyde arriving the next day

19 August 1943 sailed the Clyde in convoy ONS16 as escort oiler to Halifax arriving on 1 September 1943

15 September 1943 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy SC142 as an escort oiler to Londonderry arriving 29 September 1943

8 October 1943 discharged her cargo into the Royal Naval Fuel Depot at Lisahally 

13 October 1943 involved in a collision in Loch Foyle – no other details known at this time

6 November 1943 sailed Londonderry joining convoy ONS22 as escort oiler to Halifax arriving on 20 November 1943 – joining convoy XB84 to Cape Cod Canal arriving 23 November 1943 and then independently on to New York arriving the next day

3 December 1943 sailed New York in convoy NG402 to Guantanemo arriving on 9 December 1943

9 December 1943 sailed Guantanemo in convoy GAT104 to Trinidad arriving 17 December 1943

22 December 1943 sailed Trinidad in convoy TJ18 to Rio and the independently to Montevideo arriving 16 January 1944

18 May 1944 sailed Guantanemo in unescorted convoy GN133 to New York City arriving 26 May 1944

15 July 1944 sailed New York City in unescorted convoy NG447 to Guantanemo arriving 22 July 1944

22 July 1944 sailed Guantanemo in unescorted convoy GAT149 to Trinidad arriving 27 July 1944

13 December 1944 sailed from Boston in unescorted convoy BX137 to Halifax arriving 15 December 1944

12 April 1945 sailed from Boston in escorted convoy BX156 to Halifax arriving 14 April 1945

1945 returned to her owners and reverted to Danish flag, name unchanged

7 April 1946 at New York in collision with the ss Kaipaki

1953 purchased by Nazim Kalkavan, Istanbul and renamed RIZA KAPTAN

January 1959 broken up in Istanbul.