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Official Number:                       85810

Pennant No:                            Y 3.2260 / Y 8.115

Laid down:

Builder:                                   G K Stothert & Co, Bristol

Launched:                               1883

Into Service:                            WW1

Out of service:                         6 March 1919

Fate:                                      Capsized & sank 5 November 1919

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:

1883 Launched by G K Stothert & Co. Bristol as Yard Nr: ?? named CLIFTON GROVE for Steamship “Clifton Grove” Co Ltd., ( J R Dixon Ltd., Managers) Glasgow

1883 completed

1 November 1883 passed Portland Bill sailing west bound

9 August 1887 reported that she had arrived at Portland Roads to repair a condensor and air pump while on passage from Llannelly to Rochester with a cargo of coal

WW1 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged

3 November 1918 joined a convoy off Peterhead escorted by HMS TENBY CASTLE

22 January 1919 became a stores carrier – name unchanged

6 March 1919 refitted and returned to her owners – name unchanged

2 November 1919 seailed Hull for Calais with a cargo of creosote barrels on deck

5 November 1919 capsized off the Longsand Lightship in heavy weather with the loss of eight lives, which included the Master, his wife and his two sons. There was only one survivor