Requisitioned Auxiliary – Clydesdale

 

CLYDESDALE 177

CLYDESDALE 177

 

Official Number:                       121243

Pennant No:                            Y 8.102

Laid down:

Builder:                                   Scott & Sons, Bowling

Launched:                               18 May 1905

Into Service:                            25 June 1917

Out of service:                         21 December 1917

Fate:                                      Broken up February 1953 

 

 

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:

 

18 May 1905 launched by Scott & Sons, Bowling as Yard No: 177 named Clydesdale for David MacBrayne Ltd., Glasgow

24 May 1905 the Lloyds List newspaper reported …

 

24.5.1905 Lloyds List Clydesdale

 

June 1905 completed as a passenger / cargo vessel

26 December 1906 sailed Portree for Ullapool. Due to heavy seas was forced to heave too until 28 December 1906 when she diverted to Stornaway

4 July 1916 while on passage from Liverpool to the White Sea carrying Admiralty stores was stopped by HMS VICTORIAN, checked and allowed to proceed

5 July 1916 while on passage from Liverpool to the White Sea carrying Admiralty stores was stopped by HMS CHANGUINOLA, checked and allowed to proceed

25 June 1917 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged

3 August 1917 arrived at the Kola Inlet

21 December 1917 returned to her owners, name unchanged

February 1953 arrived Port Glasgow for demolition by Smith & Houston Ltd