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Official Number:                      137074

Pennant No:                           Y 7.80

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Builder:                                  Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd., Greenock

Launched:                              30 June 1914

Into Service:                           12 February 1915

Out of service:                         5 July 1917

Fate:                                      Torpedoed and sunk

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:

30 June 1914 launched by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd., Greenock as Yard Nr: 358 named Inkisi for Societe des Petroles du Congo S.A. (Cie Belge Maritime du Congo, Manager) Antwerp but was sold before delivery

1 July 1914 the Daily Record newspaper reported …

August 1914 completed as Cuyahoga for Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd (J Hamilton, Manager) London

12 February 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Expeditionary Force Transport – name unchanged – until 15 July 1915

16 July 1915 redeployed as an oiler – name unchanged – until 4 August 1916 at £3,280 per month

12 April 1916 escorted by HMS LORD MINTO westbound to the Royal Sovereign Light Vessel

5 July 1917 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-57 in the Atlantic 130 miles WNW Tory Island in position 55.12N 12.10W while on passage from Liverpool to Philadelphia in ballast – there were no casualties