Requisitioned Auxiliary – Dalewood

 

 Dalewood

Dalewood

 

Official Number:                      132624

Laid down:

Builder:                                  R Thompson & Sons, Southwick, Sunderland

Launched:                              25 September 1911

Pennant No:                           Y 3.24

Into Service:                           4 August 1914

Out of service:                        26 February 1918 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:

 

25 September 1911 launched by R Thompson & Sons, Southwick, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 272 named Dalewood for Wm. France, Fenwick & Co Ltd., London

October 1911 completed

10 June 1912 sailed the River Wear for London

14 August 1912 at Hull

14 September 1912 sailed Rotterdam

28 December 1912 arrived at Hull from Rotterdam

14 February 1913 sailed the River Wear for Hamburg

12 March 1913 sailed Hull for Rotterdam

25 March 1913 sailed Rotterdam for the River Wear

28 October 1913 arrived at Rouen, France from Methil

2 April 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

5 May 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

24 June 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

4 August 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier

30 June 1915 at Cromarty no: 9 berth supplied 180 tons of bunker coal to the Armoured Cruiser HMS DONEGAL

HMS Donegal

HMS DONEGAL

22 August 1915 to 25 August 1915 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Knightsgarth (Y3.181) supplied 977 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS MANTUA

27 August 1915 to 29 August 1915 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Knightsgarth (Y3.181) supplied 1,000 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS EBRO

11 September 1915 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Towneley (Y3.218) supplied 1,006 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS CEDRIC

15 September 1915 and 16 September 1915 at Swarbacks Minn Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Towneley (Y3.218) supplied the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS CHANGUINOLA with 1,000 tons of bunker coal

 

AMC HMS CHANGUINOLA

HMS CHANGUINOLA

 

18 September 1915 to 20 September 1915 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Towneley (Y3.218) supplied 1,001 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS VICTORIAN

22 September 1915 arrived Lerwick with coal for the Admiralty

6 December 1915 at Scapa Flow supplied 200 tons of bunker coal to the Armoured Cruiser HMS DONEGAL

18 January 1916 & 19 January 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Medborn (Y3.???) supplied a total of 684 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS ALSATIAN

30 January 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Hebburn (Y3.660) supplied a total of 1,500 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS VICTORIAN

5 May 1916 at Scapa Flow along with collier Belge (Y3.664) supplied 750 tons of bunker coal to the Armoured Cruiser HMS DONEGAL

6 June 1916 at Swarbacks Minn Anchorage, Shetland Islands supplied the Armoured Cruiser HMS DONEGAL with 1,220 tons of bunker coal

9 June 1916 & 10 June 1916 Swarbacks Minn Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Pensacola (Y3.212) supplied the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS ALSATIAN with a total of 1,512 tons of bunker coal

27 June 1916 to 28 June 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Semantha (Y3.912) supplied a total of 1,300 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS ALMANZORA

28 July 1916 & 29 July 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Hebburn (Y3.858) supplied a total of 1,050 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS HILARY

31 July 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Bargarth (Y3.???) supplied a total of 1,070 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS ALSATION

4 August 1916 to 6 August 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands along with collier Poldhu (Y3.269) supplied a total of 1,550 tons of bunker coal to the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS OTWAY.

1 November 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands supplied 190 tons of bunker coal to the Armoured Cruiser HMS ACHILLES

HMS Achilles

HMS ACHILLES

6 November 1916 at Busta Voe Anchorage, Shetland Islands supplied 647 tons of bunker coal to the Armoured Cruiser HMS ACHILLES

26 February 1918 torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-105 (Friedrich Strackerjan) in the Irish Sea 10 miles SW of the Isle of Man in position 53.48N 05.09W on passage from Cardiff to Scapa Flow with a cargo of coal with the loss of nineteen lives