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
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
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
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