Official Number:                       128001 

Laid down:

Builder:                                   W Harkess & Son Ltd., Middlesborough

Launched:                               31 August 1909

Pennant No:                            Y.2.37

Into Service:                           12 January 1915

Out of service:                         WW1

Fate:                                      January 1952 broken up

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:

31 August 1909 launched by W Harkness & Son Ltd., Middlesborough as Yard No: 179 named GRACEFUL for British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd., Liverpool

September 1909 completed

1910 purchased by F H Powell & Co., Liverpool and renamed DEVON COAST

1913 owners became Powell, Bacon & Hough Lines Ltd., Liverpool – name unchanged

12 October 1913 in the River Thames Fireman Arthur M Ball discharged dead having drowned

12 January 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Ammunition Carrier – name unchanged

1917 owners became Coast Lines, Liverpool – name unchanged

8 November 1922 arrived at Mounts Bay

26 November 1922 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound

1934 became uneconomical to run during the Depression and was purchased by Brook Shipping Co Ltd., Liverpool and was renamed DEVONBROOK

17 May 1934 arrived at the River Tees

2 November 1934 berthed at Goole from London in ballast

24 December 1934 arrived Goole from Portsmouth

17 September 1935 arrived at the River Wear from the Tyne

18 November 1936 berthed at Immingham

19 November 1936 sailed Immingham for the River Tyne

1937 purchased by Cia de Nav Norte Sul, Rio de Janeiro and renamed SAO PEDRO.

January 1952 arrived Rio de Janeiro for demolition by Mecanica Irmaos, Albeida