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Official Number:                       109588 

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Builder:                                   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith

Launched:                              19 July 1898

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Into Service:                           29 September 1939

Out of service:                        WW2

Fate:                                     Broken up March 1951

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Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

19 July 1898 launched by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd., Leith as Yard Nr: 158 named REVAL for Wm Thompson & Co (Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Managers) Leith

 August 1898 completed

1924 purchased by Ulster SS Co Ltd., (G Heyn & Sons, Managers), Belfast and renamed DUNMORE HEAD

21 August 1933 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

13 February 1939 while berthing at Belfast from Danzig a fire was discovered in an Officers cabin – extinguished by the Fire Brigade

29 September 1939 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Ammunion Hulk, based at Loch Eil (Fort William) – name unchanged

12 March 1951 arrived Milford Haven for demolition by T W Ward Ltd