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Official Number:                     122830

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Builder:                                 Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Blyth

Launched:                              2 August 1905

Into Service:                           5 November 1914

Out of service:                        1919

Fate:                                     3 January 1922 missing on voyage

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Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

2 August 1905  launched by Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Blyth as Yard Nr 123 named ELLERAY for Elleray SS Co Ltd, Newcastle.

September 1905 completed as a coaster

22 November 1906 sailed Barry

16 August 1908 berthed at Liverpool from Le Havre

26 January 1909 in the River Tyne while sailing down stream was involved in a collision with the steamer Tees. The Elleray was considerably damaged – reported in the Times of 28 January 1909

12 April 1909 berthed at Hull to load cargo

6 June 1909 sailed Victoria Dock, Hull for London

1912 purchased by Sharp SS Co Ltd, (T W Sharp, Manager) Newcastle name unchanged

5 November 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Ammunition Carrier, name  unchanged

1919 returned to her owners

3 January 1922 went missing while on passage from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of coal. All of her eighteen members of the crew were lost