Official Number: 168535
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast
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Launched: 6 May 1944
Into Service: 20 September 1944
Out of service: 1945
Fate: 20 May, 1961 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
6 May 1944 launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast as Yard Nr: 1242 as Empire Saturn for the MoWT
21 May 1944 towed from Belfast to the River Clyde arriving the next day
20 September 1944 completed under management of Davie & Newman Ltd., London and requisitioned for Admiralty service and served as en Escort oiler, name unchanged
23 September 1944 sailed the River Clyde in convoy ON255 to New York arriving 9 October 1944
10 October 1944 sailed New York independently to Philadelphia arriving the next day
13 October 1944 sailed Philadelphia independently to New York arriving the next day
15 October 1944 sailed New York in convoy HX314 to Liverpool arriving 30 October 1944. Acted as the Escort Oiler
4 November 1944 sailed Liverpool in convoy ON264 to New York but put back to Liverpool with engine defects arriving the same day
19 November 1944 sailed Liverppol in convoy ON267 to New York arriving 5 December 1944. Acted as the Escort Oiler
10 December 1944 sailed New York in convoy UGS63 for Gibraltar. Passed Gibraltar on the 27 December 1944 and then sailed independently to Naples arriving 31 December 1944
1 January 1945 sailed Naples independently to Augusta arriving the next day
3 January 1945 sailed Augusta in convoy AH89 to Taranto arriving 4 January 1945
11 January 1945 sailed Taranto independently to Oran arriving 15 January 1945
1946 purchased by Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd., and renamed Nayadis
1955 owners became Shell Petroleum Co Ltd., name unchanged
1960 owners again restyled as Shell Tankers Ltd., London name remained unchanged
16 April 1961 sailed Singapore Roads to Japanese ship breakers
22 May 1961 arrived Hirao for demolition by Matsukura