Official Number: 169027
Builder: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland
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Launched: 29 May 1942
Into Service: September 1942
Out of service: 1945
Fate: 10 September, 1960 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:
29 May 1942 launched by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 742 named Empire Wordsworth for the MoWT
1 July 1942 towed from Sunderland to the River Tyne
September 1942 completed under management of Hunting & Son, Newcastle and requisitioned for Admiralty service and served as an escort oiler, name unchanged
24 September 1942 sailed Southend in convoy FN822 to Methil arriving 26 September 1942
30 September 1942 sailed Methil in convoy EN144 to Loch Ewe arriving 2 October 1942 thewn joined escorted convoy ON135 to New York arriving 21 October 1942
24 October 1942 sailed New York in unescorted convoy NG316 to Guantanamo arriving 30 October 1942
30 October 1942 sailed Guntanamo in unescorted convoy GAT18 to Aruba arriving 2 November 1942
4 November 1942 sailed Aruba in unescorted convoy AW20 to Curacao arriving the same day
8 November 1942 sailed Curacao in escorted convoy TAG19 to Guantanamo arriving 11 November 1942
11 November 1942 sailed Guantanamo in escorted convoy GN19 to New York arriving 17 November 1942
19 November 1942 sailed New York in escorted convoy HX216 to Belfast Lough arriving 3 December 1942 with a cargo of Petrol. Fort Amherst, which was later to become RFA AMHERST, also sailed in this convoy between Halifax and St Johns only
4 December 1942 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB241 to Barry, South Wales arriving 6 December 1942
17 December 1942 sailed Barry, South Wales independently to Avonmouth arriving on the next day
20 December 1942 sailed Avonmouth independently to the River Clyde arriving 22 December 1942
24 December 1942 sailed the Clyde in escorted convoy KMS6G to Gibraltar arriving 6 January 1943
20 January 1943 sailed Algiers in escorted convoy MKS6 to the Clyde arriving 31 January 1943
11 February 1943 sailed the Clyde in escorted convoy ON166 to New York arriving 3 March 1943
13 November 1945 purchased by British Tanker Co Ltd., London and renamed British Lancer
1956 owners restyled as BP Tanker Co Ltd., London name unchanged
31 August 1960 sold for scrap
10 September 1960 arrived Briton Ferry for demolition by T W Ward Ltd.