26 February 1938 launched by Soc. Anon. John Cockerill, Hoboken as Yard Nr 657 named ESCAUT for Cie. Nacionale Belgede Transports Maritimes ( Armement Deppe, Managers)  Antwerp

May 1938 completed

26 April 1940 sailed Antwerp

21 June 1940 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Ammunition Carrier, name unchanged.

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Builder:                                   Soc. Anon. John Cockerill, Hoboken

Launched:                               26 February 1938

Into Service:                             21 June 1940

Out of service:                          3 August 1941

Fate:                                       3 August 1941 bombed and sunk

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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:

26 February 1938 launched by Soc. Anon. John Cockerill, Hoboken as Yard Nr 657 named ESCAUT for Cie. Nacionale Belgede Transports Maritimes (Armement Deppe, Managers)  Antwerp

May 1938 completed

26 April 1940 sailed Antwerp

21 June 1940 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Ammunition Carrier, name unchanged

22 June 1940 sailed Southend in convoy FN202 to Middlesborough arriving 24 June 1940

15 July 1940 sailed Southend in convoy FN223 to Methil arriving 17 July 1940

7 March 1941 sailed Port Said in convoy AN18 to Pireaus arriving 11 March 1941

18 March 1941 sailed Pireaus in convoy As20/1 to Port Said arriving 22 March 1941

3 August 1941 sunk after being struck by an aerial torpedo 17.3 cables 232°  from South Beacon Ships Head  Attica Bay, Suez with the loss of the Master and two of the crew