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Official Number: 123194
Laid down:
Builder: Richardson, Duck & Co. Ltd., Thornaby-on-Tees
Pennant Nr: Y 3.2
Launched: 15 January 1908
Into Service: 11 June 1913
Out of service: 1918
Fate: Broken up 3 April 1936
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
15 January 1908 launched by Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd., Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton as Yard Nr: 591 named Fernhill for Walter J Tillet & Co. Cardiff
February 1908 completed
28 January 1910 passed Prawle Point
21 February 1910 sailed from Barry, South Wales
13 May 1912 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard
11 June 1913 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged – at a rate of hire of £1,200 per month for 1 year decreasing to £1,150 per month thereafter
17 September 1913 at Oban alongside HMS CARNAVON supplying with 275 tons of bunker coal
6 November 1913 at No 8 wharf at Devonport alongside HMS CARNAVON supplying her with 185 tons of bunker coal
1914 owners became W J Tillet Steamship Co. Ltd., Cardiff
18 June 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard
19 August 1914 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS GIBRALTAR supplying bunker coal
HMS GIBRALTAR
19 December 1914 at Cromarty alongside HMS LEVIATHAN supplying bunker coal
HMS LEVIATHAN
12 May 1915 at Invergordon alongside HMS PRINCESS ROYAL supplying bunker coal
11 June 1915 requisitioned as a Peace collier transport
25 April 1916 & 26 April 1916 off Rosyth alongside HMS HIBERNIA supplying 245 tons of bunker coal
HMS HIBERNIA
27 March 1918 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS ACHILLES supplying 260 tons of bunker coal
HMS ACHILLES
4 June 1918 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS COMMONWEALTH supplying 330 tons of bunker coal
HMS COMMONWEALTH
1 August 1918 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS COMMONWEALTH supplying 960 tons of bunker coal
6 October 1919 at Biorko alongside HMS VINDICTIVE 2 supplying bunker coal
1919 returned to her owners – name unchanged
1919 purchased by Llewellyn Shipping Co Ltd., Cardiff – name unchanged
1926 purchased by Smith, Hogg & Co Ltd., West Hartlepool and renamed Rowanburn
11 November 1928 at Palamos – vessel caught fire. Engine room, and officers quarters gutted. Part of the bridge, chart room and two life boats destroyed by fire. Fire in holds 3 & 4 extinguished by flooding – source Lloyds Casualty report
6 December 1929 while on passage from Cardiff to Santander reported in distress in heavy weather seven miles south of Wolf Rock – source Lloyds Casualty report
1932 purchased by A/B Union Steamship Co Ltd., (A/B Nielsen & Thorden Oy, Managers) Helsinki and renamed Union
3 April 1936 arrived at Hartlepool for demolition by South Stockton Shipbreaking Co Ltd.