as SS Barrister
Official Number: 102077
Laid down:
Builder: Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesborough
Launched: 5 November 1892
Into Service: 1915
Out of service: March 1932
Fate: March 1932 sold for scrap
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships purchased by the Admiralty during WW1 for use as a Block Ship but then refitted as an oil storage hulk
Career Data:
5 November 1892 launched by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesborough as Yard No: 369 named Barrister for Charente Steamship Co Ltd., (T & J Harrison, Managers) Liverpool
8 November 1892 the Lloyds List newspaper reported –
February 1893 completed at a cost of £58,373
29 November 1893 sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta, India
30 December 1893 arrived at Calcutta, India from Liverpool
21 December 1895 in collision with an unknown vessel in the English Channel while on passage from London to Calcutta, India
February 1907 ran aground between the Alligator Reef and the Carysfort Shoal while on passage from Liverpool to Mexico via the Florida Straits. Was refloated 7 hours hours later
May 1914 purchased for £6,694 by Anglo-Spanish Coaling Co Ltd., Cardiff and renamed Gaditano
1915 purchased by the Admiralty for use as a Blockship in the River Medway but was not used as such
1916 was refitted as an oil storage hulk at Sheerness – name unchanged
17 January 1918 at Sheerness with HMS CANTERBURY berthed alongside – supplied her with ammunition and 730 tons of FFO
HMS CANTERBURY
31 August 1918 at Sheerness with HMS CANTERBURY berthed alongside – supplied her with ammunition and 450 tons of FFO
2 August 1919 at Sheerness with HMS DRAGON berthed alongside – supplied her with ammunition
15 June 1928 berthed alongside at the Isle of Grain together with RFA’s PHILOL and WAR METHAR
March 1932 was sold for scrap and broken up locally