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Official No: 132911
Builder: Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Launched: 17 December 1887
Pennant No: Y 3.2028
Into Service: 6 February 1918
Out of service: January 1919
Fate: 1950 Broken up
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:
17 December 1887 launched by Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg as Yard Nr: 94 named ELSA for H Schuldt, Flensburg
February 1888 completed
16 August 1910 while on passage from Valencia to the Clyde with a cargo of fruit was in collision with the Spanish steamer MARTOS off Tarifa in the Straits of Gibraltar. The later sank but the former managed to make Gibraltar for repairs to be undertaken
2 September 1910 whilst awaiting repairs she was placed under arrest
October 1911 purchased by M H Bland & Co Ltd., Gibraltar and renamed GIBEL DERIF for use as a collier
18 January 1916 arrived at Liverpool from Valencia
6 February 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged
5 March 1918 was chased and shelled by a German U-boat in the English Channel but managed to escape
10 August 1918 at sea Captain Percy Pearce discharged dead – drowned
January 1919 returned to her owners – name unchanged
September 1919 purchased for £20,000 by Afred Calvert (Shipping) ltd., Goole and renamed LILAS CALVERT
9 November 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound
1923 owners became Calvert Colliers (1923) Ltd., (J S Calvert, Manager) Goole – name unchanged
October 1923 purchased by Justus Schiffahrts AG, Hamburg and renamed ALBERT
1925 purchased by Reederei Johannes Ick GMBH, Hamburg – name unchanged
1931 owners restyled as Hamburg Danzig Linie (Johannes Ick, Managers), Hamburg – name unchanged
8 April 1945 bombed and damaged while lying at Hamburg
1949 Manager became Arthur Sommer, Hamburg – name unchanged
January 1950 reported broken up at Hamburg