Official Number:                      56141

Laid down:

Builder:                                  J & G Thompson, Govan

Launched:                              3 May 1866

Into Service:                           September 1939

Out of service:                        21 March 1940

Fate:                                     21 March 1940 scuttled as a block ship

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 for use as a Block Ship

Career Data:

3 May 1866 launched by J & G Thompson, Govan as Yard Nr: 87  named Gondolier for David Hucheson & Co., Glasgow

May 1866 completed as a paddle steamer for the Caldonian Canal service

1879 purchased by David Macbrayne Ltd., Glasgow

October 1939 purchased by the Admiralty

October 1939 after the sinking of the battleship HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, she was stripped right down and was then towed to Scapa Flow for use as a Block Ship

21 March 1940 filled with concrete and scuttled at Water Sound, Scapa Flow