Requisitioned Auxiliary – Hampshire

 

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Official Number:                     123953

Builder:                                 J Crown & Sons, Monkwearmouth

Pennant No:                   Y.8 69 / Y.3 2351

Launched:                              14 July 1908

Into Service:                           25 September 1916

Out of service:                        1919

Fate:                                     1945 sunk

 

 

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Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

 

14 July 1908 launched by J Crown & Sons, Monkwearmouth as Yard Nr: 129 named Hampshire for Dennis H Willey, Southampton

August 1908 completed

10 January 1909 passed Walmer, Kent when on passage from Rouen to Newcastle

1913 owners became A J Hill & D H Willey, Southampton – name unchanged

1916 owners now Hill (Southampton) Ltd, Southampton – name unchanged

25 September 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier – name unchanged

21 April 1917 returned to her owners – name unchanged

1918 purchased by Holman Coal & Shipping Co Ltd., Cardiff – name unchanged

10 September 1918 again requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged

1919 returned to be owners name unchanged

1920 purchased by Gower Shipping CO Ltd., Swansea – name unchanged

1922 purchased by Hatherleigh Shipping Co Ltd., Cardiff – name unchanged

1925 purchased by J Stewart & Co., Glasgow and renamed YEWMOUNT

1935 owners restyled as J Stewart & Co Shipping Ltd., Glashow – name unchanged

24 May 1936 off Sunderland Bosun William Hughes discharged dead – drowned – washed over the side in heavy seas

1936 purchased by James Gibson & Sons, London and renamed JIM

1939 purchased by Charles Stubin & Co Ltd., London – name unchanged

7 July 1940 sailed Harwich in unescorted convoy FN216 to Blyth arriving 9 July 1940

11 July 1940 sailed Blyth in unescorted convoy FS219 to Southend arriving the next day

15 July 1940 sailed Blyth in unescorted convoy FS222 to Southend arriving the next day

17 July 1940 sailed Southend in unescorted convoy CW6 to Shoreham arriving the next day

22 July 1940 sailed St Helens Roads in unescorted convoy CE7 to Southend arriving 24 July 1940

4 August 1940 sailed Blyth in unescorted convoy FS242 to Southend arriving 6 August 1940

21 August 1940 sailed Methil in escorted convoy OA202 to Liverpool

14 February 1941 sailed the Clyde in escorted convoy WN85 to Methil arriving 18 February 1941

4 April 1941 sailed Southend in unescorted convoy CW30 to Yarmouth Roads arriving the next day

9 April 1941 sailed Shoreham in unescorted convoy CE30 to Southend arriving the next day

22 May 1941 sailed Southend in escorted convoy EC23 to Sunderland arriving 28 May 1941

30 March 1945 off Orfordness at position 52° 08’ N, 01° 40’ E sunk by an unknown German midget submarine. Six members of the crew missing, discharged dead – Chief Engineer Officer John Hawthorne, Donkeyman Said Hassan, Able Seaman William Foster, Fireman Saleh Ali Mohammed, Assistant Cook S Butler, OS Leslie Maurice Marshall & Mess Room Boy John Thomas Simpson. Their loss is recorded with pride on the Tower Hill Memorial