Official Number: 131443
Pennant Number: Y9.12
Builder: Wm Hamilton & Co Ltd., Port Glasgow
Launched: 30 May 1912
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
30 May, 1912 Launched by Wm Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow as Yard Nr 237 named ACTOR for Charente Steamship Co Ltd ( T & J Harrison, Managers) Liverpool.. Renamed INTOMBI whilst fitting out. Her name in Zulu means “ a young maiden” or “sweetheart”
4 August 1912 delivered at a cost of £46,925 for service on the Harrison-Rennie Line service to South Africa
6 December 1912 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 2 passengers. Captain P J Jackman was the ship’s Master
21 July 1914 berthed at London from Durban with one case of pulmonary tuberculosis among the crew
4 August 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged – and was intially attached to the 1st Cruiser Squadron based at Scapa Flow
8 August 1914 Lieutenant Percy Jackman RNR appointed as Commanding Officer and Engineer George Harborne RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
8 August 1914 commissioned
15 March 1915 returned to her owners
6 July 1915 at Beira Hospital 2nd Cook David Rees discharged dead from natural causes
30 July 1915 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 1 passenger. Captain Percy J Jackman was the ship’s Master
5 November 1915 berthed at London from Beira, Lourenco Marques and Durban
20 March 1916 berthed at London from Cape Town
4 May 1916 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 1 passenger. Captain Percy J Jackman was the ship’s Master
10 December 1917 at sea Deck Serang Abaso Edoo discharged dead from natural causes
10 November 1918 berthed at London from Beira and Durban
31 December 1918 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 1 passenger. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
7 April 1919 berthed at London from Beira and Durban
16 May 1919 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 4 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
16 August 1919 berthed at London from Durban
19 September 1919 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 4 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
7 February 1920 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 3 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
24 May 1920 berthed at London from Durban
30 June 1920 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 1 passenger. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
17 November 1920 berthed at Liverpool from East African ports
23 December 1920 sailed London to Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Demerara with 4 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
15 April 1921 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 2 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
29 July 1921 berthed at London from Beira with one case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis on board. Confined to the ship
24 September 1921 sailed London to Beira and Mozambique with 3 passengers. Captain Robert Kinloch was the ship’s Master
14 October 1922 sailed Liverpool to West Indian ports with 3 passengers. Captain Willis Gibbins was the ship’s Master
5 July 1923 sailed Liverpool to Belize, British Honduras with 2 passengers. Captain William E Harraden was the ship’s Master
13 October 1923 sailed Liverpool to West Indian ports with 2 passengers. Captain Edwin Short was the ship’s Master
19 January 1924 sailed Liverpool to West Indian ports with 1 passenger. Captain Beaconsfield Worthington was the ship’s Master
18 December 1924 sailed Liverpool to Port Sudan, Sudan with 1 passenger. Captain Edward I Sawyer was the ship’s Master
24 June 1925 berthed at London from Demerara, Barbados and Antigua
30 June 1925 berthed at Liverpool from London
31 December 1925 sailed Glasgow to Barbados, Trinidad and Demerara with 1 passenger. Captain Edward W Jones was the ship’s Master
1 April 1926 sailed Liverpool to Belize, British Honduras with 1 passenger. Captain Griffith W Jones was the ship’s Master
31 July 1928 berthed at London from West Indian ports
13 September 1928 sailed London to Antigua, St Kitts, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Demerara with 2 passengers. Captain Henry Turgoose was the ship’s Master
30 May 1930 laid up at Preston during the Depression
22 January 1932 sailed Preston for Birkenhead
26 January 1932 purchased for £4,010 by Maris A. Embiricos, Andros and renamed MALIAKOS
13 September 1937 ran aground near Marmara, Turkey
16 September 1937 was refloated with difficulty and proceeded to Gallipoli for survey
21 December 1938 ran aground on the Danube after breaking her moorings
25 December 1938 was refloated
3 November 1940 sailed Aden in escorted convoy BN8 to Suez arriving 11 November 1940
15 November 1940 sailed Port Said in unescorted convoy AN7 to Piraeus arriving 19 November 1940
20 November 1941 sailed Pireaus in unescorted convoy AS15/1 to Port Said arriving 24 February 1941
24 March 1941 sailed Suez in escorted convoy BS21 until dispersal on 1 April 1941 and then to Aden
5 April 1941 sailed Aden independently to Durban arriving 23 April 1941
26 April 1941 sailed Durban independently to St Lucia arriving 28 May 1941
29 May 1941 sailed St Lucia independently to Norfolk arriving 7 June 1941
14 June 1941 sailed Norfolk independently to New York arriving the next day
16 May 1942 sailed New York independently to St John, New Brunswick arriving 20 May 1942
30 May 1942 sailed St. John, New Brunswick independently to Halifax arriving the next day
2 June 1942 sailed Halifax in unescorted convoy HS8 to Sydney, Cape Breton arriving 4 June 1942
5 June 1942 sailed Sydney, Cape Breton in escorted convoy SC 86 to Belfast Lough arriving 18 June 1942
19 June 1942 sailed Belfast Lough in escorted convoy BB188 to Swansea arriving 21 June 1942
23 June 1942 sailed Swansea in escorted convoy WP176 to Southampton arriving 25 June 1942
30 June 1942 sailed Southampton in escorted convoy PW179 to Swansea arriving 2 July 1942
3 July 1942 sailed Swansea independently to Cardiff arriving the same day
9 July 1942 sailed Cardiff independently to Milford Haven arriving the next day
10 July 1942 sailed Milford Haven joining escorted convoy OS34 to Freetown arriving 30 July 1942 and then independently to Rio De Janerio arriving 10 August 1942
23 August 1942 sailed Rio De Janerio independently to Freetown arriving 6 September 1942
14 September 1942 sailed Freetown in escorted convoy SL122 to Loch Ewe arriving 6 October 1942. RFA RAPIDOL was also in this convoy
23 December 1945 while on passage from Casablanca to Gdynia with a cargo of phosphate she ran aground 4 miles east of Trelleborg, Sweden
1949 purchased by Ibrahim Kalkavan, Istanbul and renamed SARAYKOY
26 January 1951 ran aground in the River Scheldt while on passage from Antwerp to Tel Aviv
27 January 1951 was refloated
1954 purchased by Sapanca Vapuru Isletmesi ( Sevket Manioglu ve Naci Ucler, Managers) Istanbul and renamed SAPANCA
28 February 1956 while on passage from Antwerp to Istanbul was struck on her starboard side in the River Scheldt by the Dutch Blommersdyk and sank in shallow water. All 35 persons on board were rescued. The wreck was later destroyed with explosives.