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Official Number:                      113994 

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Builder:                                     Wm Hamilton & Co, Glen Yard, Port Glasgow

Pennant No:                            Y3.460

Launched:                               1901

Into Service:                            1916

Out of service:                         1918

Fate:                                          26 January 1943 torpedoed and sunk

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:

29 October 1901 launched by Wm Hamilton & Co., Glen Yard, Port Glasgow as Yard Nr: 158 named Inveric for Steamship “Inveric” Co Ltd., (A Ward & CO, Managers) Glasgow

December 1901 completed

1916 to 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged

1922 purchased by Yamamoto Kisen Shokai K K Kobe and renamed ASAMA MARU

1924 owners now Yamamoto Kisen K K Kobe – name unchanged

1932 owners now Mitsuwa Shosen K K Kobe – name unchanged

1933 owners now Sanwa Shosen K K Kobe – name unchanged

1939 owners now M Yonehama & Others, Kobe – name unchanged

1942 owners now Daido Kaiun K K Tokyo – name unchanged

26 January 1943 torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS WAHOO in position 02.37N 139.41E

Notes:

Her Pennant Nr: had previously been allocated to ORLOCK HEAD