Official Number:                     128306

Laid down:

Builder:                                  Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle

Launched:                              10 November 1911

Into Service:                            3 December 1914

Out of service:                         6 May 1916

Fate:                                      16 April 1941 sunk by gunfire

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:

10 October 1911 launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Low Walker Yard, Newcastle as Yard Nr: 866 named JABIRU for Cork SS Co Ltd, Cork

November 1911 completed

14 January 1912 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

16 April 1912 arrived at Cork, Ireland from Rotterdam saling the same day for Liverpool

27 August 1912 arrived at Ymuiden, Holland from Liverpool

8 September 1912 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

9 September 1912 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Prawle Point sailing east

5 January 1913 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

12 January 1913 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

25 June 1913 arrived Liverpool from Rotterdam

21 August 1913 arrived Liverpool from Rotterdam

17 November 1913 in No 6 Dock at Manchester

20 November 1913 entered dry dock at Manchester

7 January 1914 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

18 January 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound

26 January 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound

7 March 1914 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

31 March 1914 sailed Liverpool

25 May 1914 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound

30 May 1914 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

9 June 1914 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

23 June 1914 arrived at Liverpool from Rotterdam

8 July 1914 sailed Liverpool for Rotterdam

4 August 1914 arrived at Liverpool from Rotterdam

3 December 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged

6 May 1916 returned to her owners

17 July 1918 at Bayonne Fireman & Trimmer Samuel Elkins discharged dead from pneumonia

7 January 1919 the Chief Engineer Officer – Henry Wilkinson Solly – appointed to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

8 June 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound

19 June 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound

8 September 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound

10 October 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound

16 November 1919 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound

1922 purchased by British & Continental SS Co Ltd, Liverpool, name unchanged

1933 purchased by Scopinich & Monta, Genoa and renamed SABAUDIA

1935 owner became Capt Luigi Monta, Genoa name unchanged

1926 purchased by DanI & Co, Genoa name unchanged

16 April 1941 sunk by gunfire from British destroyers in position 34.53 N 09.50 E off Kerkennah whilst carrying munitions