Official Number:                      115297

Laid down:

Builder:                                  Workman, Clark & Co Ltd., Belfast

Launched:                               24 May 1902

Pennant No:                            Y 3.1919 / G 0826

Into Service:                           27 July 1915

Out of service:                        1918

Fate:                             4 December 1931 broken up

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:

24 May 1902 launched by Workman, Clark & Co Ltd., Belfast as Yard Nr: 185 named Jason for Ocean Steamship Co Ltd., (A Holt & Co Ltd., Managers) Liverpool

July 1902 completed

27 September 1914 off the Tagus River, near Lisbon challenged by HMS ARGONAUT – allowed to proceed

HMS ARGONAUT

27 July 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Timber Transport (Collier) – name unchanged – until 8 November 1915

16 September 1915 at Kingston, Jamaica

9 November 1915 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying timber until 31 March 1916

11 June 1916 re-deployed as a Transport for the Commercial Branch (Military a/c) carrying nitrate until 19 August 1916

20 August 1916 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying Canadian stores and British timber Canada/UK until 19 November 1917

26 September 1916 at Montreal, Canada

20 November 1917 re-deployed as a collier until 4 January 1918

5 January 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from the Gulf of Mexico until 30 March 1918

4 December 1931 arrived Osaka for demolition by Japanese breakers

Notes:

Was the 2^nd of 5 ships to bear this name in the Blue Funnel Fleet and was 1 of 4 sister ships who all carried 12 passengers too.