as August Korff
Official Number: 128022
Pennant No: Y 7.247
Laid down:
Builder: J.C. Tecklenborg A.G, Wesermunde
Launched: March 1894
Into Service: 1917
Out of service: WW1
Fate: 22 June 1931 broken up at Rotterdam
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of a group of additional requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
March 1894 launched J C Tecklenborg A G Wesermunde as Yard Nr: 128 named August Korff for Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft, Hamburg
May 1894 completed
29 May 1894 cleared New York for Dover
13 June 1894 passed the Lloyds Signal Station at Dover sailing east bound
5 July 1884 arrived Philadelphia from Hamburg
26 July 1894 arrived at Bremerhaven from Philadelphia
21 July 1894 sailed Bremerhaven for Philadelphia
1 August 1894 when on passage in the North Sea in fog at 52°31N 3°25E in collision with a British Steamer Grenadier. August Korff damaged, Grenadier sank. No lives were lost
2 August 1894 resumed her passage to Philadelphia meantime the Edinburgh Evening News reported –
18 August 1894 cleared Philadelphia for Dover
19 August 1894 passed out of the Delaware breakwater
3 September 1894 passed the Lloyds Signal Station at Dover sailing east bound
13 September 1894 passed the Lloyds Signal Station at St Catherine’s Point sailing west bound when on passage from Hamburg to New York
29 September 1894 at Cape Henry passed out for Dover
10 January 1895 arrived at Bremerhaven from New York
26 February 1895 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound
1 March 1895 arrived at Bremerhaven from Baltimore
20 April 1895 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west bound
18 May 1895 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound from New York to Dover
29 October 1895 passed Prawle Point
4 January 1896 sailed from New York for Flushing
21 January 1896 arrived at Hamburg from New York with Captain Buhner as the Master
31 January 1896 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Prawle Point sailing west bound when on passage from Hamburg to New York
1 March 1896 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound
2 March 1896 passed the Signal Station at Dover sailing east bound when on passage from New York to Flushing
21 November 1902 sailed Philadelphia for Flushing
6 December 1902 sighted at 49°49N 31°16W having lost her rudder with the steamer Albuera of Liverpool towing astern to steer her
9 April 1903 the Scotsman newspaper reported –
5 May 1908 arrived off Hollyhead
15 July 1909 passed the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland sailing eastbound
8 January 1910 arrived Liverpool from Philadelphia
1910 acquired in exchange by Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd (J Hamilton, Manager) London and renamed Lackawanna
31 July 1910 at sea at 50°47N 14°58W Fireman & Trimmer Charles Williams discharged dead from heart failure
6 December 1910 arrived Philadelphia from Manchester
9 February 1911arrived Liverpool from Philadelphia
28 March 1911 at the Anglo American Oil Wharf at Manchester
23 June 1911 on passage from Liverpool passed the Signal Station on the Old Head of Kinsale
4 December 1911 arrived Philadelphia from Belfast
27 December 1911 arrived Manchester from Philadelphia
28 December 1911 berthed at the Anglo American Oil Wharf at Manchester
24 March 1912 arrived Liverpool from New York
1 April 1912 sailed Liverpool for Philadelphia
8 May 1912 arrived Manchester from Philadelphia
12 May 1912 sailed Eastham Lock on the Manchester Ship Canal for Philadelphia
25 May 1912 arrived Norfolk, VA from Manchester
9 July 1912 sailed Manchester for Port Arthur, Texas
20 September 1912 arrived Norfolk, VA from Barrow
2 December 1912 arrived Dublin from Philadelphia
3 December 1912 arrived Barrow from Dublin
18 January 1913 arrived at Dublin from New York
11 March 1913 entered Eastham Locks when on passage to Manchester
10 April 1913 arrived River Tyne and berthed in the Albert Edward Dock to load bunkers
5 November 1913 passed Lundy Island
23 December 1913 sailed Manchester
8 January 1914 arrived at New York
10 January 1914 at Long Island College Hospital, New York Able Seaman Herman Gaertner discharged dead from a stroke
26 February 1914 radioed she was 245 miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey approaching New York
22 March 1915 spoken to by HMS VENUS which was on patrol out of Queenstown and allowed to proceed
HMS VENUS
21 April 1914 arrived at New York from Manchester
6 June 1915 sailed Manchester for New York
18 June 1915 arrived at New York
31 October 1915 allowed to pass through the Folkstone Gate east bound by HMS LORD MINTO
HMS LORD MINTO
13 August 1916 escorted by HMS JESSAMINE off Irish Coast
15 August 1916 arrived at Liverpool
13 February 1917 sailed London
8 March 1917 arrived at New York
19 November 1917 in a convoy of 10 vessels from Sydney, Cape Breton to Liverpool escorted by HMS ISIS
5 December 1917 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler – name unchanged
27 September 1918 at Borough Hospital, Birkenhead 3rd Engineer Officer S Fairless discharged dead with burns
25 March 1919 arrived at Avonmouth from New York
9 September 1919 sailed Grangemouth for the River Tyne in ballast
7 October 1919 passed Flamborough Head sailing north bound
3 March 1922 sailed from Manchester for Philadelphia
12 August 1922 at Bellvue Hospital, New York Fireman George Hughes discharged dead from septicema
11 April 1924 at Ellis Island Hospital, Ellis Island, New York Able Seaman John Aalst discharged dead – TB
23 November 1925 sailed New York for Avonmouth
31 March 1926 arrived at Avonmouth
23 July 1926 sailed Philadelphia for Avonmouth
28 July 1927 sailed New York for Avonmouth Docks
15 June 1928 sailed New York for Avonmouth
11 June 1929 sailed New York for Avonmouth
22 June 1931 arrived Rotterdam for demolition by Dutch ship breakers