WIIDES
Official Number: 119955
Laid down:
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howdon-on-Tyne, Newcastle
Pennant Number: Y 3.355
Launched: 13 August 1904
Into Service: 1914
Out of service: 1918
Fate: 1944 wrecked
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:
13 August 1904 launched by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd., Howdon-on-Tyne, Newcastle as Yard Nr: 117 named Ladykirk for Seville & United Kingdon Carrying Co Ltd., (J Cory & Sons Ltd., Managers) Cardiff
19 August 1904 moved from the River Tyne to Sunderland
September 1904 completed
29 September 1904 sailed River Tyne for Elba
21 October 1904 passed Gibraltar
20 November 1904 passed Sagres
29 July 1905 sail Barry for Las Palmas
1914 – 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged
1919 purchased by Orders & Handford Steamship Co Ltd., (same Managers) Cardiff – name unchanged
1932 purchased by Wiides O/Y (Antti Wilhuri, Manager) Helsingfors and renamed Wiides
1941 purchased by Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsingfors – name unchanged
23 February 1944 wrecked on a sandbank off Elbe 3 Light Vessel while on passage from Gavle to Bremen carrying iron ore