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Official Number: 120484
Pennant Nr: Y 3.363
Laid down:
Builder: Wm. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
Launched: 8 December 1904
Into Service: 6 October 1914
Out of service: WW1
Fate: 17 November 1945 scuttled
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:
8 December 1904 launched by Wm. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as Yard Nr: 694 named Leander for Leander Steamship Co Ltd., London
January 1905 completed
25 Novembber 1905 when at anchor off Margate, Kent near Black Deep Light was run into by the steamer Tactician. The ship went aground. The forehold was full of water and the aft-end main hold had 18″ of water therein. Later towed up river by two tugs
6 October 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier until 18 June 1915
16 October 1914 at Kirkwall from New York
19 October 1915 arrived at Newport News from Bordeaux
25 January 1916 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force ship until 27 March 1916
20 July 1916 re-deployed as a French Government ship carrying steel between UK and France until 10 May 1917
11 May 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force ship carrying cross-channel forage
1918 purchased by Sheaf Steam Shipping Ltd., Newcastle and renamed Sheaf Dart
1929 purchased by Reden A/B Vigor (H Levander, Manager) Gothenburg and renamed Vigor
1931 purchased by A/B Svenska Handelsbanken, Gothenburg – name unchanged
1932 purchased by A/B Vinda (B Ingelsson, Manager) Helsingborg – name unchanged
1937 purchased by Lexgau, Scharbau & Co, Emden and renamed Ostfriesland
1939 owners become Johs Fritzen & Sohn vom Lexgau, Scharbau & Co, Emden and renamed Theda Fritzen
17 November 1945 scuttled in the Skagerrak with hazardous munitions