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Official Number: 119587
Pennant Nr: Y 3.543
Laid down:
Builder: Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Middleton, West Hartlepool
Launched: 17 May 1904
Into Service: 9 March 1915
Out of service: 27 May 1916 mined and sunk
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:
17 May 1904 launched by Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Middleton, West Hartlepool as Yard Nr: 272 named Lincairn for “Lincluden” Steamship Co Ltd (Wm C Bacon, Manager) Manchester
July 1904 completed
9 March 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged
1916 purchased by Hopeside Steamship Co Ltd., (Charlton, McAllum & Co Ltd., Managers) Newcastle – name unchanged
27 May 1916 struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-10 on 13 May 1916 and sank in the North Sea 8 miles N x E from Shipwash Light Vessel in position 52.08N 01.42E while on passage from the Tyne to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal