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Official Number: 118627
Pennant Nr: Y 3.859 / Q 5
Laid down:
Builder: John Priestman & Co, Southwick
Launched: 5 December 1903
Into Service: WW1
Out of service: WW1
Fate: 29 May 1928 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:
5 December 1903 launched by John Priestman & Co, Southwick as Yard Nr: 102 name Sandyford for Sandyford Steamship Co Ltd., Newcastle
16 January 1904 the Lloyds List newspaper reported …
January 1904 completed
1909 purchased by Lodore Steamship Co Ltd., and renamed as Lodorer
WW1 requisitioned for Admiralty service initially as a commissioned miscellaneous vessel – name unchanged
1915 owners became Mitre Shipping Co Ltd., London – name unchanged
22 October 1915 became a decoy ship and also operated as Farnborough and Sandyford
28 September 1916 to 3 October 1916 at Bermuda Dockyard discharging coal ashore – work party from HMS ISIS
HMS ISIS
17 February 1917 torpedoed and damaged by German U-83 south of Ireland
18 February 1917 was beached at Berehaven, eventually repaired and re-entered service
22 October 1917 purchased by the Admiralty
1 March 1918 Decoy Ship service ended, re-deployed as a Collier
5 June 1918 & 6 June 1918 at Sierra Leone berthed alongside HMS BACCHANTE supplying bunker coal
1919 purchased by Denholm Shipping Co Ltd., Greenock and renamed Hollypark
1919 purchased by Austin Friars Steam Shipping Co Ltd., London name unchanged
29 May 1928 arrived Briton Ferry for demolition by G Cohen