Requisitioned Auxiliary – Lodorer

 

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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

 

 

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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 …

 

16 1 1904 Lloyds List Sandyford

 

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

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