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Official Number:                       106646

Pennant Nr:                     Y 3.574

Builder:                                   Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Cowpen Quay, Blyth

Launched:                               5 September 1898

Into Service:                            12 August 1914

Out of service:                         26 June 1917

Fate:                                      27 June 1917 torpedoed 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:

5 September 1898 by Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Cowpen Quay, Blyth as Yard No: 97 named Longbenton for T & W Smith (Harries Bros & Co., Managers) Swansea

October 1898 completed

7 August 1902 berthed at Sunderland

6 October 1903 at Portsmouth Steward Charles Young discharged dead from Asthma on board

17 January 1906 at Cardiff Fireman Alfred Sherlock discharged dead – drowned. Fireman Sherlock’s body was found on the 23 February 1906

18 January 1913 at Southampton Able Seaman J Harrigan discharged dead from injuries sustained when he fell down the hold

12 August 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Expeditionary Force Transport – name unchanged – until 17 August 1914

1 January 1915 re-deployed again as an Expeditionary Force Transport until 19 October 1915

Between 9 May 1915 and 17 May 1915 at Calais, France 2nd Mate George J Elmy discharged dead – drowned

20 October 1915 re-deployed as a collier until 27 June 1917

27 June 1917 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC-63 in the North Sea 12 miles S x W from Flamborough Head in position 53.55N 00.03W while on passage from the River Tyne to Devonport with a cargo of coal. Sank in 2 minutes but her crew of 8 were all picked up by ss Hograth