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Official Number:                       137378

Pennant Nr:                     Y 5.8

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Builder:                                  Irvin’s Shipbuilding Yard, Peterhead

Launched:                               1916

Into Service:                            1 April 1916

Out of service:                         WW1

Fate:                                      1936 on disposal list – final fate unknown

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:

1916 completed by Irvin’s Shipbuilding Yard, Peterhead as Yard Nr:  named Loraine for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd (R Irvin, Manager) North Shields

1 April 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Frozen Meat Carrier – name unchanged and served at the Dardanelles Campaign

1918 purchased by the Admiralty for service as a Stores Carrier

1919 commercial registry closed

1936 on disposal list