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Official Number:                       98528 

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Builder:                                   Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd., Middlesborough

Pennant No:                            Y 3.1512

Launched:                               28 May 1892

Into Service:                            22 March 1917

Out of service:                         10 June 1918

Fate:                                      10 June 1918 torpedoed and sunk

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Background Data:  One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the RFA

Career Data:

28 May 1892 launched by Ropner & Sons, Stockton as Yard No: 273 named Slingsby for Robert Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool

July 1892 completd

1915 purchased by Lowlands Steam Shipping Co Ltd., (J Crass & Co., Managers) Newcastle and renamed Lowtyne

22 March 1917 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged – until 29 June 1917

30 June 1917 re-deployed to carry corn from the Azores until 28 September 1917

29 September 1917 re-deployed as a collier until 6 June 1918

7 June 1918 became a Decoy Ship – name unchanged – until …

10 June 1918 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-34 in the North Sea 3½ miles ESE from Whitby while on passage from the River Tyne with a cargo of coal. Three of the crew lost their lives