No Image

Currently

Available

Official Number:                       135487

Pennant Nr:                     Y 7.5

Laid down:

Builder:                                   Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland

Launched:                               14 June 1913

Into Service:                            13 August 1913

Out of service:                         1918

Fate:                                      7 November 1936 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:

14 June 1913 Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 642 named Lucellum for H E Moss & Co’s Tankers Ltd (H E Moss & Co, Managers) Liverpool

July 1913 completed

13 August 1913 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler – name unchanged

16 March 1915 at sea at 36°08N 75°00W stopped and was boarded by HMS SUFFOLK – checked and allowed to proceed

HMS SUFFOLK

8 October 1917 off Perim challenged by HMS CLIO – allowed to proceed

28 February 1918 sighted off Perim by HMS TOPAZ while steaming southbound

1 August 1921 arrived at Curaçao from Thameshaven

11 July 1926 in collision with trawler Filiep Coenen of Ostend when on passage from Sheerness and Rotterdam to Westwego. Suffered minor damage but continued her voyage to New Orleans – reported the collision by radio via Niton wireless

7 November 1936 arrived Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht for demolition by F Rijsdijk