Official Number: 96305
Laid down:
Builder: Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd., Low Walker
Pennant No: Y 7.18
Launched: 3 April 1889
Into Service: 2 August 1914
Out of service: WW1
Fate: 21 September 1924 caught fire & sank
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of several ships requisitioned by the Admiralty for service during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
3 April 1889 launched by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd., Low Walker as Yard Nr: 549 named Lumen for the Lumen Steamship Co (H E Moss & Co. Managers) Liverpool
May 1889 completed
3 June 1889 arrived at New York from Shields
16 December 1889 arrived at New York from Antwerp
27 January 1890 sailed the River Tyne for New York
23 October 1890 arrived at New York from Savona
2 January 1891 took in tow the steamer Princess of Sunderland with a defected engine to Piraeus arriving 4 January 1891
28 May 1891 passed Gravesend from Batoum for Folly House Buoys
24 August 1891 sailed Philadelphia for Savona
4 March 1892 sailed Liverpool for Philadelphia and New York
2 August 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler – name unchanged – at a rate of hire of £2,121 5sh until 31 December 1914 thereafter £2,103 15sh indefinitely
30 September 1914 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
20 January 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
23 January 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
24 January 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
27 January 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
1 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside supplied her with coal
2 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
3 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
8 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
9 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
14 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
15 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside
20 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
21 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
26 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
27 February 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
2 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
4 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
5 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
10 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
22 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
23 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
26 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
29 March 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
9 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling and supplying coal
15 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
16 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
18 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
20 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
21 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
22 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
27 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
28 April 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling (twice)
3 May 1915 at Queensferry with HM TB35 berthed alongside oiling
15 June 1915 off Rosyth berthed alongside HMS LIVERPOOL and supplied 110 tons of fuel oil
10 July 1916 at Queensferry berthed alongside HMS FEARLESS and supplied 62 tons of fuel oil
20 November 1916 off Grangemouth with TB36 berthed alongside for coal
21 September 1924 caught fire in position 45.12N 50.05W, was abandoned by her crew and sank