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Official Number:                      124155

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Builder:                                  D & W Henderson, Glasgow

Launched:                              16 November 1906

Pennant No:                           Y 3.1090 / 6821

Into Service:                            27 May 1916

Out of service:                        1918

Fate:                                      Broken up 2 July 1932

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:

16 November 1906 launched by D & W Henderson & Co., Meadowside Yard, Glasgow as Yard Nr. 454 named Magdala for Steamship Magdala Co Ltd., (Maclay & McIntyre, Managers), Glagow

December 1906 completed

17 February 1907 at Rio de Janerio Able Seaman Frederick Aldridge discharged dead from natural causes

24 May 1907 arrived at Rio de Janerio from Barry, South Wales

3 December 1907 arrived at Table Bay, South Africa

13 March 1908 sailed The River Tyne for Leith

30 October 1909 at Blaine Seaman John McLeod discharged dead – disappeared at sea – believed drowned

20 March 1912 at No 1 Dock,  Buenos Ayres Able Seaman Edward Lindblom discharged dead – drowned after the stage hanging over the side broke

16 June 1912 at 10 miles north of Perim 4th Engineer Officer D Loverdos discharged dead – heat stroke

27 August 1915 at 35°06N 46°17W Sailor Vistamos Placido discharged dead – heart failure following beri beri

27 May 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged until 15 July 1916

29 December 1916 re-deployed as a collier until 14 February 1917

15 February 1917 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from the United States until 9 May 1917

10 May 1917 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from Canada until 7 July 1917

8 July 1917 re-deployed again as a collier until 15 September 1917

16 September 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying Mediterranean stores and motor transport until 22 January 1918

23 January 1918 re-deployed again as a collier until 11 March 1918

12 March 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying maize from South Africa until 13 June 1918

23 April 1918 sighted by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS PERTH entering Perim and later the same day seen by the same warship leaving Perim

14 June 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from the River Plate area; then as a Transport carrying stores on the Australian Government service and then finally as a Transport carrying wheat from the United States

14 November 1918 in hospital at Genoa Able Seaman Emillio Soto discharged dead – natural causes

6 May 1931 at 35°19N 52°40W Sailor Gilbert Smith discharged dead from a fracture skull following an accident

2 July 1932 arrived Sunderland for demolition by Wm Doxford & Son