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Official Number:                      139619

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Builder:                                  J Priestman & Co., Southwick, Sunderland

Launched:                              23 July 1917

Pennant No:                           Y 3.2414

Into Service:                            27 July 1918

Out of service:                        1918

Fate:                                      Sank after collision with an iceberg 1 October 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:

23 July 1917 launched by J Priestman & Co., Southwick, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 261 named Maindy Manor for Maindy Shipping Co Ltd., (Jenkins, Richards & Evans Ltd., Managers) Cardiff

September 1917 completed

26 July 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged – until 27 August 1918

28 August 1918 re-deployed as a transport carrying wheat from Canada until 2 November 1918

3 November 1918 re-deployed as a collier until 12 December 1918

13 December 1918 re-deployed as a Transport carrying wheat from Australia

11 March 1919 arrived at Bombay from Fremantle, Western Australia

28 May 1919 sailed Colombo

22 July 1919 sailed Las Palmas

28 January 1920 arrived at St Vincent CV

1922 sold to Sir David R Llewellyn Bt (Merrett Bros Ltd., Managers) Cardiff – name unchanged

1924 D R Llewellyn, Merrett & Price, Cardiff became Managers

1927 J Rattray, Cardiff became Manager

1932 sold to Fancott Shipping Co Ltd., ( W T & H A Williams Ltd., Managers) London and renamed Bright Fan

1 October 1932 sank after a collision with an iceberg in the Hudson Strait in position 62.12N 71.20W when on passage from Churchill to London carrying a cargo of grain