Official Number:                    606698 (Dutch)

Laid down:                              

Builder:                                   Rotterdam Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam 

Launched:                              22 June 1926

Into Service:                           1939

Out of service:                        1945

Fate:                                        1964 broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of several Dutch ships requisitioned by the Admiralty for service to augment the ships of the RFA during WW2 and to serve as an escort oiler

Career Data:

22 June 1926 launched by Rotterdam Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam as Yard Nr 98 named MARPESSA for Nederlandsche Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij, The Hague

March 1927 completed

WW2  fitted out as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged

30 January 1942 sailed Fremantle in convoy MS3 to Palembang arriving 9 February 1942

5 March 1942 sailed Trincomalee for Fremantle arriving 23 March 1942

24 March 1942 sailed Fremantle for Melbourne 

4 April 1942 sailed Melbourne for Brisbane arriving 10 April 1942

25 April 1942 sailed Brisbane to San Pedro arriving 8 June 1942

7 July 1942 sailed Los Angeles to Sydney, NSW arriving 7 August 1942

24 August 1942 sailed Sydney, NSW joining convoy CO21 to Melbourne arriving 27 August 1942

13 October 1942 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PB6 to Bombay arriving 19 October 1942

28 November 1942 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PA12 to Aden arriving 4 December 1942

4 January 1943 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PB20 to Bombay arriving 10 January 1943

20 January 1943 sailed Bombay in convoy BP66A arriving Bandar Abbas 26 January 1943

4 February 1943 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PB25 to Bombay arriving 10 February 1943

17 February 1943 sailed Bombay in convoy BP66B arriving Bandar Abbas 23 February 1943

16 March 1943 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PA29 to Durban

2 May 1943 sailed Cape Town in convoy CN18 until it dispersed on 4 May 1943

21 May 1943 sailed Takoradi in escorted convoy TS41 to Freetown arriving 27 May 1943

30 June 1943 sailed Curacao in unescorted convoy TAG69 to Guantanamo arriving 3 July 1943

3 July 1943 sailed Guantanamo in unescorted convoy GN69 to New York arriving 10 July 1943

21 July 1943 sailed Boston in unescorted convoy BX64 to Halifax arriving 24 July 1943

1950   transferred to N.V Petroleum Maatschappij “La Corona”, name unchanged

1957   transferred to Comp. Shell Venezuala, name unchange

1958   hulked

1964   broken up at Rotterdam