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Official Number:                      142282

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

Launched:                               4 July 1917

Pennant No:                            Y 7.167

Into Service:                             14 January 1918

Out of service:                          1918

Fate:                                          4 March 1941 scuttled

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Background Data:  One of several ships requisitioned by the Admiralty for service during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

4 July 1917 launched by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 662 named Montana for H E Moss & Co., Liverpool (as Nominees)

14 January 1918 completed and requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Oiler – name unchanged

1920 owners became A/S Tankfart IV (W Wihelmsen, Manager) Tonsberg – name unchanged

1934 owners became W Wihelmsen, Tonsberg – name unchanged

1938 purchased by Th. Brovig, Farsund and renamed Ketty Brovig

2 February 1941 seized as a prize by the German merchant raider Atlantis in position 04.50S 50.00E

4 March 1941 was scuttled in position 04.50S 56.00E