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Official Number: 132729
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Builder: J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland
Pennant No: Y 3.152
Launched: 14 May 1912
Into Service: 8 January 1916
Out of service: 1918
Fate: 1961 Broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty just after WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
14 May 1912 launched by Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd., Thornaby, Stockton as Yard Nr: 625 named Novington for Southdown Steamship Co Ltd., (Bell, Symondson & Co, Managers) London
June 1912 completed
28 June 1913 sailed Rosario for Rotterdam
25 November 1913 sailed Delagoa Bay for Western Australia
31 December 1913 sailed Perth
12 January 1914 sailed Fremantle for Cardiff
1 April 1914 sailed Cardiff for Rosario
7 March 1915 off Abrolhos Rocks, South Atlantic signalled by HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE
HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE
8 January 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged – until 7 February 1916
30 April 1916 re-deployed as a collier until 14 August 1916
26 July 1916 at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands alongside HMS SUTLEJ supplying 490 tons of bunker coal. Lost by accident while alongside the warship 3 hazelwood fenders – Pattern 310
HMS SUTLEJ
7 August 1916 at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands alongside HMS SUTLEJ
8 August 1916 while alongside HMS SUTLEJ supplied 890 tons of bunker coal
9 August 1916 at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands alongside HMS HIGHFLYER supplied 601 tons of bunker coal from 3 holds
HMS HIGHFLYER
1 December 1916 re-deployed as a collier until 24 February 1917
25 February 1917 re-deployed as a sugar transporter to carry a cargo of Cuban sugar until 2 May 1917
3 May 1917 redeployed as a collier for carriage of coal to Northern Russia
24 October 1917 torpedoed by a German U-Boat off the east of the Shetland Islands – brought into Lerwick and beached
3 June 1919 arrived the Clyde from Fort Beaumont
18 July 1919 arrived at Port Said from Cardiff
8 August 1919 arrived Colombo, Ceylon from Port Said
9 August 1919 sailed Colombo for Port Augusta, South Australia
13 September 1919 sailed Port Augusta, South Australia having loaded 67,385 bags of wheat. The Master was Captain J Sweeting
28 January 1920 arrived at Buenos Aires from Port Talbot
30 January 1920 arrived at San Nicholas from Buenos Aires
10 March 1920 sailed Maderia for Plymouth
17 March 1920 arrived at Plymouth from Maderia
30 May 1920 arrived at Buenos Aires from Newport News
15 July 1920 sailed St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands for Manchester
28 July 1920 arrived at Liverpool
25 March 1921 arrived St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands from Bahia Blanca
1 September 1921 at a hospital in Antwerp Able Seaman Arthur Douglas discharged dead following an accident onboard
22 October 1921 at 21°25N 17°31W Apprentice Edward John Stephenson discharged dead – fell overboard and drowned
8 June 1922 at Rosario Able Seaman George Napper discharged dead from Nefritis
1931 purchased by M Frangos, Chios and renamed Ioannis Frangos
19 September 1939 sailed Cape Verde Islands independently to Kirkwall arriving 6 October 1939
13 October 1939 sailed Kirwall independently
12 November 1939 sailed the Downs independently to Cardiff arriving 15 November 1939
18 November 1939 sailed Cardiff independently to Barry arriving the same day
26 November 1939 sailed Barry independently
5 January 1940 sailed Salonica independently to Gibraltar arriving 15 January 1940
16 January 1940 sailed Gibraltar in escorted convoy HG15 to the Downs arriving 25 January 1940
26 January 1940 sailed the Downs independently to Calais arriving the same day
6 February 1940 sailed Calais independently to Barry arriving 10 February 1940
15 February 1940 sailed Barry independently to Milford Haven
21 February 1940 sailed Milford Haven and joined unescorted convoy OB95 from Liverpool. This convoy reformed as unescorted convoy OG19 on 23 February 1940 then dispersed. Sailed independently to Baltimore arriving 19 March 1940
27 March 1940 sailed Baltimore independently to Gibraltar arriving 14 April 1940
21 April 1940 sailed Gibraltar in escorted convoy HG27 to the Downs arriving 1 May 1940
18 May 1940 sailed the Downs independently to New Orleans arriving 9 June 1940
21 June 1940 sailed New Orleans independently to Bermuda arriving 30 June 1940
1941 purchased by Sirios Steamship Co Ltd., Chios – name unchanged
1954 purchased by Rezit Eskin & Ramiz Yilmaz, Istanbul and renamed Ramiz
1957 purchased by Faik Zeren, Istanbul and renamed Ismet
25 May 1961 arrived Piraeus for demolition by Sideroboriki Co