Requisitioned Auxiliary – Novington

 

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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

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 SULEJ

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

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