Official Number:                     123690

Laid down:

Builder:                                 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend

Launched:                             9 May 1906

Pennant No:                          Y 7.61

Into Service:                          12 May 1916

Out of service:                       31 December 1917

Fate:                                     Mined and sunk 31 December 1917

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

Career Data:

9 May 1906 launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend as Yard Nr: 761 as the passenger/cargo vessel OSMANIEH for the Khdival Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Co Ltd., (Lord E Hamilton, Manager) London

22 August 1906 commenced her builders trials

23 August 1906 arrived at Southampton having completed her builders trials

4 November 1906 at 32.50N 28.31E Pilgrim Omar Tbuy Talep discharged dead from natural causes

8 August 1907 at the British Seaman’s Hospital, Constantinople 2nd Waiter Stamut Martinetti discharged dead from a stangulated hernia

25 April 1910 the Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer reported –

18 August 1910 at 34.10N 27.30E Miss Zohra Mustapha, aged 2½ years discharged dead from peritonitis

8 April 1911 sailed Alexandria for Anatolia

2 June 1911 arrived at Bagnoli from Glasgow

12 May 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Commissioned Fleet Messenger, primarily for carrying stores and personnel – name unchanged

10 June 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

17 June 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

24 June 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

1 July 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

15 July 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

22 July 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

29 July 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

24 August 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

2 September 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

9 September 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

16 September 1916 sailed from Port Mudros

22 September 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

7 October 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

15 October 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

21 October 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

28 October 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

5 November 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

20 November 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the same day

1 December 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

8 December 1916 arrived at Port Mudros

15 December 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

23 December 1916 arrived at Port Mudros sailing the next day

11 June 1917 while on passage from Salonika to Suda Bay was escorted by HMS JED

23 June 1917 was attacked by two torpedoes from an unknown submarine but both torpedoes missed

13 September 1917 sailed from Port Mudros

14 September 1917 the ships Commanding Officer – Lieutenant-Commander David R. Mason, Royal Naval Reserve – awarded a Mention in despatches on this day for good services on the occasion of an attack by HMS RACOON on an enemy submarine, when the action taken by the Osmanieh was of material assistance to the RACOON

31 December 1917 struck a mine laid by German submarine UC-34 (Oberleutnant zue See Horst Obermuller)  the previous day and sank at the entrance to Alexandria Harbour with the loss of 24 of her crew including the ship’s Master. The survivors were picked up by HMS JACKEL