Official Number: N/R
Laid down:
Builder: Swan, Hunter & wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Launched: 4 May 1931
Into Service: During WW2
Out of service: During WW2
Fate: 22 February 1954 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
4 May 1931 launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend as Yard Nr 1459 named PAN SCANDIA for Skibs A/S Astrea (Leif Hoegh & Co A/S, Managers) Oslo
June 1931 completed
20 February 1935 sailed from New Orleans for Rotterdam
WW2 acted as Escort Oiler on a number of Convoys
29 November 1941 sailed Cairns independently to Sourabaya arriving 9 December 1941
30 December 1941 sailed Sourabaya independently
5 January 1942 sailed Balikpapan independently to Sydney, NSW arriving 25 January 1942
28 January 1942 sailed Sydney, NSW independently to Brisbane arriving 30 January 1942
2 February 1942 sailed Brisbane independently to Sydney, NSW arriving 4 February 1942
4 March 1942 sailed Sydney, NSW independently to Wellington, New Zealand arriving 11 March 1942
14 March 1942 sailed Wellington, New Zealand independently to Los Angles, California arriving 10 April 1942
18 April 1942 sailed Los Angles, California independently to San Francisco arriving 20 April 1942
23 April 1942 sailed San Francisco independently to Sydney, NSW arriving 22 May 1942
26 May 1942 sailed Sydney, NSW independently to Brisbane arriving 29 May 1942
1 June 1942 sailed Brisbane independently to Cairns arriving 4 June 1942
21 November 1944 anchored at Avant Port, Bizerte, Tunisia with USS Conasauga (AOG15) alongside discharging diesel oil into the US Navy tanker – 18,110.3 barrels of fuel transferred
28 January 1945 arrived at Oran from Augusta
February 1952 purchased by Vandoma Cia Nav, Panama and renamed JUBILANT
22 February 1954 arrived Osaka for demolition by Kawatetsu Shoji K.K.