Official Number:                       106430

Laid down:

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

Launched:                               9 April 1898

Into Service:                            1916

Out of service:                         1917

Fate:                                      6 April 1917 torpedoed & sunk

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 April 1898 launched by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 555 named Tuscarora for Anglo AMerican Oil Co Ltd., (J Hamilton, Manager) London

August 1898 completed

1912 purchased by Tank Storage & Carriage Co Ltd., (W J Smith, Manager) London and renamed Powhatan

1916 purchaed by Standard Transportation Co Ltd., Hong Kong and requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler, name unchanged

6 April 1917 was torpedoed and sunk by U66 in the Atlantic 25 miles N x W of North Rona, Outer Hebrides in position 59.32N 06.30W while on passge from Sabine to Kirwall with a cargo of fuel oil and the loss of 36 lives. The Master was taken prisoner