Official Number:                       118473

Laid down:

Builder:                                   W Roper & Son, Stockton 

Launched:                               14 June 1904

Into Service:                            16 August 1914

Out of service:                         18 August 1915

Fate:                                      Scrapped  29 March 1936

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:

14 June 1904 launched by W Ropner & Son, Stockton as Yard Nr: 407 named Stork for General Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London

August 1904 completed

14 August 1914 Lieutenant Thomas W Dyer RNR appointed in command and Engineer Charles Mayfield RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

16 August 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged

18 September 1914 at Harwich unloading stores into MFA SORRENTO (q.v.) 

11 January 1915 at Harwich berthed alongside MFA SORRENTO

23 February 1915 at Harwich while berthed alongside MFA SORRENTO moved further along the quay

26 February 1915 at Harwich again berthed alongside MFA SORRENTO

18 August 1915 returned to her owners

18 October 1920 at Naples, Italy Yagoshi Kosokicki discharged dead from tuberculosis – no rank or rate indicated in the Register of Deaths of Seaman

28 October 1922 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 4,000 cases of pilchards

4 December 1922 berthed at Newyln, Cornwall and loaded a cargo for Italian ports of nearly 2,000 cases of pilchards sailing the same day

9 September 1923 berthed at Newyln, Cornwall and loaded a cargo for Italian ports of nearly 2,600 cases of pilchards

11 September 1923 sailed Newln, Cornwall

9 November 1923 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 900 cases of pilchards

19 December 1925 berthed at Newyln, Cornwall and loaded for Italian ports a cargo of cases of pilchards. She sailed the same day

13 March 1926 at sea Wireless Operator Alfred Spencer Kelly discharged dead from heart failure

Wireless Operator Alfred Spencer Kelly

4 October 1926 at Leghorn Wallen Hassan discharged dead from pneumonia – no rank or rate indicated in the Register of Deaths of Seaman

2 September 1927 at Hospital at Genoa, Italy Ordinary Seaman Sydney Rosse discharged dead from meningitis

3 October 1927 berthed at Newyln, Cornwall and loaded 8,500 cases of pilchards for Italian ports

5 October 1927 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports

9 October 1928 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 11,000 cases of pilchards – each case contained 500 fish

17 May 1929 sailed Hull in ballast for Middlesborough

18 October 1929 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 12,700 cases of pilchards

23 December 1929 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 4,000 cases of pilchards

30 September 1931 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 1,800 cases of pilchards

October 1934 sailed Newyln, Cornwall for Genoa and other Italian ports with a cargo of nearly 3,000 cases of pilchards

5 December 1934 berthed at Newyln, Cornwall and loaded a cargo of cases of pilchards for Italian ports

29 March 1936 arrived Blyth for demolition by Hughes Bolckow Ltd