Official Number:                    153895

Pennant No:                          B566

Laid down:

Builder:                                 Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Scotstoun

Launched:                             30 December 1929

Into Service:                          WW2

Out of service:                       WW2

Fate:                                    13 June 1960 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:

30 December 1929 launched by Blyswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd., Scotstoun as Yard Nr: 27 named Talune for Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd., Hobart

31 December 1929 The Scotsman newspaper reported …

February 1930 completed

7 March 1930 under took builders trials on the Clyde

15 March 1930 berthed at New York

23 October 1931 sailed Sydney for Hobart

24 June 1932 sailed Hobart for Sydney and Brisbane

9 August 1935 at Darling Harbour the crew walked off the ship in an industrial dispute shortly before the vessel was due to sail

12 December 1935 sailed Sydney, NSW with a volunteer crew during an indutrial dispute involving the Seamans Union

10 March 1936 at Hobart a stowaway discovered onboard and was handed over to the Police

4 December 1936 when on arrival at Sydeny NSW from Newcastle and berthing struck the wharf causing damage there to. The ship was not damaged

27 May 1938 grounded north of Bruny Island at the entrance to D’Entrecasteaux Channel off Denne’s Point. After eight hours floated clear on the high tide

8 March 1939 berthed at Newcastle, NSW

WW2 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Naval Stores Issuing Ship – name unchanged and finally served with the British Pacific Fleet Train – hence the B-Pennant Nr.

12 February 1943 sailed Sydney, NSW and joined in escorted convoy CO71 and then independently to Hobart arriving 16 February 1943

26 February 1943 sailed Melbourne in escorted convoy OC74 to Sydney NSW arriving 1 March 1943

10 March 1943 sailed Sydney NSW and joined in escorted convoy CO78 and then independently to Hobart arriving 13 March 1943

19 March 1943 sailed Melbourne in escorted convoy OC80 to Sydney NSW arriving 22 March 1943

3 April 1943 sailed Sydney NSW and joined in escorted convoy CO85 and then independently to Hobart arriving 6 April 1943

12 April 1943 sailed Hobart independently

24 April 1943 sailed Sydney NSW and joined in escorted convoy CO91 and then independently to Hobart arriving 27 April 1943

2 May 1943 sailed Hobart in escorted convoy OC92 to Sydney NSW arriving 6 May 1943

25 May 1943 sailed Sydney, NSW in escorted convoy CO95 to Hobart

6 August 1943 sailed Sydney NSW for Hobart – source Admiralty War Diary page 891

22 September 1943 sailed Newcastlem NSW in escorted convoy CO128 to Melbourne arriving 25 September 1943

22 July 1944 sailed Colombo, Ceylon in unescorted convoy MB76 to Bombay arriving 27 July 1944

16 September 1944 sailed Kilindini in unescorted convoy KR12A to Colombo, Ceylon arriving 1 October 1944

6 October 1944 sailed Addu Atol in escorted convoy XC31 to Colombo, Ceylon arriving 9 October 1944

28 October 1944 sailed Colombo, Ceylon in unescorted convoy JC65 to Calcutta arriving 4 November 1944

14 November 1944 sailed Trincomalee, Ceylon in unescorted convoy CJ43 to Ceylon arriving on 16 November 1944

5 December 1944 at the General Hospital, Colombo, Ceylon Seaman Abdul Latiff discharged dead from chronic nephritis

June 1946 released from Naval service and returned to her owners at Sydney, NSW. Used on their Sydney/Hobart service

1959 purchased by Transporte de Minerales, Panama and renamed AMOS

13 June 1960 arrived at Kaohsiung for demolition