Official Number: 127933
Class: Stores Carrier
Laid down:
Builder: Workman, Clark & Co Ltd., Belfast
Pennant No: Y 8.65
Launched: 26 August 1908
Into Service: 26 February 1916
Out of service: 23 April 1916
Fate: November 1947 scrapped
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career:
26 August 1908 launched by Workman, Clark & Co Ltd., Belfast as Yard Nr: 276 named Theseus for Ocean Steamship Co Ltd., (A Holt & Co. Managers), Liverpool
October 1908 completed as a passenger / cargo vessel
9 February 1909 sailed Port Said for London
24 February 1909 arrived London from Yokohama, Japan and Hong Kong with five passengers and two DBS
6 September 1909 arrived at Port Said from the Clyde
20 November 1909 sailed Colombo, Ceylon for London
21 January 1910 passed Gibraltar when on passage to Liverpool
17 February 1910 arrived Singapore from Antwerp and Swansea
9 April 1910 sailed Colombo, Ceylon for Amsterdam
19 April 1910 arrived Suez
27 April 1910 passed Gibraltar for Amsterdam
30 April 1910 passed Prawle Point
8 November 1910 arrived Port Said from the Clyde
15 February 1911 arrived at Yokohama, Japan
12 November 1911 arrived at London from Shanghai, China with three passengers and additionally from Hong Kong two DBS
23 May 1913 arrived at London from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Penang with five passengers. Captain J W Smallwood was the ships Master
26 February 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Stores Carrier – name unchanged
16 September 1916 returned to her owners – name unchanged
1 January 1918 at Souda Bay, Crete
16 May 1922 arrived at Hull from Perim with one passenger. Captain W J Propert was the Master
16 September 1947 ran aground in the River Ribble enroute to the scrapyard
10 November 1947 refloated and arrived at Preston for demolition by T W Ward Ltd.