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Official Number:                       115237

Pennant No:                              Y 8.104

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Builder:                                     Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd., Middlesborough 

Launched:                                 29 October 1901

Into Service:                              24 September 1918

Out of service:                           10 July 1919

Fate:                                            Broken up 27 April 1930

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:

 29 October 1901 launched by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. as Yard Nr: 484 named Thespis for Brazil & River Plate Steam Ship Navigation Co Ltd., Liverpool

December 1901 completed

1 January 1902 arrived at Liverpool from Leith

29 January 1902 passed Fernando Noronha when on passage from Liverpool for Bahai and Rio de Janeiro

17 May 1902 sailed Liverpool

26 June 1902 at the British Hospital Buenos Ayres Able Seaman John Killen discharged dead from Brights disease

9 July 1902 sailed Montevideo for Liverpool

12 August 1902 sailed Liverpool for Montevideo

9 September 1902 passed Fernando Noronha when on passage from Barry for Buenos Ayres

25 September 1903 it was reported that the ship had suffered one blade of her propeller had carried away while crossing the Atlantic

Press Report from the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette 26 September 1903

27 March 1904 at 23.34°N 64.13°W passenger Hermann Richard Robert Doring discharged dead from natural causes

10 July 1904 arrived at New York from Rio de Janerio

7 December 1904 passenger Silverio de Assumpcao discharged dead from pneumonia

22 January 1905 arrived at New York from Rio de Janerio

4 April 1905 at Bahia Harbour 2nd Engineer Officer James Wilson discharged dead from a fractured base of the skull after falling on board

1 June 1905 arrived at Liverpool for Manchester from New York

16 August 1905 sailed Barbados for New Orleans

13 September 1905 arrived at New York from New Orleans

20 January 1906 sailed New York for Manchester

9 April 1906 sailed Barbados for New York

16 April 1906 arrived at New York

1 June 1906 at 30.23°N 16.38°W passenger Francisco Reibeiro discharged dead from heart failure

31 October 1906 sailed Barbados for New York

28 March 1907 arrived at Liverpool for Manchester from New York

27 May 1907 sailed Rio de Janeiro for New York

17 June 1907 arrived New York from Rio de Janeiro

10 August 1907 sailed Las Palmas for Rio de Janeiro

14 January 1908 sailed Rio de Janeiro for New York

26 February 1908 passed South Stack and arrived off Hollyhead

7 July 1908 arrived at Leixoes from Liverpool

23 September 1908 sailed New York for Manchester

8 October 1908 berthed at Manchester

21 February 1909 sailed Greenock for Liverpool

7 May 1909 at Rio de Janeiro Fireman & Trimmer Michael McGun discharged dead from burns

26 May 1909 arrived at Manchester from New York

12 July 1909 arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Liverpool

9 October 1909 sailed Liverpool for Rio de Janerio and Santos, Brazil with Captain C F Ferguson as Master carrying seven passengers

12 January 1910 arrived Manchester from New York with one DBS passenger

30 April 1910 arrived Manchester from New York with one passenger

6 August 1910 sailed New York for Machester

22 April 1911 sailed Liverpool for Santos, Brazil with Captain C F Ferguson as Master carrying nine passengers

27 June 1912 arrived at New York from Santos via Barbados

14 June 1913 sailed Liverpool for Rio de Janerio, Brazil with Captain C F Ferguson as Master carrying five passengers

24 June 1915 at the General Hospital, Montreal, Canada Able Seaman August M Petersen discharged dead from pneumonia

20 February 1918 sailed New York in an escorted convoy with twenty seven other ships. The escort was the armed merchant cruiser HMS ARLANZA

21 August 1918 at 39.64°N 69.25°W a submarine periscope was sighted. The ship made off at full speed.  A torpedo missed by some 20 feet and the submarine then surfaced and excahnged gun fire with the ship. The ship made good her escape

24 September 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a stores carrier, name unchanged

5 December 1918 reported via Lloyds that when on passage from Archangel to the UK grounded on Midtboen Haugesund damaging the forepeak and No: 1 hold

10 July 1919 refitted and returned to her owners, name unchanged

20 April 1920 sailed from Hull for Rosario

31 May 1920 at Santos

28 August 1920 berthed at London from Buenos Ayres with 7 passengers. Captain J H George was Master

8 October 1920 at the British Hospital, Buenos Ayres Chief Steward Robert Blackburn Cockerton discharged dead from natural causes

Chief Steward Robert B Cockerton

13 February 1921 sailed New Orleans for Buenos Ayres

4 July 1926 at 38.50°N 74.20°W Fireman Joar Antonio Santos discharged dead from natural causes

27 April 1930 arrived at Blyth for demolition by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co