Official Number: 102125
Pennant No:
Laid down:
Builder: Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd., Low Walker
Launched: 25 October 1893
Into Service: WW1
Out of service: WW!
Fate: Broken up 1953
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:
25 October 1893 launched by Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd., Low Walker as Yard Nr: 608 named SNOWFLAKE for Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd., (C T Bowring & Co Ltd., Managers) Liverpool
December 1893 completed
1913 purchased by Soc. Anon d’Armament d’Industrie & de Commerce, Antwerp and renamed KREMLIN
1914 to 1918 aquired for Admiralty service as an Oiler – name unchanged
1918 returned to her owners – name unchanged
1922 purchased by Hvalfanger A/S Vestfold (J Rasmussen & A Lange, Mangers) Sandefjord and renamed VELLOY
1923 Managers became J Rasmussen & CO., Sandefjord – name unchanged
24 August 1925 purchased by Bryde & Dahls Hvalfangerselskap, A/S Sandefjord and renamed THOROY. Served as an Auxiliary Cooker and tanker, South Georgia
1933 Managers became A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord – name unchanged
3 April 1940 sailed Aruba
9 April 1940 was enroute from Aruba to Halifax when war broke out in Norway – arrived Halifax 14 April 1940
1 May 1940 sailed Halifax independently under Nortaship Auspices as part of the Free Norwegian Fleet
13 May 1940 arrived Reykjavik
3 January 1941 arrived Avonmouth
17 January 1941 hit and damaged by a bomb during an air raid on Avonmouth
6 March 1941 sailed Avonmouth after repairs
8 April 1947 purchased by Cia Panamena de Nav. Santa Maria SA (Laurent Reboul & Gabriel Courteaux, Managers) Panama and renamed ANNE DE FRANCE
12 January 1953 arrived Rosyth for demolition by Metal Industries Ltd.,
13 January 1953 demolition commenced