Requisitioned Auxiliary – Trinculo

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Official Number:                       127949

Pennant No:                              Y 3.102

Laid down:

Builder:                                      Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend

Launched:                                  10 September 1908

Into Service:                               1914

Out of service:                            1918

Fate:                                             Broken up 6 November 1933

 

 

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Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA

 

Career Data:

 

10 September 1908 launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend as Yard Nr: 811 named Trinculo for Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd., (C T Bowring & Co Ltd., (Managers) Liverpool

November 1908 completed

1914 to 1918 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler – name unchanged

6 November 1933 arrived Pembroke Dock for demolition by T W Ward