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Official Number: 106107
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Builder: J L Thompson & Sons, North Sands, Sunderland
Pennant No: Y 3.1008 / F 6810
Launched: 17 August 1898
Into Service: 20 January 1916
Out of service: 16 July 1917
Fate: 16 July 1917 torpedoed and sunk
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:
17 August 1898 launched by J L Thompson & Sons, North Sands, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 364 named Valentia for International Line Steamship Co Ltd., (G Marwood, Managers) Whitby
19 August 1898 Lloyds List newspaper reported …
September 1898 completed
3 October 1899 berthed at Cork, Ireland sailing the same day
10 June 1901 arrived at Malta
18 December 1902 arrived at Nicolaleft from Genoa
14 October 1903 passed Brow Head sailing east
6 December 1904 sailed from Cork
14 February 1915 sailed Maderia
26 February 1915 arrived at Leith Roads berthing in Leith Docks later that day
5 March 1915 sailed Leith Docks for Sunderland
6 March 1915 arrived at Sunderland
22 April 1915 sailed Sunderland for Buenos Aires
24 April 1915 landed the pilot at Deal and passed Dungeness later that day
1 May 1915 sailed Maderia
25 May 1915 arrived at Buenos Aires
11 June 1915 sailed Buenos Aires for Rosario
12 June 1915 sailed Rosario
26 June 1915 sailed Rosario
28 June 1915 passed Monte Video
22 July 1915 sailed Teneriffe for Londonderry
31 July 1915 passed Inishtrahull and arrived at Moville
1 August 1915 berthed at Londonderry
16 August 1915 sailed Londonderry for Cardiff
18 August 1915 arrived Barry Roads
19 August 1915 berthed at Cardiff
27 August 1915 sailed Cardiff for Sekondi
4 September 1915 passed Las Palmas
14 September 1915 arrived at Sekondi
10 October 1915 sailed Sekondi for Buenos Aires Roads
3 November 1915 arrived Buenos Aires Roads
5 November 1915 sailed Buenos Aires Roads for San Nicholas arriving the next day
13 November 1915 sailed San Nicholas for Ramallo arriving the same day
25 November 1915 sailed Ramallo for Nantes, France
4 December 1915 sailed Rio de Janeiro
20 December 1915 sailed St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands
3 January 1916 arrived St Nazaire
4 January 1916 berthed at Nantes
20 January 1916 sailed Nantes for Barry Roads. Requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged – until 2 March 1916
23 January 1916 berthed at Barry
30 January 1916 sailed Barry
7 February 1916 at sea at 32°20N 17°57W stopped and boarded by HMS KING ALFRED and allowed to proceed
13 February 1916 arrived at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands
3 March 1916 sailed St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands for Mobile. Re-deployed as a Transport carrying timber for the Office Works until 4 June 1916
23 March 1916 Arrived at Mobile
5 June 1916 re-deployed as a collier and was then released in November 1916
11 September 1916 arrived at Dar-es-Salaam
12 September 1916 sailed Dar-es-Salaam
13 September 1916 arrived at Mikindani and berthed alongside HMS TRENT. While doing so damaging the warships port quarter rail and stanchion and fracturing port middle gangway. Supplied HMS TRENT with 73 tons of drinking water and 30 tons of boiler water
14 September 1916 at Mikindani alongside HMS HYACINTH supplying 400 tons of bunker coal
19 September 1916 at Lindi Bay alongside HMS TALBOT
21 September 1916 at Lindi Bay berthed alongside HMS TALBOT and suppling 352 tons of bunker coal
22 September 1916 arrived at Kilwa Kivinje. HMS SEVERN berthed alongside and was supplied with 153 tons of bunker coal
24 September 1916 arrived at Zanzibar, berthed alongside HMS HIMALAYA and supplied bunker coal
25 September 1916 at Zanzibar still alongside HMS HIMALAYA and completed the supply of 533 tons of bunker coal
26 September 1916 at Zanzibar berthed alongside HMS TRENT and supplied 120 tons of bunker coal
28 September 1916 sailed Zanzibar
29 September 1916 entered Dar-es-Salaam harbour
2 November 1916 arrived at Zanzibar
8 March 1917 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying MT from London for 1 trip and then from Portsmouth until 6 July 1917
7 July 1917 re-deployed as a collier until …
16 July 1917 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC-41 (Kurt Berrnis) in the Atlantic 70 miles W ½ S Bishop Rock while on passage from Cardiff to Dakar with a general cargo and coal with the loss of three lives