Official Number:                      142747

Laid down:

Builder:                                  R Williamson & Son Ltd, Workington

Pennant No:                           Y 3.2455 / Y 8.116

Launched:                              21 September 1918

Into Service:                           December 1918

Out of service:                        9 July 1919

Fate:                                       8 November 1929 wrecked

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:

21 September 1918 launched by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay as Yard Nr: 212 named War Down for the Shipping Controller

December 1918 completed and requisitioned for Admiralty service as a collier – name unchanged

5 February 1919 became a stores carrier – name unchanged

9 July 1919 returned to her owners – name unchanged

27 October 1919 purchased by Graig Shipping Co Ltd., Cardiff and renamed Graig

1 January 1920 Captain George William Augustus Marlow appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

4 January 1920 sailed Port Arthur

17 January 1920 sailed St Lucia to Barbados

18 January 1920 sailed Barbados to Port Natal

24 February 1920 arrived at Port Natal sailing the same day for Port Arthur

4 March 1920 sailed Delagoa Bay for Port Arthur

22 June 1921 arrived Bombay from Delagoa Bay

1922 purchased by Viuda de F Astorqui, Bilbao and renamed Maria Victoria

8 November 1929 wrecked on Baldayo Beach in position 43.20N 08.35W while on passage from London to La Spezia carrying a general cargo

11 November 1929 the Times Newspaper reported that …