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Official Number:                     133411  

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Builder:                                   Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd., Hull

Launched:                               12 September 1912

Pendant Nr:                             Y 3.254

Signal Letters:                         HWTJ

Into Service:                            6 August 1914

Out of service:                         4 March 1919

Fate:                                        Broken up – April 1961

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:

12 September 1912  launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd., Hull as Yard Nr: 591 named WITHERNSEA for Sea Steamship Co Ltd., Hull

1 October 1912  Register opened at Hull as Nr 59/1912 in the Register Book

October 1912  completed

6 August 1914  requisitioned for service as an Expeditionary Force Transport until 23 August 1914

24 August 1914  served as a collier until 31 March 1915

7 October 1914  at Tarrafal Bay, Cape Verde Islands supplied the Battleship HMS ALBION (N48)  (1898) with 900 tons of bunker coal

8 October 1914  at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands supplied the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS EMPRESS OF BRITAIN (M 57) with an unspecified quantity of bunker coal. Also bunkered HMS CARNARVON

12 December 1914 

10 January 1915 arrived at Port William, Falkland Islands

11 January 1915  arrived Stanley, Falkland Islands from Barry via the Panama Canal carrying Admiralty coal

3 February 1915 at Port William, Falkland Islands bunkered HMS CARNARVON

12 February 1915 at Rosas Bay bunkered HMS CARNARVON with 584 tons of coal

25 February 1915 arrived at Abrolhos Rocks

5 March 1915 at Abrolhos Rocks alongside HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE

13 March 1915 at Abrolhos Rocks alongside HMS CELTIC until 19 March 1915

1 April 1915  served as a Transport carrying sugar until 17 June 1915

18 June 1915 served as a Collier until 8 September 1916

5 July 1916  sold to Bathampton Steam Navigation Co Ltd., (Charles Christie, Manager),  Hull and renamed BATHAMPTON

9 September 1916  served as a Transport carrying sugar until 22 February 1917

23 February 1917  served as a Collier until 2 December 1917

23 May 1917 at Kilwa Kisiwani HMS THISTLE alongside supplied with 98 tons of bunker coat

3 December 1917  served as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying cross-Channel hay until 17 April 1918

1918  sold to West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co Ltd., West Hartlepool and renamed ARDENHALL

18 April 1918  served as a Collier until 25 June 1918

26 April 1918  served as a Transport carrying wheat from the River Plate area until 14 September 1918

15 September 1918 with the Commercial Branch as a Transport carrying mahogany between West Africa and the  U.K until 4 March 1919

1919  sold to Hazelwood Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff name unchanged

1920 renamed Northborough by her owners

1933  sold to P.B. Destounis, Argostoli and renamed VASSILIOS DESTOUNIS

1938  sold to P.E. Panas, Argostoli name unchanged

1941  sold to Irish Shipping Ltd, Dublin and renamed IRISH POPLAR

2 January 1942 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON53 – dispersed on 19 January 1942 – straggled

7 March 1947 arrived at Avonmouth from Dublin

1949  sold to Selahettin Dogan & Orhan Sadikoglu, Istanbul and renamed TASKUPRU

1951  sold to Mehmet Tahsin Cerrahoglu, Istanbul name unchanged

1952  renamed MEHMET by her owners

1954  sold to Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk ve Ticaret TAS, Istanbul – name unchanged

13 April 1961 arrived at Split for demolition by Brodospas

Notes:

On Admiralty service under all 3 names of  WITHERNSEA, BATHAMPTON and ARDENHALL