Official Number: 106956
Laid down:
Builder: Ropner & Son, Stockton
Pennant Number: Y 3.1378
Launched: 19 November 1896
Into Service: 18 December 1916
Out of service: 1919
Fate: 4q / 1932 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augument the RFA
Career Data:
19 November 1896 launched by Ropner & Son, Stockton as Yard Nr: 330 named Yearby for R Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool
24 November 1896 the Lloyds List newspaper reported …
December 1896 completed
16 January 1902 sailed Rosario for Hamburg
10 June 1902 sailed Rosario for Rotterdam
18 February 1910 sailed Theodosia
17 March 1910 sailed Lisbon
1916 owners became Sir Robert Ropner & Co Ltd., West Hartlepool – name unchanged
18 December 1916 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Collier – name unchanged – until 27 February 1918
28 February 1918 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying ammunition empties from Le Havre to Blyth until 10 March 1918
11 March 1918 re-deployed as a collier until 22 March 1918
23 March 1918 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying ammunition empties from Le Havre to Newport, Monmouth for 1 trip thence re-deployed as a collier until 10 May 1918
11 May 1918 re-deployed as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying ammunition empties from Le Havre to Newport, Monmouth for 1 trip
1919 sold to M H Bland & Co Ltd., Gibraltar and renamed Gibel Yedid
20 September 1920 in wireless communication with Lands End
1925 sold to S N Valmades, Syra and renamed India
1st quarter 1931 broken up at Rotterdam by G B Pas & Sons