Requisitioned Auxiliary – York

 

York ABS 

York ABS

as VILLE DE BOUGIE

 

Official Number:                         124758

Laid down:

Builder:                                      Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Dundee

Pennant Number:                M 20 & M 1.26

Launched:                                  18 March 1907

Into Service:                               3 January 1915

Out of service:                            4 April 1919

Fate:                                         March 1956 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 serve as Armed Boarding Steamers

Career Data:

 

18 March 1907 launched by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Dundee as Yard Nr: 192 named York for Wilson’s & North Eastern Railway Shipping Co Ltd., Hull

21 March 1907 the Lloyds List newspaper reported …

 

21 3 1907 Lloyds List York

 

April 1907 completed

3 January 1915 requisitioned for Admiralty service as an Armed Boarding Steamer and commissioned as HMS YORK

11 January 1915 Lieutenant Commander Charles Barrow RN RNR appointed as Commanding Officer and Engineer Lieutenant Alfred W Batley RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 January 1916 the Pink List of this day has her based at Gibraltar as part of the Gibraltar Patrol

30 June 1918 the Pink List of this day has her based at Gibraltar

4 April 1919 decommissioned, refitted and returned to her owners as York

1 January 1923 owners became London & North Eastern Railway Co., London – name unchanged

May 1935 transferred to Associated Humber Lines – name unchanged

June 1937 purchased by Societe Algerienne de Nav pour l’Afrique du Nord, Algiers and renamed Ville de Bougie

8 November 1942 attacked and damaged by Allied Forces at Algiers

1954 owners restyled as Societe Algerienne de Nav Charles Schiaffino & Cie – name unchanged

21 January 1956 arrived Le Seyne for demolition by Naval du Midi March

1956 demolition commenced