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Official Number: 135137
Laid down: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, West Yard, South Shields-on-Tyne
Pennant Number: Y3.1480
Signal letters: HWRK
Launched: 13 August 1912
Into Service: 23 December 1916
Out of service: 16 July 1918
Disposal: 16 July 1918 wrecked ashore
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:
13 August 1912 launched by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, West Yard, South Shields-on-Tyne as Yard Nr: 428 named YORKMOOR for Moor Line Ltd (W. Runciman & Co, Managers), London
14 August 1912 the Shields Daily News newspaper reported …
18 September 1912 Register opened at London as Nr 172/1912 in the Register Book.
September 1912 completed
3 January 1914 sailed Partington Coal Basin, Manchester Docks for Cardiff
23 February 1915 alongside at St Vincent, Cape Verde
2 March 1916 at Montevideo
23 December 1916 requisitioned for service as a Transport carrying wheat from River Plate area until 19 February 1917
20 February 1917 served as a Collier until 1 April 1917
2 April 1917 served as a Transport carrying sugar from Cuba until 23 July 1917
24 July 1917 served as a Collier until 8 September 1917
18 September 1917 on French Government Service as a Transport carrying grain from Karachi until 16 February 1918
6 January 1918 off Perim signalling with HMS CLIO
17 February 1918 served as a Transport carrying wheat from the Gulf of Mexico and then from the Argentine until ……
16 July 1918 wrecked on Lobos Island in the River Plate on passage from San Nicolas, Argentina to Italy carrying bulk wheat
23 July 1918 a seaboat from HMS BRISTOL attended the wreck of Yorkmoor with a Gunner and 10 ratings
HMS BRISTOL