Official Number:                         1113769

Laid down:                                  John Readhead & Sons Ltd, West Yard, South Shields-on-Tyne

Pennant Number:                      Y3.444

Signal letters:                              VCHW

Launched:                                   13 August 1912

Into Service:                                23 December 1916

Out of service:                            16 July 1918

Disposal:                                    11 March 1956 scrapped

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:

2 May 1903  launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Old Yard, Govan, Glasgow as Yard Nr: 284 named YUKON for Steamship “Yukon” Co Ltd (Francis le Boulanger, Manager) Swansea

4 May 1903 The Scotsman Newspaper reported …

June 1903  Register opened at Swansea as Nr: 3/1903 in the Register Book

June 1903  completed

16 November 1914  requisitioned for service as a Collier until 25/ March 1915

26 July 1917   served as a Collier on a Norwegian service until 17 December 1918               

18 December 1918  served as an Expeditionary Force Transport carrying cross-Channel hay until 8 April 1919

1927 sold to Olaf Wingren, Oscarshamn and renamed TORKEL

11 November 1927 sailed from Grangemouth for Veile with a cargo of coke

7 December 1927 on passage from Trangusand  to Avonmouth

25 May 1928 sailed from Grimsby

28 July 1928 arrived at Warkworth Harbour from Grangemouth

1933 sold to Arthur Wingrem, Oscarshamn name unchanged

1934 owners restyled as  Rederei A/B Tellus (A. Wingren, Manager) Oscarshamn

4 April 1940 sailed from Norwegian waters in unscorted convoy HN24 to Methil arriving 7 April 1940

1 May 1940 sailed the River Tyne in unescorted convoy FS160 to Southend arriving 3 May 1940

12 July 1940 sailed from Southend in unescorted convoy FN220 to Methil arriving 14 July 1940

17 August 1941 sailed from Milford Haven in unescorted convoy MH14 to Holyhead     

1954a   sold to Carl Persson & Soner A/B, Ystad and renamed AHMED SAUD

1954b   sold to Van Hoolwerf Alkhalid Sinet, Puerto Limon name unchanged

2 January 1956 ran aground off Havringe and was considerably damaged. Later refloated

11 March 1956  arrived Hamburg for demolition by Eckhardt & Co.