RFA Industry (1)
Previous name: Glasgow
Subsequent name:
Official Number 138989
Class: Stores Carrier
Pennant No: X24 and X31
Signal Letters: GSCR
Laid down: 1 September 1900
Builder: William Beardmore & Co Ltd., Govan
Launched: 10 December 1900
Into Service: 7 June 1901
Out of service: 18 October 1918
Fate: Sunk
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: Soon after the turn of the 20th Century, the Admiralty acquired a number of small tankers and store-ships and from the experiments conducted with these tankers was obtained the experience which resulted in the building of a large number of tankers of various sizes which were especially designed for their task of refuelling warships. None of these early ships were sister ships, and they became the first Admiralty vessels to fall into the new RFA category on its inception in 1905
10 December 1900 launched by Wm Beardmore & Co Ltd, Govan as Yard Nr: 473 named INDUSTRY having originally been laid down as GLASGOW
7 June 1901 completed and was under a Yard Craft Agreement having been specifically designed for carrying guns and stores between different Dockyards and was fitted with extra large hatches
28 June 1901 sailed from Plymouth
15 November 1901 the St James’s Gazette reported
6 February 1902 berthed at Devonport Harbour
10 October 1903 berthed at Portsmouth Harbour
14 March 1904 lying in the River Thames on the Victualling Yard Buoys
17 July 1904 arrived at Rochester from Swansea
30 December 1905 Naval Stores Memorandum confirmed she was employed and stored as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary
24 May 1906 berthed at Portsmouth Harbour
30 May 1906 arrived off Lundy in the Bristol Channel to deliver equipment for the salvage of HMS MONTAGUE which had been stranded on the island and receive onboard stores and other equipment from the ship
30 June 1906 sailed Pembroke Dock with three portable steam boilers to assist with the salvage of HMS MONTAGUE
14 July 1906 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Needles sailing west bound
1 August 1906 arrived Devonport from Portsmouth Harbour
21 December 1906 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour
15 August 1907 sailed Portsmouth Harbour
18 December 1907 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound
19 March 1908 sailed Portsmouth Harbour
18 September 1908 sailed Portsmouth Harbour
22 September 1908 passed St Anne’s Head when on passage to Milford Haven
26 September 1908 passed St Anne’s Head
19 March 1909 berthed at Portsmouth Harbour
7 April 1909 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Needles sailing west bound
3 July 1909 the Portsmouth Evening News reported …
9 October 1909 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Roches Point
17 October 1909 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound
12 November 1909 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour
2 December 1909 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour from Portland
30 December 1909 sailed from Plymouth
14 February 1910 arrived at Falmouth sailing the same day for Plymouth
9 May 1910 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Roches Point
13 November 1910 passed St Anne’s Head when on passage to Milford Haven
14 January 1911 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour
18 January 1911 the Portsmouth Evening News published the ships sailing programme which, seeing the entry below dated 1 February 1911, plainly slipped …
1 February 1911 arrived at Dover delivering a steam pinnace for use by the Kings Harbour Master sailing the same day
6 April 1911 in No: 8 dry dock at Portsmouth Harbour
22 April 1911 the London Daily News carried an advert for the sale of the ship by auction
3 January 1912 sailed Portsmouth Harbour
29 July 1912 the Scotsman Newspaper reported …
21 February 1913 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour and berthed on Boat House Jetty
15 March 1912 arrived at Portsmouth
25 April 1913 arrived at Portsmouth Harbour and berthed in No: 2 basin
1914 transfered to RFA manning
April 1914 Captain Philip J Finch RFA appointed as Master
29 March 1915 Lieutenant Frederick W Dunn-Taylor RNR appointed in command
Lieutenant Frederick W Dunn-Taylor RNR
24 May 1915 at Rosyth supplying stores to HMS HIBERNIA
HMS HIBERNIA
22 July 1915 and 23 July 1915 at Scapa Flow berthed alongside the Requisitioned Auxiliary Zaria
4 August 1915 Engineer John P Howard RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
Engineer John P Howard RNR
5 August 1915 in collision with Dutch ship Zeeland off the Wold Lightship
14 December 1915 Lieutenant George L Capsey RNR appointed in command
17 May 1916 at Swin berthed alongside HMS HIBERNIA supplying naval stores
29 May 1916 Engineer Lieutenant Joseph C Tait RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
1 September 1917 Lieutenant William Norman RNR appointed in command – killed in action on 18 October 1918 with 19 other members of the crew – see Roll of Honour
3 December 1917 Ordinary Seaman J Murta logged as being absent without leave. He returned to the ship on the 5 December 1917 and was discharged to HMS Victory 1. He had signed on the ship on 29 October 1917
24 December 1917 Stoker J S Elliott was logged as deserter from the ship. He had signed on the ship on the 7 November 1917
18 October 1918 torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB92 in the Irish Sea near the Strangford Light Buoy while under escort of the armed trawler HMS PERSIAN EMPIRE – Engineer Lieutenant Joseph Cook Tait RNR. Able Seaman William Robert Mason MMR 857858. Firemen Benjamin Ambridge MMR 912971. Ordinary Seaman Arthur Barlow MMR 882966. Fireman Victor Charles Berridge MMR 881783. Ordinary Seaman John James Carney MMR 836789. Leading Fireman Thomas H Foreman MMR. Ordinary Seaman John Robert Garrick MMR 955637. Stoker Charles Goddard MMR 801031. Able Seaman Percy Green MMR. Stoker John Alfred Jones MMR 862937. Able Seaman Reginald John Mole MMR. Able Seaman Frederick Westhorpe Mole MMR. Fireman Alfred John Mole MMR. Quartermaster Henry Pullen MMR and Able Seaman Harold Frederick Stoker MMR discharged dead. They are remembered with pride on the Plymouth and Portsmouth Naval Memorials – just four of the crew survived
RFA Industry (2)
RFA Industry (2) as the Morejari in 1928
Previous name: Tay and Tyne, Cheriton, Dundreary
Subsequent name: Morejarl 1 Morejarl
Official Number 123329
Class: Stores Carrier
Pennant No: X83
Signal Letters: HNMJ / GRKM
Laid down:
Builder: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee
Launched: 8 November 1908
Into Service:
Out of service: 31 October 1926
Fate: Broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: Soon after the turn of the 20th Century, the Admiralty acquired a number of small tankers and store ships and from the experiments conducted with these tankers was obtained the experience which resulted in the building of a large number of tankers of various sizes which were especially designed for their task of refuelling warships. None of these early ships were sister ships, and they became the first Admiralty vessels to fall into the new RFA category on its inception in 1905
9 November 1908 launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee as Yard Nr: 204 named TAY AND TYNE for Dundee & Newcastle Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Dundee. Launched by Mrs W Banks
January 1909 completed for Dundee & Newcastle Shipping Co Ltd., Dundee
27 January 1909 sailed Dundee
29 January 1909 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
2 February 1909 sailed Dundee
5 February 1909 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
21 December 1909 sailed Dundee
28 July 1910 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
2 August 1910 sailed from Dundee
5 August 1910 sailed from Newcastle on Tyne
9 November 1910 sailed from Dundee
11 November 1910 sailed from Newcastle on Tyne
15 November 1910 sailed from Dundee
18 November 1910 sailed from Newcastle on Tyne
14 December 1910 the Dundee Evening Telepgraph reported that …
31 May 1911 sailed Dundee
2 June 1911 sailed from Newcastle on Tyne
6 June 1911 sailed Dundee
9 June 1911 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
6 December 1911 sailed Dundee
8 December 1911 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
12 December 1911 sailed Dundee
15 December 1911 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
24 January 1912 sailed Dundee
26 January 1912 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
30 January 1912 sailed Dundee
2 February 1912 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
19 June 1912 sailed from Camperdown Jetty, Dundee
4 September 1912 sailed Dundee
9 December 1912 at Broughton Ferry Able Seaman Peter Fraser discharged dead – heart failure
13 December 1912 at the River Tyne in collision with two other vessels suffering damage
14 December 1912 the Dundee Courier reported …
13 January 1913 berthed at Dundee having had to take shelter in the Forth with some 40 other vessels
9 July 1913 at sea Bill Inspector John G Scott discharged dead – he disappeared from the poop deck – possible suicide
25 November 1913 sailed from Dundee
28 November 1913 sailed from Newcastle on Tyne
4 December 1913 sailed from Dundee
6 December 1913 sailed from Newcastle upon Tyne
27 March 1914 sailed Newcastle upon Tyne
1 April 1914 sailed Dundee
24 October 1914 grounded in the River Tay
26 October 1914 the Dundee Courier reported …
20 July 1915 sailed Dundee
24 July 1915 sailed from Camperdown Jetty, Dundee
29 July 1915 sailed Newcastle on Tyne
29 November 1916 arrived at Montrose from Middlesborough with a cargo of Slag Manure
March 1917 purchased by Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co Ltd, Dundee – name unchanged
28 June 1917 chartered by the Admiralty for service as a ‘Q’ ship serving under the names Cheriton and Dundreary
20 April 1917 Lieutenant Philip John Mack Royal Navy – Commanding Officer awarded a Mention in Despatches in the London Gazette of this day
26 September 1917 purchased by the Admiralty for £33,750 for conversion into a store ship
19 February 1918 sailed Lerwick, Shetlands to patrol off the Norwegian Coast as a ‘Q’ ship to take the place of Armed Merchant Cruiser India which had been sunk by the German submarine U22
1920 renamed Industry (2)
7 April 1920 Captain Stanley B Spilett RFA appointed as Master
Captain Stanley B Spilett RFA
10 April 1920 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
24 May 1920 berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard
26 May 1920 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
27 July 1920 berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard
30 July 1920 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
28 August 1920 berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard
2 September 1920 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
19 September 1920 sailed from Albert Dock, Hull for Devonport
29 September 1920 sailed Devonport for Haulbowline
28 February 1921 berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard
13 July 1922 arrived at Devonport
24 August 1922 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
5 December 1922 sailed from Portsmouth Dockyard
26 May 1923 arrived at Plymouth
16 September 1924 offered for sale ‘as lies’ at Chatham
31 October 1926 sold for £2,610 at Chatham to C A Beard on behalf of James Kell, Sunderland – a ship broker for More Fylkes Rutelskap of Norway
28 November 1924 sailed Chatham, under tow – renamed Morejarl 1 – was employed on their coastal trade between Trondheim and Bergen. On purchase she was towed to Storvik Shipbuilders at Kristiansund to be rebuilt. An intermediate deck for the transport of live animals was added. The purchase and renovation cost a total of 480,000 kroner
1925 name abbreviated to just Morejarl
9 April 1940 when German attacked Norway the ship was loaded for the northbound sailing to Bergen. The City had been occupied by German forces that morning and the ship was requisitioned by German authorities as an accommodation vessel for Norwegian prisoners of war until 16 April 1940
End of 1940/1941 returned to her owners by the occupying German Forces
1950 owners name restyled as Morejarl og Ramsdal Fylkesbatar, Norway
1951 sold for breaking up to Ceuleman & Sons, Antwerp
January 1952 breaking up commenced
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Battle Honours for this Vessel: CRIMEA 1854-55.