Subsequent name:                         Awardity,  Agia Trias,  Kopanos,  Prodromaki 

Official Number:                             187436                                                          

Class:                                             Fleet Attendant Oiler

Pennant No:                                    X112

Laid down:
Builder:                                           J. L. Meyer, Papenburg
Launched:                                      1937 
Into Service:                                   June 1940
Out of service:                                1945
Fate:                                               1973 Broken up at Eleusis

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:

One of the small ex-commercial tankers that were taken over by the Admiralty for service on Fleet Attendant duties in UK waters under RFA manning. She was returned to her former owners at the end of the War

30 December 1936 launched by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg as Yard  Nr: 407 named INGEBORG for Algemeen Vrachtkantoor N.V, Rotterdam

April 1937 completed

12 July 1937 arrived at the Sunderland from Gothenburg

15 July 1937 the Sunderland Daily Echo reported …

24 September 1937 sailed from the River Tyne for Gothenburg

28 December 1937 arrived at the Sunderland from Gothenburg

29 December 1937 berthed on the Corporation Quay, Sunderland

25 January 1938 arrived the River Tyne (Tyne Dock) from Sunderland

27 January 1938 at Sunderland

7 February 1938 berthed on the River Tyne from Gothenburg

11 February 1938 sailed from the River Tyne for Gothenburg

5 April 1938 sailed the River Tyne for Sunderland

29 June 1938 arrived at Sunderland from Gothenberg

5 September 1938 arrived on the Corporation Quay, Sunderland from Gothenberg

6 September 1938 sailed from the River Wear for the River Tyne

3 October 1938 sailed the River Tyne for Sunderland

7 October 1938 berthed on Newcastle Quay, River Tyne

24 October 1938 berthed at Gothenburg from the River Tyne

15 December 1938 arrived at the River Tyne berthing on the Commissions Staiths

28 December 1938 arrived at Blyth from Gothenburg sailing later to the River Tyne

10 January 1939 arrived the River Tyne from Gothenburg the sailing the same day to Sunderland

12 January 1939 sailed from Sunderland

23 January 1939 arrived the River Tyne from Gothenburg

10 February 1939 sailed from the River Tyne

21 February 1939 arrived the River Tyne

24 March 1939 arrived at Danzig from Stolpmude, Poland

27 March 1939 sailed Danzig for Rotterdam

1 April 1939 arrived at Rotterdam

3 April 1939 arrive the River Wear from Gothenburg

6 April 1939 sailed Rotterdam to Itzehoe, Germany

8 April 1939 berthed at Itzehoe, German

12 April, 1939 sailed Itzehoe, Germany for Hamburg

19 April 1939 arrived at Riga from Hamburg

21 April 1939 sailed Riga for Degerhamn, Sweden arriving 24 April 1939

27 April 1939 sailed Degerhamn, Sweden for Danzig

3 May 1939 sailed Danzig to Amsterdam arriving 7 May 1939

9 May 1939 sailed Amsterdam to Rotterdam arriving the same day and onward to Neuss

17 May 1939 arrived at Gdynia

22 May 1939 arrived at Danzig

25 May 1939 sailed Danzig for Rotterdam arriving 29 May 1939

4 June 1939 sailed Rotterdam for Königsberg passing Holtenau on 6 June 1939

8 June 1939 arrived Königsberg, Germany

13 June 1939 sailed Elbing, Poland to Abo arriving 15 June 1939

17 June 1939 sailed Abo for Rotterdam arriving 22 June 1939

30 June 1939 sailed the River Tyne for Gothenberg

4 July 1939 sailed Lubeck, Germany for Stralsund, Germany and then Rotterdam arriving 12 July 1939

19 July 1939 sailed Rotterdam

20 July 1939 passed Holtenan, Germany arriving Königsberg, Germany on 23 July 1939

1 August 1939 sailed Kalman for Rotterdam

8 August 1939 sailed Rotterdam for Kappeln, Germany arriving 10 August 1939

15 August 1939 sailed Kappeln, Germany for Nakskov, South Denmark

22 August 1939 sailed Antwerp passing Rotterdam the next day for Duisburg, Germany

5 October 1939 sailed Amsterdam for Belfast arriving 10 October 1939

11 October 1939 sailed Belfast for Swansea arriving 13 October 1939

14 October 1939 sailed Swansea passing the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard the next day for Rotterdam arriving 18 October 1939

23 October 1939 sailed Rotterdam for Boston, Lincolnshire arriving 25 October 1939

2 November 1939 at Blyth

9 November 1939 sailed Blyth to Antwerp

3 June 1940 acquired by the Admiralty for RFA service and retained her name

9 June 1940 taken over as RFA INGEBORG for Fleet Attendant duties in UK waters

14 June 1940 Captain James Jolly RFA appointed as Master

18 June 1940 Mr William H V Davis RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 December 1940 Mr Thomas H Cosby RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

11 January 1941 Chief Officer Alfed Matthew Uglow RFA appointed as Acting Master until 13 January 1942

Chief Officer Alfred M Uglow RFA – image taken in 1920 when as a Deck Apprentice

13 January 1942 Chief Officer Douglas Snowden RFA appointed as Temporary Acting Master

18 April 1942 Captain H C Coles RFA (Lieutenant Commander RNR (ret)) appointed as Master

Mar 1944 Mr W M. Howdle RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1945 returned to her owners, name unchange

4 July 1945 arrived the River Wear sailing the same day to the River Tyne

11 July 1945 arrived the River Wear from the River Tyne

18 July 1945 arrived the River Wear sailing the same day to the River Tyne

3 October 1945 passed Flamborough Head sailing south bound

21 November 1945 sailed the River Tyne for Gothenburg

6 February 1946 sailed the River Tyne for Rotterdam

30 December 1946 arrived at Sunderland

24 January 1947 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

15 February 1947 arrived at Sunderland from Gothenburg

17 February 1947 arrived on the River Tyne

19 February 1947 berthed on Newcastle Quay, River Tyne

6 May 1947 sailed from the River Tyne for Gothenburg

8 June 1947 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

10 July 1947 the Berwick Advertiser reported that …

1 February 1948 arrived at the River Tyne from Leith

6 April 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west

26 April 1948 arrived at Sunderland

12 August 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

25 November 1948 arrived at Sunderland

3 January 1949 berthed at Hull

20 January 1949 arrived at Liverpool from Plymouth

16 March 1949 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

21 March 1949 arrived at Newcastle Quay, River Tyne

2 May 1949 berthed at Tyne Dock

26 June 1949 arrived at the River Tyne from Grangemouth

27 June 1949 berthed on Newcastle Quay, River Tyne

26 August 1949 arrived at the River Tyne from Gothenburg

1 September 1949 sailed from the River Tyne for Gothenburg

7 October 1949 sailed from the River Tyne for Gothenburg

8 November 1949 arrived at the River Tyne from Gothenburg

13 March 1950 arrived at the River Tyne from Gothenburg

28 March 1950 berthed on the River Tyne

17 July 1950 arrived at the River Tyne from Gothenburg berthing on Newcastle Quay

31 July 1950 arrived at the River Tyne from Gothenburg

13 December 1950 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard

20 December 1950 arrived at Leith from Grangemouth

July 1956 bought by F.T.Everard & Sons Ltd and renamed Awardity

mv Awardity

13 July 1956 at London registered as AWARDITY under the reference 115/56 in the Register

31 December 1956 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on Flamorough Head sailing north bound

7 September 1958 arrived at the River Wear sailing the same day

20 October 1958 arrived the River Wear

November 1960 Re-engined by Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury

December 1965 bought by Koutlakis Thanopoulo and renamed AGIA TRIAS

1970 bought by J.Emmanouelides and renamed KOPANOS

1973 resold to Koutlakis & Thanopoulis and name reverted to AGIA TRIAS

1973 bought by Nicholas Tzonis and renamed PRODROMAKI A.

June 1973 broken up at Eleusis, Greece

Notes: 

1. The above image was after she had been sold and renamed Awardity.