Subsequent name:
Official Number: 136338
Class: INNIS CLASS Water Carrier
Pennant No:
Laid down:
Builder: W Chalmers & Co, Rutherglen
Launched: 16 April 1914
Into Service: 20 September 1915
Out of service: March 1920
Fate: Sold out of Service
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data:
There was originally a Class of eighteen vessels with the INNIS prefix to their names, and the first 12 vessels were ordered in 1912, followed shortly afterwards by orders for a further 6 vessels. Only six of the Class saw Admiralty service as Water Carriers during WW1
16 April 1914 launched by William Chalmers & Co Ltd, Rutherglen as Yard Nr: 168 named INNISULVA for Coasting Motor Shipping Co Ltd., (John M. Paton, Manager) Glasgow
3 December 1914 registered as above
18 May 1915 arrived at Bute East Dock, Cardiff
29 September 1915 purchased by the Admiralty for service as a Water Carrier – name unchanged
29 November 1915 the Director of Transport allocated this ship to Dover with a Master, a mate, two enginemen and four deckhands
24 April 1916 Sub-Lieutenant Duncan Campbell RNR appointed in Command
13 April 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her – provided her with 65 tons FFO
HMS FEARLESS
22 May 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her – provided her with 85 tons FFO
26 June 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her – provided her with 46 tons FFO
21 April 1920 purchased by Renhold J. Frisk, Cardiff name unchanged
26 April 1920 sailed Methil for Inverness with a cargo of coal
28 April 1920 owners became Mizel Shipping Co Ltd (Harold Davies & Renhold J. Frisk, Managers) Cardiff name unchanged
8 July 1920 sailed Burntisland for Aberdeen
15 July 1920 arrived at Burntisland from Aberdeen in ballast
30 August 1920 sailed Grangemouth with a cargo of pig iron
31 August 1920 arrived at Methil from Grangemouth
28 September 1920 arrived at Aberdeen from Blyth with a cargo of coal
13 October 1920 arrived at Methil from Aberdeen
14 October 1920 sailed Methil for Dublin
19 July 1924 purchased by C. Shaw Lovell & Sons Ltd (Algernon H. Philpot, Manager) London name unchanged
4 June 1925 on the River Thames, near Stepney Able Seaman George Allan discharged dead – drowned
10 June 1928 arrived at London
21 November 1930 in collision with the side of an arch of Westminster Bridge, River Thames suffering damage
31 March 1933 passed St Catherine’s Point sailing west
7 April 1933 passed the Lloyds Signal Station at Dover
19 September 1934 arrived at the River Tees from London
13 October 1934 passed Flamborough Head sailing northbound
9 November 1934 arrived at the River Tees from London
29 March 1935 arrived Plymouth from Exmouth sailing the same day for London
14 June 1935 sailed from Blyth
12 June 1936 sailed Plymouth
13 July 1936 arrived at Plymouth
21 August 1936 sailed River Tyne for Blyth
13 December 1937 sailed Newyln
25 March 1938 sailed Plymouth for London
24 November 1938 grounded near Lowestoft in dense fog when on passage from the Island of Jersey to the Humber. Refloated on the next tide undamaged
4 February 1939 arrived at Goole from South Shields, River Tyne
7 March 1939 arrived at Seaham
10 May 1939 arrived at Hull from Rochester
15 Jun 1939 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on St. Catherines Head sailing east bound
12 June 1940 abandoned at Paris and seized by German forces. One member of her crew of five became a PoW
30 June 1942 condemned by the Hamburg Prize Court
14 July 1942 Register closed
30 January 1946 found sunk at Quai Garonne Vieux, Le Havre
13 December 1946 refloated by the French Navy
1948 purchased by Societe Havraise Industrielle et Navale, Le Havre
1949 No further details known