Official Number: 162656
Class: Fleet Messenger
Pennant Number: Y 4.31
Builder: Scott & Co, Bowling
Launched: 18 September 1890
Fate: Destroyed by fire and explosion
Official Number: 162656
Class: Fleet Messenger
Pennant Number: Y 4.31
Builder: Scott & Co, Bowling
Launched: 18 September 1890
Fate: Destroyed by fire and explosion
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data:
One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA.
18 September 1890 Launched by Scott & Co, Bowling as Yard Nr 80 named PEBBLE for Wm Robertson & Co Ltd, Glasgow
September 1890 completed
24 July 1915 requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Fleet Messenger, name unchanged
2 July 1917 Engineer Lieutenant W W Sharland RNR discharged dead. He is buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece
17 May 1918 Engineer Lieutenant William Henry Aldcroft RNR discharged dead. He is buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece
30 July 1918 Assistant Cook Charles Arokin MMR 927353 discharged dead. He is remembered with pride on the Plymouth Naval Memorial
24 March 1919 Engineer Lieutenant Samuel Hiddlestone RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
23 May 1919 purchased by the Admiralty
August 1920 purchased by J. Saparis, Piraeus and renamed ANGHELIKI SAPARIS
1925 purchased by Michalinos Maritime & Commercial Co Ltd, Piraeus and renamed KERAMICOS
1930 purchased by Spetsiotiki Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Piraeus and renamed KERAMIKOS
26 June 1933 destroyed by an explosion and fire at Alexandretta