Subsequent name: Miriam
Official Number 133382
Pennant No:
Class: Stores Carrier
Laid down:
Builder: Earles Co Ltd, Hull
Launched: 8 March 1912
Into Service: 2 August 1914
Out of service: 22 March 1915
Fate: 2 February 1944 wrecked
Subsequent name: Miriam
Official Number 133382
Pennant No:
Class: Stores Carrier
Laid down:
Builder: Earles Co Ltd, Hull
Launched: 8 March 1912
Into Service: 2 August 1914
Out of service: 22 March 1915
Fate: 2 February 1944 wrecked
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
8 March 1912 launched by Earles Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd, Hull as Yard Nr 585 named SORRENTO for T. Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull
December 1912 completed the Admiralty for service as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged
7 August 1914 Lieutenant Charles H Woldorf RNR appointed as Commanding Officer and Engineer John Dobson RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
17 December 1914 to 9 March 1915 at Harwich
10 March 1915 sailed Harwich to Sheerness arriving the same day
16 March 1915 sailed Sheerness to Erith Roads
17 March 1915 sailed Erith Roads to Woolwich Buoys
20 March 1915 Woolwich Buoys to Deptford dry dock
22 March 1915 Deptford dry dock to West India Dock
26 March 1915 returned to owners
1916 owners purchased by Sir John Ellerman and name altered to Ellerman’s Wilson Line, name unchanged
20 June 1919 arrived at Algiers
1938 purchased by Palestine Maritime Lloyd (Cyprus) Ltd (Palestine Maritime Lloyd Ltd, Managers) Haifa and renamed MIRIAM
February 1940 requisitioned by the MoWT and placed under management of W. H.Muller & Co
2 February 1944 wrecked 5 miles south of Taranto in thick fog having lost her convoy while on passage from Augusta to Brindisi with a cargo of automobile engines and general stores