Previous name:
Subsequent name:
Official Number: 105319
Class: Stores Carrier
Pennant No: Y 9.13
Laid down:
Builder: Workman Clark & Co, Belfast
Launched: 25 May 1895
Into Service:
Out of service: 3 November 1916
Fate: Sunk
Previous name:
Subsequent name:
Official Number: 105319
Class: Stores Carrier
Pennant No: Y 9.13
Laid down:
Builder: Workman Clark & Co, Belfast
Launched: 25 May 1895
Into Service:
Out of service: 3 November 1916
Fate: Sunk
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA.
25 May 1895 Launched by Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast as Yard Nr 119 named STATESMAN for T & J Harrison Ltd, Liverpool
10 July 1895 completed at a cost of £68,294
June 1897 in collision with the Dutch steamer CYCLOPS in the Suez Canal
22 November 1897 in collision with the German steamer PRINZ HEINRICH in the Suez Canal
5 January 1898 in collision with the Italian steamer ADRIATICO in the Suez Canal
26 May 1902 grounded briefly at Moses Well, Suez
June 1906 in collision with the British steamer POLYPHEMUS
March 1913 in collision with an unnamed sailing ship at San Francisco
4 August 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Stores Carrier, name unchanged
12 August 1914 Lieutenant Harry Walton RNR appointed as Commanding Officer and Engineer F J Dunn RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
12 August 1914 commissioned
7 March 1915 returned to her owners
3 November 1916 while on passage from Liverpool to Calcutta with general cargo, she was torpedoed by UB – 43 in the Mediterranean, 200 miles East of Malta. The submarine then surfaced and attacked with her deck gun, which killed six of the crew. The survivors were taken off by the sloop HMS SNAPDRAGON and a towline was connected to commence a tow to Malta
5 November 1915 she sank while under tow in position 36.00N 18.30E