Official Number 99738
Class: Ammunition Carrier
Pennant No:
Laid down:
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Launched: 2 May 1908
Into Service: 9 December 1914
Out of service: 17 August 1916
Fate: Sunk 24 March 1943
Official Number 99738
Class: Ammunition Carrier
Pennant No:
Laid down:
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Launched: 2 May 1908
Into Service: 9 December 1914
Out of service: 17 August 1916
Fate: Sunk 24 March 1943
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
2 May 1908 launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr as Yard Nr 208A named TOSCA for W.W.C. Smith & Co, Ayr
June 1908 completed
25 October 1910 sailed Gravesend to Harburg
25 March 1911 struck the pier head at Great Yarmouth receving damage below the water line, lost anchor and chain
9 December 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Ammunition Carrier
17 August 1916 returned to her owners
1916 purchased by F T Eberhardt, name unchanged
1918 purchased by F.T. Everard, Greenhithe name unchanged
1922 owners became F.T. Everard & Sons, Greenhithe name unchanged
1926 purchased by W.A. Wilson, Southampton, name unchanged
1933 purchased by G. B. Figari, Antonio Maggiolo & Co (Gio Batta Figari, Manager) Genoa name unchanged
1940 purchased by G.M. Scotto, Genoa name unchanged
23 March 1943 while on passage from Termini Imerese to Messina she torpedoed by HMS/m SAHIB between Cape Orlando and Cape Milazzo
24 March 1943 sank one mile of Cape Calava