Official No: 129335
Pennant No: Y8.13 / Y3.819 / Y3.810
Laid down:
Builder: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Launched: 17 August 1909
Into Service: 4 October 1914
Out of service: 30 January 1918
Fate: Sunk by submarine gunfire
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
17 August 1909 launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as Yard Nr 470 named FERRYHILL for Andrew Abercromby, Aberdeen
August 1909 completed
1910 change of owners to C. R. Davidson & Co.
4 October 1914 to 28 May 1915 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a collier.
29 May 1915 to 7 June 1915 became a stores carrier still under the Admiralty control
19 July 1915 reverted to being a collier - again still under Admiralty control
25 February 1916 Chief Engineer Charles Officer discharged dead. While on charter to the Admiralty the ship was moored in Ramsgate Harbour. She was berthed outboard of a hulk. The Chief Engineer returning to his ship apparently fell into the water and was drowned.
28 January 1918 the death of the Chief Engineer subject to a claim for compensation. An appeal was heard in the House of Lords this day - reported at length in The Times of the 29 January 1918
1918 change of owners to Ferrum S. S. Co. Ltd (G. T. Gillie & Co. Managers).
30 January 1918 sunk by the German submarine UB54 (Oberleutnant zur See Egon von Werner) by gunfire 15 nautical miles west of Cape d'Antifer when she was in ballast a voyage from Le Havre to Littlehampton. There were no casualties.
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