Official Number: 129345
Builder: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd., Aberdeen
Launched: 6 September 1910
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
6 September 1910 Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as Yard Nr 476 named INTABA for J.T. Rennie & Son, Aberdeen. Her name in Zulu means “a counsellor”
October 1910 completed
8 August 1911 Purchased for £72,073 by Charente Steamship Co Ltd ( T & J Harrison, Managers) Liverpool name unchanged
16 July 1913 berthed at Natal from London
2 October 1913 suffered a fire on board in the English Channel and had to be taken to London for repairs.
5 August 1914 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Stores Ship and served in the Caribbean, Falklands, Far East and as a destroyer depot ship for ships on the Dover Patrol
August 1914 Lieutenant John W Watling RNR appointed as Commanding Officer and Engineer George Young RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
31 August 1915 sailed London to Devonport arriving on 1 September 1915
2 September 1915 at Devonport on the South Yard Jetty loading Naval Stores
11 September 1915 sailed Devonport under escort of 2 destroyers for St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands - a trip of 2,296 nautical miles
12 September 1915 escort left
19 September 1915 arrived St. Vincent and bunkered and loaded fresh water
21 September 1915 sailed St Vincent to Permambaco arriving on 28 September 1915 - 1617 nautical miles
28 September 1915 sailed Permambaco to Alrohos Rocks arriving on 1 October 1915 - 670 nautical miles
2 October 1915 alongside HMS Glasgow discharging to her naval stores
4 October 1915 alongside HMS Vindictive discharing naval stores
6 October 1915 alongside HMS Edinburgh Castle discharging victualling and naval stores
8 October 1915 sailed Alrohos Rocks to Rio de Janerio arriving on 10 October 1915 - 440 nautical miles
10 October 1915 at Rio de Janerio loaded 310 tons of fresh water
11 October 1915 sailed Rio de Janerio to Montevideo - 1051 nautical miles
15 October 1915 arrived Montevideo berthed alongside HMS Macedonia - supplying naval and victualling stores
16 October 1915 sailed Montevideo to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands arriving on 20 October 1915 - 979 nautical miles
21 October 1915 received bunker coal from the collier Neilrose then supplied stores to the collier - transfer of bunkers and stoires completed 29 October 1915
1 November 1915 sailed Port Stanley, Falkland Islands to Punta Arenas Roads - 566 nautical miles
3 November 1915 and 4 November 1915 took on board 189 tons of fresh water
4 November 1915 sailed Punta Arenas Roads to Callas arriving on 18 November 1915
19 November 1915 sailed Callas Roads to Sechura Bay arriving on 21 November 1915
21 November 1915 at Sechura Bay the collier Ellushe came alongside supplying bunker coal until 24 November 1915
25 November 1915 sailed Sechura Bay towing a target for HMS Kent on various days until 13 December 1915
25 December 1915 Dr Alfred N de Gruchy - the ships Doctor - discharged dead - natural causes
18 April 1916 taken over by the Admiralty for service as a Q-Ship and served as Q 2 then WAITOMO, but to avoid confusion with the Union Steamship Co of New Zealand’s ship of the same name she was renamed WAITOPPO
8 December 1916 with Commander Frank Powell in command was attacked by a submarine close to the Kola Inlet
11 July 1917 her decoy ship service ended.
5 January 1918 returned to her owners as INTABA
12 May 1922 sailed London to Barbados
17 May 1927 purchased by H.M.H. Nemazee, Hong Kong for £18,414 and was renamed ENGELSTAN
1929 purchased by Bengal Burma Steam Navigation Co Ltd ( A.B. Chowdry, Manager) Rangoon, name unchanged
1950 purchased by Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Bombay name unchanged
August 1952 sold for demolition by Etablisemente Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent
31 October 1952 sailed Bombay, under tow, to Ghent
21 January 1953 arrived Ghent
26 January 1953 demolition commenced |
