Official Number: 131393
Class: Fleet Messenger/Store Carrier
Pennant No: Y 4.54
Builder: J T Eltringham & Co Ltd., South Shields
Launched: 24 August 1911
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
Background Data One of a group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
24 August 1911 launched by J.T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields as Yard Nr 283 named OVERTON for Overton Steamship Co Ltd (R.R. Clark, Managers), Liverpool
24 October 1911 completed
26 September 1915 requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a Fleet Messenger, name unchanged
5 October 1915 Engineer Lieutenant David Morris RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
8 October 1915 in Plymouth Sound having her compass adjusted
9 October 1915 sailed Plymouth to Gibraltar arriving on 15 October 1915
15 October 1915 while at Gibraltar bunkers and fresh water were loaded
18 October 1915 sailed Gibraltar to Malta arriving on 23 October 1915
24 October 1915 while at Malta bunkers and fresh water were loaded
26 October 1915 sailed Malta for Salonika Bay - anchored off
27 October 1915 to 15 November 1915 discharged all her cargo
16 November 1915 sailed Salonika Bay to Mudros arriving the next day
23 June 1916 sailed Alexandria to Mudros arriving 28 June 1916
6 July 1916 at Mudros alongside RFA Reliance
7 July 1916 and 8 July 1916 fitters from RFA Reliance were fitting a gun mounting
20 July 1916 sailed Mudros to Suda Bay, Crete
5 August 1916 at Mudros alongside RFA Bacchus (1)
7 August 1916 at Mudros cast off from RFA Bacchus (1)
2 October 1916 Lieutenant J Hewitt RNR was the ships Master
12 October 1916 at Mudros alongside RFA Race Fisher loading petrol in drums
13 October 1916 at Mudros alongside HMS Abercrombie discharging naval stores to her
26 October 1916 at Salonika anchorded off
17 November 1916 Sub Lieutenant Edward Alexander Leigh-Carte RNR discharged dead. He is buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in grave O.25
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11 December 1916 at Mudros alongside collier Ellerdale for bunkers
1 January 1917 at Mudros struck by lighting - the mizzen mast was split
4 January 1917 at Mudros Seamen D Spittle and F Graham place under arrest on HMS Europa
28 July 1917 sailed Mudros
11 September 1918 at Corfu alongside RFA Bacchus (1) delivering Naval Stores to her
31 October 1918 and 1 November 1918 at Mudos alongside RFA Bacchus (1) delivering Naval Stores to her
29 December 1919 at Constantinople sailed for Novovossisk
7 September 1920 arrived at Plymouth from Gibraltar
October 1920 to 1921 served as a stores carrier
7 September 1955 ran aground in mist and was wrecked on Saddle Rock near the Maidens Lighthouse, 3 miles from Larne, Co Antrim during a voyage from Liverpool to Larne and Coleraine with a general cargo. Her crew were taken off by the Danaghadee Lifeboat..
13 December 1955 disappeared in heavy seas from Saddle Rock where she had been left abandoned
3 February 1956 At a subsequent Ministry of Transport Enquiry the Master - Captain Bernard Richardson - was held to blame. His Master Home Trade ticket was suspended for six months. On application by Captain Richardson he was granted a Mates Home Trade ticket during the suspension. |
