 RFA Hungerford 
Builder: Weser Actien Gesellschaft, Bremen
Yard No: 192 Official No: 136803
Completed: March 1913
Tonnage: 5,811 grt
Length: 420.2 feet
Beam: 56.1 feet
Propulsion: 1 x 3cyl triple expansion engine by builder, single shaft.
Speed: 11.5 knots
Launched as the cargo vessel “Lauterfels” for Deutsche Dampschiffahrts Gesellschaft Hansa of Bremen.
She was seized by British forces at Port Said in August 1914, and awarded to the Admiralty by the Prize Court in 1915 and re-named “Hungerford”.
The ship was placed under the management of Graham’s, London. And on the 28th July 1915 work commenced to convert her to a Distilling Ship. On the 22nd June she was again taken in hand for conversion to a Collier, and placed under the management of G. Heyn and Sons, London.
RFA Hungerford was torpedoed by UC 75 (Oberleutnant Zur See Walther Schmitz) on the 16th April 1918, 9 miles south of the Owers Light Vessel, whilst on passage from Le Havre to New York in Ballast, eight members of the crew perished, only one of which has a known grave. |
