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RFA Ingeborg

 

RFA Ingeborg

 

 

Previous name:
Subsequent name:                 Awardity,  Agia Trias,  Kopanos,  Prodromaki 

Official Number:                      187436                                                          

Class:                                       Fleet Attendant Oiler

Pennant No:                            X 112

Laid down:
Builder:                                     J. L.  Meyer,  Papenburg
Launched:                               1937 
Into Service:                             June 1940
Out of service:                         1945
Fate:                                         1973 Broken up at Eleusis

 

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -


Background Data:

 

One of the small ex-commercial tankers that were taken over by the Admiralty for service on Fleet Attendant duties in UK waters under RFA manning. She was returned to her former owners at the end of the War

 

30 December 1936 Launched by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg as Yard  Nr 407 named INGEBORG for Algemeen Vrachtkantoor N.V, Rotterdam

April 1937 completed

3 June 1940 acquired by the Admiralty for RFA service and retained her name

9 June 1940 taken over as RFA INGEBORG for Fleet Attendant duties in UK waters

14 June 1940 Captain James Jolly RFA appointed as Master

18 June 1940 Mr William H V Davis RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 December 1940 Mr T H Cosby RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

11 March 1941 Captain Alfed Matthews Uglow RFA appointed as Master

18 April 1942 Captain H C Coles RFA (Lieutenant Commander RNR (ret)) appointed as Master

Mar 1944 Mr W M. Howdle RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1945 returned to her owners, name unchanged

July 1956 bought by F.T.Everard & Sons Ltd and renamed Awardity 

November 1960 Re-engined by Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury

December 1965 bought by Koutlakis Thanopoulo and renamed AGIA TRIAS

1970 bought by J.Emmanouelides and renamed KOPANOS

1973 resold to Koutlakis & Thanopoulis and name reverted to AGIA TRIAS

1973 bought by Nicholas Tzonis and renamed PRODROMAKI A.

June 1973 broken up at Eleusis, Greece

 

Notes

 

1. The above image was after she had been sold and renamed Awardity.

 

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