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Official Number:                   133135                                                                                       

Class:                                     INNIS CLASS Water Carrier

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Builder:                                   A Jeffrey & Co Ltd, Alloa
Launched:                             20 May 1913
Into Service:                          14 August 1915

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Fate:                                        Wrecked

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Background Data:   There was originally a Class of 18 vessels with the INNIS prefix to their names, and the first 12 vessels were ordered in 1912, followed shortly afterwards by orders for a further 6 vessels. Only 6 of the Class  saw Admiralty service as Water Carriers during WW1

20 May 1913 launched by A. Jeffrey & Co, Alloa as Yard Nr 7 named  INNISINVER for Coasting Motor Shipping Co Ltd (John M. Paton, Manager) Glasgow

9 July 1913 registered as above

14 August 1915 purchased by the Admiralty for service as a Water Carrier, name unchanged

29 November 1915 the Director of Transport allocated this ship to Harwich Dockyard

4th December 1916 Sub-Lieutenant Charles R Cooper RNR appointed in command

19 July 1920 purchased for £3,800 by Stick-Diesel Oil Engines Ltd on behalf of Alexander  Fergusson, London name unchanged

26 July 1920 registered in the ownership of Alexander Fergusson, London name unchanged

11 November 1925 purchased by John Hornsby and Sons (Shipbreakers) Ltd, Bradford name unchanged

26 March 1926 purchased by Henry S. Pulsford, Parkstone name unchanged

11 September 1926 owner became Honor Pulsford, Parkstone name unchanged

9 September 1930 sank off Portland Bill, Dorset after striking a submerged object while on passage from Par to Boulogne with a cargo of china clay. Her 4 crew escaped in the ship’s boat

7 May 1931 register closed