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Official Number: 136338
Class: INNIS CLASS Water Carrier
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Laid down:
Builder: W Chalmers & Co, Rutherglen
Launched: 16 April 1914
Into Service: 20 September 1915
Out of service: 1920
Fate: Sold out of Service
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
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
Sold out of service
16 April 1914 launched by William Chalmers & Co Ltd, Rutherglen as Yard Nr 168 named INNISULVA for Coasting Motor Shipping Co Ltd (John M. Paton, Manager) Glasgow
3 December 1914 registered as above
29 September 1915 purchased by the Admiralty for service as a Water Carrier, name unchanged
24 April 1916 Sub-Lieutenant Duncan Campbell RNR appointed in Command
13 April 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her - provided her with 65 tons FFO
22 May 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her - provided her with 85 tons FFO
26 June 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her - provided her with 46 tons FFO
21 April 1920 purchased by Renhold J. Frisk, Cardiff name unchanged
28 April 1920 owners became Mizel Shipping Co Ltd ( Harold Davies & Renhold J. Frisk, Managers) Cardiff name unchanged
19 July 1924 purchased by C. Shaw Lovell & Sons Ltd ( Algernon H. Philpot, Manager) London name unchanged
12 June 1940 abandoned at Paris and seized by German forces. One member of her crew of five became a PoW
30 June 1942 condemned by the Hamburg Prize Court
14 July 1942 Register closed
30 January 1946 found sunk at Quai Garonne Vieux, Le Havre
13 December 1946 refloated by the French Navy
1948 purchased by Societe Havraise Industrielle et Navale, Le Havre
1949 No further details known
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