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Builder:                                                   S P Austin and Son., Sunderland
Launched:                                              4 August 1906   
Into Service:                                           5 August 1914       
Out of service:                                        26 March 1918
Fate:                                                        Sunk by German submarine UC17

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5 August 1914 Lieutenant Daniel Richardson RNR appointed in command and Lieutenant Michael J Hindmarch RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 March 1918 while sailing from Plymouth to Malta with a cargo of mines she was torpedoed by the German Submarine UC17. The ship sank. Of the 40 members of the crew on the ship 39 lost their lives. The crew was a mixed RFA/RN one. Those who were members of the RFA have been included in the Roll of Honour for 1918.

Part of the Rothes, Morayshire War memorial

Others are remembered with pride on the Plymouth and Portsmouth Naval Memorials and also the Anthony War Memorial, near Torpoint