Previous name:                      Olalla
Subsequent name:                Lampas,  Loida,  Foundation Star

Official Number:                      139170                                                          

Class:                                       Emergency Wartime Construction LEAF Group Freighting Tanker

Pennant No:                            Y7.153

Laid down:
Builder:                                    Craig Taylor & Co, Stockton
Launched:                               30 August 1916
Into Service:                            December 1916
Out of service:                         1919 sold commercially
Fate:                                         Sunk

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:  During WW1, 18 vessels of varying types were acquired second hand and converted or purchased and converted while on the stocks or in a few cases building as tankers. Some were converted after serving with the Dummy Battleship Squadron by the insertion of cylindrical tanks in their holds. All were originally intended to operate as RFA’s, however owing to reasons of international law and the operation of the US Neutrality Act, these oilers became Mercantile Fleet Auxiliaries, being renamed with the LEAF nomenclature and placed under civilian management, although operationally they remained under Admiralty control

30 August 1916 launched by Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton as Yard Nr 171 named RFA OLALLA

8 December 1916 ceased to be considered as an RFA

December 1916 completed and placed under management of  Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, London as an oiler transport and renamed LAURELLEAF

2 January 1917 berthed at Bermuda with main engine defects - White metal bearings required repairing.

1 February 1917 berthed at Port Arthur

17 March 1917 off Southern Ireland subject to an attack by a German submarine - the torpedo missed its mark

22 March 1917 arrived at Invergordon

28 March 1917 arrived at Glasgow

28 April 1917 berthed Sabine, Port Arthur

5 May 1917 sailed Sabine, Port Arthur, Texas with a load of 7,449 tons of FFO

1 June 1917 sailed Scapa Flow at 13:00hrs

10 June 1917 sailed Greenoch

26 June 1917 berthed at Port of Spain Trinidad

5 September 1917 Seaman Lawrence Williamson discharged dead. He is buried in San Fernando (Paradise) Cemetery. Trinidad

1919 purchased by Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London name unchanged

22 March 1921 berthed at Avonmouth to discharge after a voyage from Abadan with 5 passengers

29 March 1921 arrived Barrow  

1922 renamed LAMPAS by her owners

16 June 1927 purchased for £70,000 by Dampskibsselskapete A/S Stokke (N. Chr. Evensen,  Manager) Norway and time chartered to her previous owners

1932  grounded in the River Mersey - tugs Minegarth, Poolgarth and Yewgarth  assisted in pulling her clear. Subject to litigation in the Admiralty division of the High Court on 24 March 1933 - case (1933) 45 Ll.L.Rep. 259 refers

1939 sold to Compania Maritima Atlantica Ltda, Panama and renamed LOIDA under the Panamanian Flag

23 July 1942 sailed Hampton Roads in convoy KS523 to Key West arriving on 31 July 1942

1 August 1942 sailed Key West in convoy WAT11 to Guantanamo arriving on 4 August 1942

6 August 1942 sailed Guantanamo in convoy CP4 to Cristobal arriving on 10 August 1942

1952 sold to Foundation Shipping Corp, Panama and renamed FOUNDATION STAR