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Official Number:                     140436                                                                        

Class:                                      SECOND 1000 t CREOSOL CLASS Harbour Oiler

Pennant No:                            X38 / A120

Laid down:
Builder:                                     Lobnitz Co, Renfrew
Launched:                                18 October 1917
Into Service:                             18 December 1917
Out of service:                          Laid up at Pembroke Dock 30 June 1953
Fate:                                          Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:  On the outbreak of WW1, the Admiralty embarked on a further programme of tanker construction for the newly-formed RFA Service. Eventually there were 18 ships in this Class, 12 of which were named after trees with the OL suffix, while the remainder had names connected with the oil industry also with the OL suffix. 4 of the Class were diesel engined and were sold after the Armistice but the rest, being triple expansion steamers, had long and successful lives

18 October 1917 Launched by Lobnitz & Co, Renfrew as Yard Nr 819 named LIMOL

 25 October 1917 Engineer Lieutenant Thomas Dobbie RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. Previously he had served on RFA Messenger

1 November 1917 Lieutenant William Morgan RNR appointed in command. He signed off on 6 February 1919 on being demobilised. Previously he had served on RFA Trefoil.

18 March 1918 Stoker Clarence Wilyman sentenced to 28 days DQ's at Pembroke Dock. He had signed on on 21 January 1918

31 August 1918 Able Seaman W Hughes logged as deserted while the ship was at Pembroke Dock. He had signed on on the 8 November 1917

5 September 1918 Able Seaman Chas Hare MMR 850929 discharged to Detention Barracks. He had signed on on 12 April 1918

8 February 1919 Greaser William Heap discharged to prison - no reason shown

9 February 1919 Lieutenant Cyril F Haughton RNR appointed in command.  He had previously served on RFA Francol as Chief Officer (in the rank of Sub Lieutenant RNR) from 13 November 1917,

20 February 1919 Greaser H V Gibbs, aged 32 years, MMR 471460 discharged dead. He was buried at Thurrock (Grays) New Cemetery, Essex. The CWGC have his MMR number recorded as 571460 and his rate as Chief Petty Officer

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3 July 1919 Donkeyman Richard Sharkey MMR 753731 logged as deserting. He had signed on on the 22 March 1919

10 July 1919 Greaser Michael Carr MMR 921224 logged as deserting. He had signed on on the 19 March 1919

19 July 1919 salvaged the cargo of the ss Defiance for which salvage money was announced in the London Gazette No 32429 page 6601 of the 19 August 1921

13 November 1919 Cooks Boy William Claxton MMR 981846 and Donkeyman Edward McAlister MMR 443241 sent back to HMS Eaglet as both refused to sign BofT articles

26 January 1920 Engineer Sub Lieutenant Reginald H Williams RNR discharged for misconduct. He had signed on on 6 July 1918 having previously served on RFA Industry

9 February 1920 Captain Cyril F Haughton RFA appointed as Master

11 February 1920 Mr A D Scott RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

30 March 1920 Able Seaman Harry Chapman, aged 31 years, discharged dead. He was buried in the Naval Section of Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent

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7 May 1920 all the crew signed 'Home Trade' articles

24 August 1923 Chief Officer John B Hurst RFA appointed as Acting Master

27 August 1923 Mr J H Collins RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

11 June 1925 Mr L A Sharp RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

2 December 1925 Captain H Atkinson RFA appointed as Master

1 April 1927 Captain Cecil R Rosen RFA appointed as Master

14 August 1927 Mr J R Flett RFA appointed as Acting Chief Engineer Officer

1 August 1928 Captain E Parker RFA appointed as Master

29 August 1928 Mr W S Ritchie RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

15 March 1929 Captain Charles H Noel RFA appointed as Master

Captain Charles H Noel RFA

16 October 1929 Mr A B McIntyre RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

12 December 1929 Captain W H Farrow RFA appointed as Master

10 February 1930 Mr T W Robinson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

25 August 1930 Mr Sydney J M Esson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

12 June 1931 Mr A Nichols RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

4 March 1932  Captain R T Gallon RFA appointed as Master

7 March 1933 Captain G W Calloway RFA (Lieutenant Commander RNR (Retd)) appointed as Master

30 June 1933 Mr George C Dunning RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

6 December 1933 Captain T C Robinson RFA (Lieutenant Commander RN (Retd)) appointed as Master

10 October 1934 Mr J E Hawthorn RFA appointed as Acting Chief Engineer Officer

8 May 1935 Captain W T Williams RFA appointed as Master

25 June 1935 Mr M Blair RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

5 September 1938 Captain Archibald H Howard RFA appointed as Master

29 September 1938 Mr W E Burke RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

20 November 1938 Captain Archibald H Howard RFA discharged dead

15 December 1938 Captain Thomas Elder RFA appointed as Master until 18 May 1939

12 July 1939 Captain Reginald Percival Harris RFA appointed as Master

21 July 1939 Mr D L S Hood RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

27 August 1939 Captain Frederick S Harvey RFA appointed as Master

3 September 1939 was lying alongside the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes at Portland on the outbreak of World War 2

3 January 1940 Captain H W Flint RFA appointed as Master

8 February 1940 Mr W J Brown RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 April 1940 sailed from Middlesborough in convoy FS 156

6 June 1940 sailed from Middlesborough in convoy FS 189 to the Humber

9 July 1940 sailed from Middlesborough in convoy FS 217 to the Humber

12 September 1940 under going repairs at Immingham

25 September 1940 sailed from Middlesborough in convoy FS 290

11 November 1940 Captain S P Sice RFA appointed as Master

12 January 1941 sailed from Middlesborough in convoy FS 386 to the Humber arriving on the 14 January 1941

26 February 1941 sailed the Humber to Harwich

19 May 1941 Mr E C Harrison RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

28 October 1941 under going repairs at Newcastle

5 April 1942 Captain R M Shaw RFA appointed as Master

14 January 1943 Mr J Wade-Thomas RFA (Engineer Lieutenant Commander RNR (ret)) appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

21 August 1943 Captain G B A Livesey RFA appointed as Master

15 November 1943 Mr F A Essam RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

18 July 1945 Captain R K Hill RFA appointed as Master

15 September 1945 sailed Middlesborough to the Tyne arriving on 17 September 1945

15 November 1945 Mr T Eggleston RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

29 April 1947 2nd Engineer Officer Cecil Douglas Buchanan RFA discharged dead.

30 May 1947 Captain Edmund H Butterworth RFA appointed as Master

Captain Edmund H Butterworth RFA

31 July 1947 Mr J Ismay RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

22 December 1947 Captain W L Holtham RFA appointed as Master

14 September 1948 at Portland alongside HMS Jutland refuelling her

24 September 1948 Captain T G Hill RFA appointed as Master

31 March 1949 Mr C J Falconer RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

14 October 1949 Captain G W Webster RFA appointed as Master

29 October 1949 Mr C F Paradise RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

6 March 1951 Mr W H MacFarlane RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

20 September 1951 Mr T B Willis RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

18 February 1952 Captain George Baker RFA appointed as Master

16 February 1953 Captain Frank S Samson RFA appointed as Master

30 June 1953 laid up at Pembroke Dock along with RFA‘s BOXOL and PHILOL

August 1959 sold to BISCO for scrap

23 August 1959 arrived Briton Ferry for breaking up by T.W. Ward Ltd