RFA Nigeira

RFA Nigeria

ss Nigeria before service as an RFA

 

Previous name:
Subsequent name:                Niger

Official Number:                      114747

Class:                                       Accommodation Ship

Pennant No:                            Y8.70

Laid down:
Builder:                                    Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough
Launched:                               6 May 1901

Into Service:                            8 November 1916
Out of service:
Fate:                                         Broken up

 

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

 

Background Data:  One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW1 to supplement the ships of the RFA

 

6 May 1901  Launched by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough as Yard Nr 479 named NIGERIA for the African Steamship Company (Elder Dempster, Managers) London

August 1901 completed with accommodation for 108 first class and 52 second class passengers

18 September 1901 sailed Liverpool on her maiden voyage for West African Ports

4 February 1902 sailed Sierra Leone for Liverpool

15 April 1903 sailed Teneriffe for the River Congo

27 May 1903 passed Teneriffe north bound while on passage from West Africa

2 June 1903 berthed at Southampton from West Africa

27 June 1903 sailed Liverpool for West Africa

10 August 1903 sailed Canary Islands for Maderia

11 August 1903 sailed Maderia for Liverpool

17 August 1903 arrived at Liverpool

5 September 1903 sailed Liverpool for West Africa

19 September 1903 berthed at Sekondi from Liverpool

26 October 1903 arrived Plymouth from West Africa then sailed the same day for Liverpool

25 November 1903 arrived at Sierra Leone from Liverpool

16 December 1903 sailed Lagos, Nigeria for Liverpool

3 February 1904 arrived at Sierra Leone from Liverpool

13 April 1904 arrived at Sierra Leone from Liverpool

11 July 1904 sailed Lagos, Nigeria for Liverpool

22 July 1904 sailed Canary Islands for Plymouth and Liverpool

12 January 1914 sailed Canary Islands for Liverpool

8 November 1916 chartered by the Admiralty for service as an accommodation ship

9 March 1917 while serving as an accommodation ship was extensively damaged at Murmansk when a fire broke out aboard her. She was scuttled then later refloated and  repaired

1918 converted to cargo service for the Shipping Controller (Elder Dempster - Managers)

1920 purchased by Mr Clause Langdon, London

1921 purchased by Cie Marseillaise de Navigation a Vapeur (Cie Fraissinet, Managers) Marseilles and renamed NIGER

1931 sold to Italian breakers for 250,000 Francs

30 October 1931 arrived for breaking up at Genoa.

 

 

 

Ships of the same name

Nigeria. Cruiser, 8,000 tons 555.5 x 62 feet, by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on the 18 July 1939.  Armed with 12 x 6 inch, 8 x 4 inch and 6 torpedo tubes.  Sold to the Indian Navy on the 29 August 1957 and renamed Mysore.  Paid off on the 29 August 1985, broken up in 1986.

Battle Honours for this Vessel: ATLANTIC 1941, NORWAY 1941, ATLANTIC 1942, MALTA CONVOYS 1942, SABANG 1944, BURMA 1944-5, EAST INDIES 1945.