Previous name:
Subsequent name:   

Official Number                             181861

                                                                       
Class:                                             GATLING CLASS Armament Stores Carrier 

Pennant No:                                   A135

Laid down:
Builder:                                            Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew
Launched:                                      30 November 1945
Into Service:                                    14 March 1946
Out of service:                

Fate:                                                 Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Information: - One of a group of five coasters which were not normally classed as RFA’s They are included here as the ancestors of the more modern ammunition ships These five ships were designed by the Director of Naval Construction to the requirements of the Naval Armament Department. They were designed for Pacific Operations to carry ammunition from larger ships offshore which were of too deep a draught to go close inshore to the coastal areas or small harbours and had their bottoms strengthened to permit grounding when loaded if required. This was a 1943 plan connected with a future invasion of Japan. As there was no requirement to carry large naval guns they were provided with two cargo holds. The order for them was placed in October 1944 and none of them was completed before the end of hostilities, which meant that only one of them (GATLING) was needed to proceed to the Far east to assist in the rehabilitation of Singapore. GATLING and NORDENFELT were completed to mercantile standards and were registered and classed with Lloyds Register and were run on National Maritime Board conditions, while the other three were on “Yard Craft” Dockyard agreements and were completed with naval style accommodation.

30 November 1945 Launched by Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew as Yard Nr 1089 named NORDENFELT

14 March 1946 completed to mercantile standards

13 January 1964 grounded off Alderney during a sleet storm but was refloated

September 1971 on disposal list at Devonport

11 February 1977 arrived Pembroke Dock for demolition

Notes:

1. Based at Naval Armaments Depots Plymouth and Priddy's Hard between 1946 to 1959

Previous name:
Subsequent name:

Official Number:                     168062

Class:                                      SPRITE CLASS Spirit Carrier

Pennant No:                            A252

Laid down:                              7 March 1940
Builder:                                    Blythswood Shipbuilding, Scotstoun
Launched:                               28 November 1940
Into Service:                            11 February 1941
Out of service:                         Laid up 1954
Fate:                                          Broken up at Williebroek, February 1964

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Background Data:  There were 2 ships in this Class which were Admiralty-designed and they both spent most of their careers in U.K. and Mediterranean waters

9 October 1939 ordered

7 March 1940 laid down

28 November 1940 launched by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Scotstoun as Yard Nr 65 named NASPRITE

19 December 1940 Mr L W Pool RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

11 February 1941 completed at a cost of £ 97,207

12 February 1941 joined the Fleet Fuelling Service as a petrol carrier

April 1941 until February 1942 served as harbour oiler at Scapa Flow.

10 July 1941 in collision with the corvette HMS MARIGOLD

29 July 1941 was damaged when going alongside the battleship HMS KING GEORGE V

29 November 1941 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS DUKE OF YORK to refuel her

9 February 1942 Captain Arthur J D Gosney RFA appointed as Master

23 February 1942 sailed Lyness for Grangemouth

9 April 1942 sailed Methil in convoy EN 69/2 to Oban arriving 11 April 1942

12 September 1942 Captain Francis J King RFA appointed as Master

5 October 1942 sailed Adrossan to the Clyde

18 October 1942 sailed the Clyde in convoy KX2 to Gibraltar arriving 29 October 1942 with RFA’s ABBEYDALE, BROWN RANGER, DERWENTDALE (1), DEWDALE (1), DINGLEDALE, ENNERDALE (1) and VISCOL. She was awarded the North Africa 1942 Battle Honour

24 June 1943 sailed Algiers in convoy GTX3 in company with 26 other ships including RFA Celerol, RFA Cherryleaf and RFA Oligarch arriving Malta 28 June 1943

3 July 1943 sailed Alexandria

10 July 1943 In Operation Husky - the British element of the invasion of Sicily - along with  RFA’s  CEDARDALE, DERWENTDALE (1) , ENNERDALE (1) and  PEARLEAF (1)

17 July 1943 Mr T Dowling RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 November 1943 involved in a collision - details of what with unknown at this time.

1944 ran aground off Italy

27 May 1944 sailed Naples in convoy NV 41 to Malta arriving the next day

9 June 1944 sailed Naples in convoy NV44 to Malta arriving the next day 

15 August 1944 in Operation Dragoon - the Allied invasion of the south of France - along with  RFA’s  CELEROL, DEWDALE (1) and ENNERDALE (1)

4 September 1944 sailed Naples in convoy NV62 to Augusta arriving on 5 September 1944

8 September 1944 sailed Augusta in convoy AH66 to Taranto arriving the next day

14 April 1945 sailed Taranto under escort to Zara arriving on 16 April 1945

November 1945 working at Venice, Ancona and Bari, Italy.

1 September 1946 Captain J Bottomley RFA appointed as Master

9 August 1947 Mr J SInclair RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

24 May 1948 Mr F A Essam RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 April 1949 Captain S P Rice RFA appointed as Master

4 May 1949 sailed Grand Harbour, Malta with RFA's Spabrook, Rowanol (2) and Blue Ranger for overnight exercises with RN units and the Royal Air Force off Malta

4 July 1949 sailed Malta with RFA's Fort Duquesne Rowanol (2) and Blue Ranger together with RN units for exercises off Navarin

12 September 1949 Captain D A C Butler RFA appointed as Master

15 November 1949 moored alongside HMS Gravelines at Malta - sailed 16 November 1949

12 April 1950 berthed at Malta this day from Gibraltar

28 November 1950 Mr J J Moore RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

13 June 1951 Captain A M Macquire Samson RFA appointed as Master

10 February 1952  Mr G W Urry RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

28 February 1952 sailed Malta with RFA Rowanol (2) for Cagliari, Sardinia

11 July 1953 Captain A H Mackenzie RFA appointed as Master

15 March 1954 sailed Malta for Gibraltar and Combined Fleet Exercises after which to Toulon, France 

31 August 1954 laid up Devonport

August 1963 put up for disposal

3 September 1963 advertised for sale 'as lying' at H M Devonport in the Times of this day by the MoT

1964  reportedly sold to Lamico Shipping Co, Sussex

5 February 1964 arrived Antwerp for demolition by Scrappingco, Willebroek

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.

RFA Nimble (1)

Previous name:                    Roslin Castle
Subsequent name:

Official Number:                   123015

Class:                                     Tender / Ferry

Pennant No:                          X76

Laid down:
Builder:                                   Hawthorns, Leith
Launched:                             14 March 1906
Into Service:                          25 March 1908
Out of service:                       11 October 1948 sold commercially
Fate:                                       14 February 1949 Broken Up.

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:  She was originally built as a sloop for her owners’ Firth of Forth ferry service. Did not become RFA manned until 1944 when she served on the River Medway Ferry Service, employed on service between Chatham - Sheerness - ships in the Medway area in connection with the assembly for Operation Overlord

14 March 1906  launched by Hawthorn & Co, Leith as Yard Nr 110 named ROSLIN CASTLE for Galloway Steam Packet Co, Leith

May 1905 completed at a cost of £12,210

25 March 1908 purchased by the Admiralty for £15,500 for service as a tender based at Sheerness and  was renamed NIMBLE

1914 - 1917 on the Chatham - Sheerness ferry service

1917 - 1918 served on PoW exchange duties at Boston

1922  laid up at Chatham

26 July 1924 used a VIP transport for the Kings Fleet Review at Spithead - the reviwed included RFA Petronel

1930 - 1941 ferry steamer based at Chatham Dockyard on river and harbour passenger service

17 December 1941 laid up at Chatham

2 April 1944 became RFA manned and renamed RFA Nimble. Acted as the Medway Ferry Service between Chatham and Sheerness

8 December 1947 placed on care and maintenance basis

11 October 1948 disposal arranged by the Director of Ships and Transport and was purchased by Lloyds Albert Yacht and Motor Packet Service, Southampton renamed NIMBLE

14 February 1949 arrived Boom for breaking up

Notes:

RFA Nora

Previous name:                        C65
Subsequent name: 

Official Number:                                                                         

Class:                                        Steam Coaling Craft

Pennant No:

Laid down:
Builder:
Launched:
Into Service:
Out of service:
Fate:

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -  

13 March 1917 Lieutenant John Davies RNR appointed in Command

5 January 1918 Engineer Sub Lieutenant Stephen D Spoor RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1930 renamed Nora

1939 replaced by RFA Robert Middleton then reduced to a hulk for the storage of ammunion on the River Medway.

The above image would appear to be the ship when she was in commission as HMS Bulawayo.

Previous name:                      Westerwald  Nordmark
Subsequent name:                HMS Bulawayo

Class:

Pennant No:                            A121

Laid down:                              14 November 1936

Builder:                                    Schichau, Elbing

Launched:                               5 October 1937
Into Service:                            9 May 1945
Out of service:                         1947 to Royal Navy

Fate:                                         Scrapped

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

As a German Naval Auxiliary

16 January 1939 commissioned into the German Navy

July 1939 deployed with the Gneisenau off the island of Maderia

22 August 1939 deployed from Germany to support the German Pocket Battleship Deutschland in the North Atlantic.

25 October 1939  having changed her name to Nordmark she refuelled Deutschland

12 March 1940 entered Swinemunde with the German Cruiser Emden and the Battleship Lutzow - became icebound

13 May 1940 off Jan Mayen Island refueled the commercial raider 'Widder' during the laters break out into the North Atlantic. Nordmark had suffered damage to her bow and stern from ice.

27 July 1940 damaged during an air raid near Jutland.

12 September 1940 until 21 May, 1941 supplied the Admiral Sheer

7 February 1941 refuelled the raider Kormoran off the Cape Verde Islands

14 March 1941 Able Seaman Arthur Herbert Freeman a British merchant seaman and a prisoner held on the ship and originally captured on the ss Afric Star shot dead by German guards during a fire and what they (the Germans) perceived as an attempt to take over the ship .  He is buried at VILLENAVE D'ORNON (ST. BRICE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Bordeaux, France

14 April 1941 while purporting to be an American tanker Prairie spotted by an seaplane from HMS Alcantara in the South Atlantic Ocean - challenged, accepted as genuine and allowed to continue on her voyage. Later it was found she was not the  American ship named Prairie.

16 April 1941 RASed with an Italian submarine Archimede in the South Atlantic Ocean

17 April 1941 RASed with another Italian submarine Guglielmotti in the South Atlantic Ocean

17 April 1941 RASed with a third Italian submarine Ferraris in the South Atlantic Ocean

22 April 1941 RASed with a fourth Italian submarine Perla in the South Atlantic Ocean

2 May 1941 RASed with German submarines U105, U106 and U107

14 May 1941 while returning to Germany from the South Atlantic one of her British prisoners died - Chief Engineer Officer Robert Scott Carruthers of the ss Craftsman who had been wounded when his ship was attacked and sunk by the German commercial raider 'Kormoran' on the 9 April 1941. Mr Scott was buried at sea with full military honours and is remembered with pride on the Tower Hill Memorial

19 May 1941 while returning to Germany her passage was via the English Channel under escort of ships of the German Navy and Airforce with no attack from British forces.

20 May 1941 injured prisoners from ss Craftsman (including the ships Master who had been blinded) were discharged at Cuxhaven. Berthed later at Hamburg.

March 1942 to April 1945 Operations in Norway

As the German supply ship Nordmark

9 May 1945 captured by British forces at Copenhagen

8 June 1945 arrived Rosyth escorted by HMS Loch Fada.

25 June 1945 arrived at Palmers, Hebburn on Tyne.

As a British Naval Auxiliary

January 1946 renamed Northmark and considered for RFA Service.

4 May 1946 Stoker Edward Walker discharged dead. He is buried in Milford Haven Cemetery in Section A grave 148.

July 1947 on completion of refit was commissioned as HMS Bulawayo

30 June 1947 Captain K A Short DSO Royal Navy appointed as Commanding Officer

18 February 1948 sailed Sheerness to Point -a-Pierre, Trinidad arriving on 3 March 1948 to load.

6 March 1948 sailed Trinidad to Sheerness. A total of four of these round trips were made arriving at Sheerness on 29 June 1948 at the end of the last trip

20 March 1948 Leading Signalman Ernest D Cook JX 142225 discharged dead

13 September 1948 off Portland undertook a practice RAS with HMS Jutland

23 September 1948 entered Portland Harbour

24 October 1949 sailed Devonport to Gibraltar arriving on 29 October.

31 October 1949 sailed Gibraltar to Malta GC

22 November 1949 off Malta RASed with HMS Gravelines (trough method) - training RAS - only 47 tons of FFO transferred 

23 November 1949 off Malta RASed with HMS Gravelines (trough method) - training RAS - only 24 tons of FFO transferred

29 November 1949 sailed Malta to Sheerness

27 March 1950 sailed Gibraltar to Sheerness

20 April 1950 Captain H Murray-Clark, Royal Navy was appointed as Commanding Officer

October 1950 into reserve at the Gare Loch Scotland and used as Headquarters Ship, Reserve Fleet, Clyde Division

4 October 1955 arrived for breaking up at Dalmuir, Scotland.

RFA Nucula

RFA Nucula along side HMS Renown in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand

Previous name:                      Hermione, Soyo Maru, RN Oiler No: 73        
Subsequent name:

Official Number:                     123992

Class:                                      Station Oiler

Pennant No:                            Y7.220

Laid down:
Builder:                                    Armstrong Whitworth & Co.
Launched:                               24 July 1906
Into Service:                            1922 (as an RFA)
Out of service:                        10 June 1937
Fate:                                         Scuttled

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Data:  Acquired from commercial owners in the early Twenties, this tanker had a very short life with the Admiralty before being transferred to the New Zealand Government as their Navy’s first oiler to provide afloat support fopr their new cruisers HMNZS DIOMEDE and DUNEDIN. Her main use was in transporting fuel oil from San Pedro in California to Auckland

24 July 1906 launched by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle as Yard Nr 776 named HERMIONE for Oil Tank Steamship Co Ltd (C.T. Bowring & Co Ltd, Managers)  Liverpool

September 1906 completed

15 December 1906 sailed Philadelphia for the UK

3 January 1907 sailed Las Palmas for Liverpool

20 December 1908 arrived Avonmouth Docks from Philadelphia

1908 purchased by Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Yokohama and was renamed SOYO MARU

23 June 1910 arrived at Colombo from New York for Yokohama

3 September 1910 sailed Teneriffe for Liverpool

15 May 1911 arrived at Port Said

8 October 1912 suffered an engine room fire in the Malacca Straits about 160 miles north of Singapore. The cargo, passengers and crew were safe - reported in the Hong Kong Telegraph of 11 October 1912

6 December 1912 - Hong Kong press reports indicate that the fire damage (see above) is extensive around the poop 

18 July 1913 sailed Las Palmas for Liverpool

25 July 1913 berthed at Liverpool

24 October 1913 sailed Las Palmas for Liverpool

14 February 1914 sailed Southampton for Port Arthur

16 July 1915 sailed Liverpool for the River Plate

1915 purchased by the Shipping Controller ( F.C. Strick, Managers) and was renamed  NUCULA and served as R.N. Oiler Nr 73

November 1917 managers became Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London and served as R.N. Oiler Nr 220. with name unchanged

13 April 1918 berthed at New York having sailed from Liverpool. Captain Bernard Charles Wilton as Master with 56 crew

10 September 1918 berthed at New York having sailed from Plymouth Captain George William Ferris as Master with 56 crew

January 1919 was stated to be in very poor condition and was recommended for disposal by the  Director of Transport. The Admiralty approved expenditure of  £50,000 to refit her  for retention and she was purchased on their behalf by Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co  Ltd, London, remaining under their management

18 July 1919 sailed Gravesend via Grangemouth to Philadelphia

23 October 1919 and 24 October 1919 at Port of Spain, Trinidad moored alongside HMS Renown to refuel her - issued 3,709 tons of FFO

19 May 1920 arrived at Galvestton, Texas from South Wales

16 May 1921 arrived at Greenock from New Ordeans

7 September 1921 arrived at Queenstown, Ireland for Haulbowline from Port Arthur

2 May 1922 extensively damaged after a collision with the British m.v. CALCHAS  off  Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde

June 1922 transferred to Admiralty management  for service as an oiler on the China Station

14 June 1922 Captain J R Gowrie RFA appointed as Master

September to November 1923 was based at Nagasaki as base oiler during earthquake relief operations

11 October 1922 it was reported in the Straits Times of this date in Singapore that Nucula had taken over from RFA Pearleaf and that Pearleaf would be returning to England

15 June 1923 at Wei-Hai-Wei alongside HMS Durban to refuel her

16 June 1923 at Wei-Hai-Wei alongside HMS Despatch to refuel her

20 June 1923 sailed Wei-Hai-Wei

1 August 1923 at Wei-Hai-Wei stores party from HMS Durban working onboard

1 September 1923 while at Wei-Hai-Wei a signal was received which ordered her to Nagasaki to act as  the Base Oiler there during the Yokohama Earthquake Relief Operations

November 1923 returned to Hong Kong on completion of Relief Operations

February 1924 Mr R Marrack RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 March 1924 Captain C F Haughton RFA appointed as Master

1924 fuelled ships of the Special Service Squadron led by the battle cruiser HMS HOOD on their world tour and accompanied them to Australia and New Zealand

27 May 1924 transferred to the New Zealand Government at Suva as a Naval Oiler, and was converted for European manning at a cost of £2,500. Was transferred at a rate of  £6,500 per annum. Her name was unchanged

5 June 1924 arrived Auckland for the first time. Between 06/09/24 and 23/10/47 she visited  Auckland 28 times

24 July 1924 the New Zealand Government budget presented to the New Zealand parliament recorded the fee for the hire of the Nucula charged by the Admiralty was £16,500 per annum

22 November 1925 Mr H R Bullimore RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

30 November 1925 Captain A Beardsall RFA appointed as Master

12 May 1926 the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy advertised in the New Zealand Evening Post for a 3rd and 4th Engineer Officers - the advert was similar to that pictured below

21 March 1927 and the 5 April 1927 the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy advertised in the New Zealand Evening Post for a 2nd Officer - the adverts were similar to that pictured below

22 July 1927 the ship's quartermaster Richard Jessup was seen to throw himself overboard while the ship was on passage from Papeete after receiving bad news concerning a serious medical condition. A three hour search failed to find him - discharged dead

28 December 1927 sailed San Pedro for Auckland

23 February 1928 with New Zealand naval units deployed to Western Samoa to put down a Mau uprising

6 July 1929 sailed Sydney, NSW, Australia for New Zealand having refuelled HMNZS's Dunedin and Diomede

1930 Admiralty approval was given to the New Zealand Government to sub-charter her to commercial firms for time or voyage charters

17 November 1930 the crew walked off the ship in dispute over manning levels. They were replaced by RNZN sailors from the Naval training ship HMNZS Philomel

1 January 1931 her transfer rate was reduced to £3,250 per annum

15 January 1931 berthed at Sydney, NSW Australia from San Francisco to discharge

16 June 1931 arrived at Auckland, New Zealand from Sydney, NSW

13 July 1931 Captain G Attwood RFA appointed as Master

15 July 1931 sailed for Bora Bora, Society Islands to refuel HMS Diomede

15 September 1931 berthed at Auckland

16 September 1931 sailed Auckland for San Francisco to load

8 December 1932 at Auckland members of the crew saw a yacht 'Ramona' overturn. A signal was sent to HMS Diomede who lauched a sea boat and rescused the yacht's crew

3 August 1933 sailed San Francisco for Auckland

26 August 1933 in collision with HMAS Australia and lost an anchor while alongside the cruiser refuelling her at Russell. The anchor was recivered by divers and the Nucula suffered no damage. HMAS Australia suffered hull damage which required dockyard repairs

4 April 1934 sailed Auckland for Colombo and the Persian Gulf to load

11 April 1934 suffered engine troubles while en-route from New Zealand to Abadan. Diverted to Sydney, NSW for repairs

15 May 1934 sailed Abadan for Auckland

June 1934 during a voyage from Abadan to Auckland, she suffered major damage to her superstructure off the NE coast of Australia in a cyclone and nearly sank in the huge seas. Extensive repairs were required on arrival Auckland

10 May 1935 entered refit at Auckland

31 July 1936 the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy advertised in the New Zealand Evening Post for a Chief Officer and a Third Officer

19 August 1936 refueled HMNZS Achilles at Nuhuhiva in Marquesas

7 April 1937 berthed at Auckland from San Pedro

17 April 1937 at Auckland, New Zealand while going alongside HMAS Sydney to refuel her she was caught heavily by a rip tide and hit the cruiser causing damage to HMAS Sydney's port side propeller and forcing her into the wharf causing further damage to her quaterdeck. Nucula was not damaged.

10 June 1937 arrived Auckland from California for the last time as a seagoing concern as the cruisers HMNZS DIOMEDE and DUNEDIN were about to leave NZN service so  NUCULA became redundant

6 July 1937 laid up and used as a storage hull at Shoal Bay, Waitemata Harbour.

19 October 1940 offered for sale 'as is' excluding her cargo in the New Zealand Evening Post of this day. She is shown as being berthed at HM Dockyard, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand

January 1947 her remaining fuel was pumped ashore and she was offered for sale

April 1947 purchased by A.C. Radcliffe Ltd, Auckland for £1,520 name unchanged

23 October 1947 after being stripped of all re-usable equipment, she was towed out to sea by the tugs  WILLIAM C DALDY and CORALIE

24 October 1947 the tug YTL 622 towed her to position  36.20 S 176.00 E and scuttled eleven miles ENE of Cuvier Island in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand in deep water