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Background Data:   Some official lists, marked as  “Lists of RFA’s” show vessels which spent some time as RFA’s during the First World War. These records are extremely sketchy and some of these vessels were “Yard Craft”, partially or wholly Dockyard manned, partly by RNR or Reserve Fleet personnel. Some of the Depot Ships staffed by skilled civilian Dockyard workers were for a time White Ensign. The Director of Stores was understood to be concerned with their manning and operationally they remained under Admiralty control

 

ordered under Naval Estimates and became one of a Class of nine similar ships. Her sister ships were (in their order of being built)  HMS's MAGNIFICENT, MAJESTIC, HANNIBAL, PRINCE GEORGE, JUPITER, MARS, CAESAR & ILLUSTRIOUS. These nine ships formed the MAJESTIC Class of Battle Ships

28 May 1894 laid down

19 October 1895 launched by H.M. Dockyard, Chatham as Yard Nr:      named HMS VICTORIOUS from Number 7 slip. A member of the crew was killed as the ship was launched. The ship was launched by Mrs Goschen wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty

28 August 1896 began her sea trials - Captain A B Jenkings Royal Navy was in command

31 August 1896 sailed Sheerness on sea trials

6 September 1896 berthed at Sheerness having completed 30 hours of coal consumption trials

9 September 1896 sailed Sheerness for gun mounting trials 

11 September 1896 returned to Chatham on completion of trials

19 October 1896 the Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser reported -

4 November 1896 completed at a cost of £955,312 and commissioned for service in the Reserve Fleet at Chatham Dockyard

8 June 1897 commissioned at Chatham for service in the Channel Fleet. Captain Edmund S Poe Royal Navy in command

26 June 1897 took part in the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Fleet Review at Spithead

January 1898 was transferred to the Mediterranean Station

14 February 1898 whilst on passage for the China Station she ran aground near Port Said but was re-floated after coal was removed from her and served on the China Station until 1900

1900 refitted at Malta

16 May 1900 re-commissioned at Malta for the Mediterranean Station

8 August 1903 returned to Chatham to pay off and refit

2 February 1904 became 2nd Flagship for the Channel Fleet and re-commissioned at Devonport

14 July 1904 was rammed by HMS TB 113 whilst in the Hamoaze, Devonport and sustained damage to her side plating

1 January 1905 under a reorganisation, the Channel Fleet became the new Atlantic Fleet

31 December 1906 her Atlantic Fleet service ended and she paid off at Devonport

1 January 1907 re-commissioned as a unit of the Nore Division of the Home Fleet

1908 was refitted at Chatham during which she was converted for oil fuel burning and had her main battery fire control and radio fitted

April 1909 was reduced to a nucleus crew, in commission in reserve

5 June 1910 suffered an internal explosion caused by spontaneous ignition of coal

January 1911 transferred to the Devonport Division Home Fleet

August 1911 entered 3rd Reserve Fleet

14 July 1912 in collision with her sister HMS MAJESTIC during an exercise in fog and damaged her stern walk

December 1913 commenced a short refit at Chatham

27 July 1914 as a precautionary mobilisation along with her sisters HM ships HANNIBAL MAGNIFICENT and MARS she formed the 9th Battle Squadron, based on Grimsby, to defend the East Coast

7 August 1914 9th Battle Squadron was disbanded but VICTORIOUS remained on station as guard ship

December 1914 transferred to the Tyne to act as Guard Ship there

1 January 1915 decision taken to remove her armament for use on the new Monitor designs

4 January 1915 arrived Elswick, Tyne and Wear so that her 12” guns could be removed and  transferred to HMS PRINCE RUPERT and HMS GENERAL WOLFE

February 1915 to September 1915 laid up on the River Tyne

September 1915 to February 1916 re-commissioned at Jarrow and she proceeded to Scapa Flow to replace RFA CARIBBEAN (q.v.) as the Repair Ship for the Grand Fleet

22 February 1916 taken over by the RFA as a repair ship for the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow

22 April 1916 Quartermaster George Weaver MMR discharged dead. He is buried in Lyness Naval Cemetery, Scapa Flow in grave B20

 

22 April 1918 Chief Petty Officer Edward Robinson RFR discharged dead. He is buried in Lyness Naval Cemetery, Scapa Flow in grave D42

 

 

October 1918 to March 1919 her sister, the Destroyer Depot Ship HMS PRINCE GEORGE, was allocated to her renamed HMS VICTORIOUS 11

24 November 1919 Trimmer James Sabiston RNR discharged dead. He is buried in Hoy Old Churchyard, Hoy and Graemsay, Orkney.

23 December 1919 Carpenter Christopher Lock MMR discharged dead. He is buried in Fulford Cemetery, Yorkshire

March 1920 repair ship service ended renamed HMS Indus ll

28 March 1920 arrived at Devonport for refit

14 April 1920 paid off into a Care and Maintenance status while she awaited the beginning of her refit. These plans were cancelled and it was then proposed to fit her out as a Harbour Depot Ship at a cost of  £6,000

April 1922 this conversion was cancelled before completion and she was placed on the Disposal List

19 December 1922 sold for demolition to A.J. Purves of Channel Shipbreaking Co

1 March 1923 above sale cancelled

9 April 1923 sold for scrap and towed from Devonport for breaking up at Dover by Stanlee Shipbreaking Co

 

 

 

 

As the Patrician before being taken over by the Admiralty

 

Previous name:                      Patrician, HMS Invincible, RFA Tarakol,

Subsequent name:                 British Vine, Busen

Official Number:                     113459                                                                  

Class:                                    Emergency Wartime Purchase LEAF Group Freighting Tanker

Pennant No:                           Y7.175

Laid down:
Builder:                                   C S Swan & Hunter, Wallsend

Launched:                              22 February 1901
Into Service:                           30 November 1914 hired by Admiralty
Out of service:                        12 July 1919 sold to commercial interests
Fate:                                       29 July 1935 arrived Genoa for breaking up

 

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

 

Background Data:

 

During WW1, eighteen 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

 

22 February 1901 launched by C.S. Swan & Hunter Ltd, Wallsend as Yard Nr: 261 named  PATRICIAN for Charente Steamship Co Ltd ( T. & J. Harrison, Managers)  Liverpool

3 April 1901 delivered at a cost of £114,221 initially for on the Gulf of Mexico service to Mobile or New Orleans during the cotton season thence on to the Far east trade as a cargo liner. Sailed this day from the River Tyne for New Orleans

19 May 1901 passed the Old Head of Kinsale when on passage from New Orleans to Liverpool

20 May 1901 berthed at Liverpool from New Orleans

31 May 1901 sailed Liverpool

28 June 1901 cleared New Orleans for Cape Town, South Africa  with 960 horses

2 September 1901 arrived at New Orleans from Algoa Bay

5 October 1901 at 1°02S 25°50W Fireman James Carter discharged dead - malaria

20 November 1901 at 21°31N 34°40W Horseman W R Johnson discharged dead - drowned

22 November 1901 arrived New Orleans from Natal

29 January 1902 berthed at New Orleans after passage from Liverpool

5 February 1902 cleared New Orleans for Cape Town, South Africa with 970 horses as cargo

6 May 1902 sailed New Orleans for Table Bay, South Africa

3 July 1902 arrived at New Orleans from Table Bay, South Africa

27 August 1902 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta

4 September 1902 at Malta

8 September 1902 entered Suez Canal southbound

27 November 1902 sailed Calcutta for Liverpool

13 February 1903 passed Gibraltar while on passage from Calcutta to Liverpool

24 February 1903 arrived at Liverpool from Calcutta

6 March 1903 sailed Liverpool for Calcutta

26 April 1903 sailed Calcutta for Liverpool

12 June 1903 sailed Liverpool for Calcutta

5 August 1903 at Colombo on passage to Liverpool from Calcutta

15 September 1903 sailed Liverpool for Calcutta

23 September 1903 passed Gibraltar while on passage from Liverpool to Calcutta

11 December 1903 berthed at Liverpool from Calcutta and London

2 January 1904 arrived Port Said while on passage from Liverpool to Calcutta

8 June 1904 passed Gibraltar while on passage from Calcutta to London

1 September 1904 in the Gulf of Aden Fireman Abdool Mahd. Hassein discharged dead - drowned

7 October 1904 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 2 passengers

23 March 1905 passed Sagres while on passage from Calcutta to London

23 May 1905 berthed at Calcutta from Liverpool

16 August 1905 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 2 passangers

21 August 1905 passed Gibraltar while on passage from Liverpool to Calcutta

30 October 1905 arrived at Gravesend having sailed from Calcutta

26 November 1905 arrived at Port Said while on passage to Calcutta from Liverpool

February 1906 in collision with the Nourse Line sailing vessel FORTH in the River Mersey

30 May 1906 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta

8 August 1906 at Colombo while on passage from Calcutta to London

22 September 1906 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 5 passengers

21 November 1906 sailed Colombo to London

4 December 1906 sailed Port Said to London

17 December 1906 passed Portland Bill while on passage from Calcutta to London

4 January 1907 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 1 passenger

24 March 1908 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 1 passenger. Captain Thomas A Chandler was in command

14 June 1908 berthed at Port of London from Calcutta, India

10 October 1908 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 7 passenger. Captain Thomas A Chandler was in command

30 December 1908 berthed at Port of London from Calcutta, India

14 January 1909 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 1 passenger. Captain Thomas A Chandler was in command

28 January 1909 in collision with the steamer STANLEY HALL in the Suez Canal

7 April 1909 berthed at Port of London from Calcutta, India

9 July 1909 berthed at Port of London from Calcutta, India

5 December 1910 arrived New Orleans from Liverpool

20 July 1911 passed St Catherines Point sailing east bound later berthing at Port of London from Calcutta, India

9 August 1911 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 3 passenger. Captain E A Brown was in command

12 October 1911 arrived at Suez when on passage from Calcutta to London

15 December 1911 arrived at Calcutta from Liverpool

24 April 1912 at Pt de Galle 1st Tindal Abdool Lotif Durbesh discharged dead from the plague

23 June 1912 berthed at Port of London from Calcutta, India

November 1912 in collision with the French schooner CAPRICIEUSE in the Mediterranean while on passage from Port Said to London

2 March 1913 towed the disabled German vessel BATAVIA into Cascais Bay, Portugal

22 May 1913 passed Gravesend before berthing at Port of London from Calcutta, India

12 June 1913 sailed Liverpool to Calcutta with 3 passenger. Captain C S Rhodes was in command

4 January 1914 sailed Liverpool for New Orleans

26 January 1914 arrived at New Orleans from Liverpool

26 June 1914 arrived at Bombay from Liverpool

6 October 1914 arrived at New Orleans from Liverpool

20 November 1914 passed the Old Head of Kinsale

22 November 1914 arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans

30 November 1914 was hired by the Admiralty for conversion into the Dummy Battle Cruiser HMS INVINCIBLE and on completion of conversion was initially based at Loch Ewe 

February to June 1915 deployed in the Aegean

6 July 1915, on disbandment of the DBS Squadron, she was purchased by the Admiralty for £65,000, and after having had cylindrical tanks fitted into her holds, she entered service as the oiler RFA TARAKOL.

1917 her management was transferred to Lane and MacAndrew and she became the oiler transport VINELEAF. Base port Portsmouth

1 February 1917 berthed at Norfolk Virginia

17 May 1918 berthed at New York

7 September 1918 on passage from Hampton Roads to London in a convoy escorted by the Commisioned Escort Ship HMS NANERIC

HMS NANERIC

21 December 1918 arrived at Charleston from Gibraltar

11 January 1919 berthed at Norfolk

13 January 1919 sailed Norfolk

21 January 1919 at Tampa, Florida

29 January 1919 berthed at Norfolk

1 February 1919 sailed Norfolk

14 February 1919 passed the Lizard

17 February 1919 berthed at Thames Haven

25 February 1919 passed Beachy Head

13 March 1919 at Norfolk

21 March 1919 at Tampa

23 March 1919 sailed Tampa

29 March 1919 berthed at Norfolk

1 April 1919 sailed Norfolk

15 April 1919 passed the Lizard

6 May 1919 passed Dover

10 May 1919 at Hull

17 May 1919 arrived at Bermuda when on passage from Hull to Sabine, Texas

31 May 1919 sailed New Orleans for Newport News

5 June 1919 sailed Newport News for Lough Swilly

21 June 1919 arrived at the River Clyde from Baton Rouge

12 July 1919 was purchased by British Tanker Co 

8 October 1919 renamed BRITISH VINE

27 November 1919 sailed Halifax NS for Rotterdam

17 December 1919 Captain Francis J Simonds as Master

19 December 1919 sailed Glasgow for Port Arthur in ballast

29 January 1920 arrived at Norfolk from Tampico sailing the same day to Hull

4 February 1920 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east

17 April 1920 arrived at Hull from Tampico

23 April 1920 sailed Hull for Norfolk, VA

4 May 1920 sailed Portland, Dorset for New York

20 May 1920 arrived at Norfolk, VA from Portland

14 June 1920 sailed Norfolk, VA to Avonmouth

28 June 1920 arrived at Avonmouth from Norfolk, VA

8 July 1920 sailed Avonmouth for Cardiff, Wales

12 August 1920 arrived at Norfolk, VA from Avonmouth

16 September 1920 arrived the Clyde from Tampico, Texas

5 November 1920 arrived at Norfolk VA from Greenock

9 November 1920 sailed Norfolk VA for Tampico, Texas

27 December 1920 sailed off Dartmouth for Newport News

31 December 1920 while 100 WSW the Fasnet Rock suffered a broken rudder stock and damage to her propeller. Tugs were sent from Queenstown.

3 January 1921 towed into Queenstown Harbour, Ireland and entered dry dock for repairs

5 February 1921 repairs completed and sailed for Newport News

21 February 1921 arrived at Newport News from Queenstown

23 February 1921 sailed Newport News for Tampico

2 March 1921 arrived at New Orleans from Newport News

11 March 1921 sailed Newport News for LEFO

8 April 1921 sailed Dartmouth for Le Harve and Newport News

16 April 1921 sailed Lisbon

30 April 1921 arrived at Newport News

19 May 1921 arrived at Newport News

7 June 1921 arrived at Hull from Tampico

15 June 1922 arrived at the River Tyne

15 December 1922 at the River Tyne

10 January 1923 at the River Tyne

6 May 1923 berthed at New York having sailed from Newcastle on Tyne - Captain Benjamin Collie was in command

31 May 1923 sailed Liverpool for New York

17 June 1923 berthed at New York

21 June 1923 sailed New York

7 July 1923 arrived at Avonmouth from New York sailing the same day for Liverpool

9 July 1923 arrived at Liverpool

29 August 1923 purchased for £37,000 by A/S Tonsberg Hvalfangeri ( H. Borge, Manager ) Tonsberg, Norway converted into a whale oil tanker and was renamed BUSEN for the carriage of whale oil to Europe

5 September 1923 berthed on the River Tyne

3 February 1931 loaded 23,275 bags of whale guano from South Georgia and conveyed them to Curis Bay for the Standard Guano Company

June 1935 sold to Italian breakers for scrap

29 July 1935 arrived Genoa for breaking up

 

 

 

Previous name:
Subsequent name:             FRECCIAMARE

Official Number:                 139143

Class:                                  SECOND 1000 t CREOSOL CLASS Harbour Oiler

Pennant No:                        N 09 / X 75 / A275

Laid down:
Builder:                                Craig Taylor, Stockton
Launched:                            21 February 1916
Into Service:                        August 1916

Out of service:                     Sold commercially 1950
Fate:                                     Broken up 1982

 

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 eighteen ships in this Class, twelve 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. Four of the Class were diesel engined and were sold after the Armistice but the rest, being triple expansion steamers, had long and successful lives.

 

8 February 1916 Engineer Lieutenant William Shaw RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

21 February 1916 launched by Craig Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton as Yard Nr: 181 named VISCOL

15 March 1916 arrived the River Wear

20 March 1916 in South Dock, Sunderland

31 July 1916 completed at a cost of £68,523

16 October 1916 Lieutenant William Distant RNR  appointed in command. Remained in command until 12 August 1917 when he took command of RFA Ebonol

24 January 1917 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS ACHILLES refuelling her - 115 tons of FFO supplied

HMS ACHILLES

18 March 1917 at Gutter Sound alongside HMS FEARLESS refuelling her - 160 tons of FFO supplied. Later alongside HMS ACHILLES refuelling her - 76 tons of oil supplied

HMS FEARLESS

13 August 1917 Lieutenant William E. Rousell RNR appointed in command remaining as such until 7 November 1917. He had come from RFA ATTENDANT and when left he then took command of RFA EBONOL

Lieutenant William E Rousell RNR

28 September 1917 Engineer Lieutenant Benjamin D Smith RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer. Remained in appointment until 10 August 1918 when he was appointed to RFA PETRELLA

1 November 1917 Captain Thomas Sunley RFA appointed as Master. He remained as Master until 30 June 1918 when he took command of RFA KHARKI

Captain Thomas Sunley RFA

24 December 1917 Stoker S P Maher logged as deserting from the ship. He had signed-on on 25 July 1916

17 February 1918 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS GALATEA refuelling her

HMS GALATEA

5 March 1918 Engineer Lieutenant David J Rees RNR appointed and Chief Engineer Officer

18 March 1918 at Scapa Flow alongside HMS GALATEA refuelling her

13 June 1918 took on charge a Kendal & Dent Marine Chronometer No 6584 which had been purchased by the Admiralty in February 1895. Taken off charge on 16 October 1922 at Gibraltar.

1 July 1918 Captain J Weir RFA appointed as Master. Remained as Master until 3 March 1919. He had come from RFA SCOTOL and when left he took command of RFA BIRCHOL (1)

11 February 1919 Engineer Sub-Lieutenant Sidney Willetts Russum RNR, aged 29, discharged dead. He had signed on the ship on 3 November 1917 and was buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis in grave R 630.

 

 

17 February 1919 Able Seaman William North, aged 33 discharged dead. He was buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London in an unmarked grave but is remembered on Screen Wall  23 No: 9670

 

Courtesy and © of The War Graves Photographic Project

 

4 March 1919 Lieutenant Wm Alfred Wooster RNR appointed in command. Remained in command until 31 July 1919. He had come from RFA BIRCHOL (1) and when left he took command of RFA MONTENOL

Lieutenant Wm Alfred Wooster RNR

7 March 1919 Engineer Lieutenant John G Lothergill RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

23 March 1919 Able Seaman Stanley Bennett MMR 957642 logged as deserting from the ship. He had signed on 9 March 1919

Able Seaman Stanley Bennett MMR 957642

24 March 1919 Fireman Edward Munt MMR 898870 logged as deserting from the ship. He had signed on 9 March 1919

Fireman Edward Munt MMR 898870

27 May 1919 Engineer Lieutenant Ralph Watson RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

20 July 1919 Able Seaman Charles Edward Legare MMR 870652 logged as deserting. He had signed on 9 March 1919

Able Seaman Charles E Legare MMR 870652

20 July 1919 at Gibraltar alongside HMS COLOMBO which had arrived from Devonport on No 16 buoy to refuel her - 290 tons of FFO supplied

HMS COLOMBO

1 August 1919 Captain A Kirby RFA appointed as Master. He remained as Master until 30 April 1920 when he was discharged to HMS CORMORANT at Gibraltar to await passage to England. Remained on pay until 20 June 1920

1 August 1919 Able Seaman Michael Wiswill MMR 970989 deserted. He had signed-on on 4 March 1919

Able Seaman Michael Wiswill MMR 970989

22 March 1920 at Gibraltar alongside HMS TEMERAIRE supplied 736 tons of FFO

HMS TEMERAIRE

1 April 1920 Mr W Maybray RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

19 April 1920 Captain Evan M Richards RFA appointed as Master

17 July 1920 at Gibraltar alongside HMS TORCH refuelling her with 156 tons of FFO

7 October 1920 Captain James P Downie RFA appointed as Master

10 December 1920 alongside HMS MALAYA at Gibraltar refuelling her 

HMS MALAYA

 

24 March 1921 alongside HMS MALAYA at Gibraltar refuelling her - 590 tons FFO

7 and 8 November 1921 alongside HMS HOOD at Gibraltar refuelling her

HMS HOOD

21 November 1921 alongside HMS DURBAN at Gibraltar refuelling her

8 April 1922 Captain William Whiteley RFA appointed as Master and Mr C N Ansell RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

Captain William Whiteley RFA

30 January 1923 at Gibraltar alongside HMS HOOD refuelling her

31 January 1923 at Gibraltar alongside HMS REPULSE refuelling her

HMS REPULSE

2 March 1923 at Gibraltar alongside HMS REPULSE refuelling her

September 1924 Captain Robert T Gallon RFA appointed as Master

1 October 1924 Mr H M Scott RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

4 March 1926 Captain Eric Parker RFA appointed as Master

Captain Eric Parker RFA

9 September 1926 Mr Andrew H Ireland RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

Chief Engineer Officer Andrew H Ireland RFA

25 May 1928 Captain Cecil R Rosen RFA appointed as Master

Captain Cecil R Rosen RFA

6 September 1928 Mr Matthew Blair RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

6 March 1930 Captain Thomas C Robinson RFA appointed as Master

28 August 1930 Mr Thomas W Robinson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer until 29 August 1932

3 March 1932 Captain W H Farrow RFA (Commander RN (ret.)) appointed as Master

30 August 1932 Mr Andrew C Fraser RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

24 September 1932 Mr Thomas W Robinson RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

2 May 1934 Captain B Ellis RFA appointed as Master

18 July 1935 Mr J B Russell RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 January 1937 sailed Portsmouth for Portland

4 March 1937 Mr F Johnstone RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 August 1937 Captain Sidney P Sice RFA appointed as Master

26 April 1938 at Gibraltar HMS GREYHOUND alongside to be refuelled - supplied 140 tons of FFO

HMS GREYHOUND

3 April 1939 Mr R W Cook RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

26 May 1939 Captain A Edwards RFA appointed as Master

August 1939 Captain Robert Grimer RFA appointed as Master

28 August 1939 at Gibraltar alongside HMS COVENTRY refuelling her - 520 tons of FFO supplied

 

HMS COVENTRY

 

3 September 1939 at Gibraltar on the outbreak of WW2

7 November 1939 at Gibraltar alongside HMS NORFOLK refuelling her

21 February 1941 Captain Emil E Sigwart RFA appointed as Master

 

Captain Emil E Sigwart RFA

6 August 1941 at Gibraltar refuelled HMAS NESTOR alongside

13 November 1941 Mr A A Woodley RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

8 November 1942 served during Operation Torch - the Allied Invasion of French North Africa along with RFA’s ABBEYDALE, BROWN RANGER, DERWENTDALE (1),  DEWDALE (1), DINGLEDALE, ENNERDALE (1) and  NASPRITE. Was awarded the North Africa 1942 Battle Honour

1 December 1942 Captain Robert M Shaw RFA appointed as Master

5 February 1943 Mr Philip E Bassadona RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

13 February 1943 at Gibraltar 4th Engineer Officer William Dick Evans RFA discharged dead - reported missing and believed that he had drowned

27 April 1943 at Gibraltar moored alongside tanker ss San Claudia which was in turn berthed alongside USS Housatonic (AO35)

16 February 1945 Mr P Mills RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

12 June 1945 used as an oil hulk at Gibraltar - repaired at Gibraltar

2 September 1945 at Gibraltar alongside HMS DEVONSHIRE refuelling her - 1082 tons of FFO supplied

27 November 1945 at Gibraltar alongside HMS DEVONSHIRE refuelling her - 1000 tons of FFO supplied

4 May 1946 returned to service as a Fleet Attendant oiler at Gibraltar

15 May 1946 Captain S P Sice RFA appointed as Master

13 December 1946 at Gibraltar alongside HMS VANGUARD refuelling her with 1,100 tons FFO

HMS VANGUARD

July 1947 placed in reserve at Gibraltar

30 August 1947 left Gibraltar to Devonport under the tow of RFA WAR BHARATA arriving on the 5 September 1947

5 September 1947 arrived Devonport, was destored then handed over to the MoT for disposal

23 September 1947 purchased by Risdon Beazeley & Co Ltd (R.A. Beazeley, Manager) Southampton, name unchanged

25 September 1947 left Devonport under tow to Southampton for repairs.

12 December 1947 repairs completed

18 December 1947 sailed London, passing Dover 20 December 1947 to Rouen arrived 21 December 1947

22 December 1947 sailed Rouen to Mounts Bay arriving 26 December 1947 - had to shelter due to bad weather

28 December 1947 sailed from Mounts Bay

6 January 1948 at Milford Haven - sailed 15 January 1948

27 January 1948 sailed Manchester to Stanlow arriving the same day.

5 February 1948 sailed Eastham to Nates, France returning to Holyhead.

16 February 1948 sailed Nantes, France

26 February 1948 sheltering in St Ives Bay 

11 March 1948 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing eastward

1950 sold to O Novella of Genoa and renamed Frecciamare

1976 purchased by Ciane-Anapo Cioa di Nav, Genoa name unchanged

24 November 1982 arrived for breaking up at Brindisi by Fercomit SpA