Official Number: 123270
Laid down:
Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd., Hull
Pennant No: Y 5.5
Launched: 23 July 1906
Into Service: 9 August 1914
Out of service: 7 October 1916
Fate: March 1934 reported scrapped
Background Data:
One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
23 July 1906 launched by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd., Hull as Yard Nr: 519 named KOLPINO for Wilson Line (T Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Managers) Hull
September 1906 completed as a passenger / cargo vessel and could accommodate 20 x 1st Class & 216 x 3rd Class passengers
2 October 1906 sailed St Petersburg for Hull
18 November 1906 arrived at Marseilles from Hull
3 December 1906 arrived at Valencia
31 January 1909 sailed Leghorn for Marseilles
5 March 1909 arrive Genoa
18 May 1909 arrived Hull
15 September 1913 berthed at Grimsby
9 August 1914 requisitioned for Admiralty service as a Frozen Meat Ship - name unchanged - until 9 October 1915
1 February 1915 arrived at Loch Ewe
18 February 1915 at Scapa Flow berthed alongside HMS HAMPSHIRE and supplied 3,000 lbs of meat and 2,740 lbs of vegetables
HMS HAMPSHIRE
26 April 1916 re-deployed as a Frozen Meat Ship - name unchanged - until 7 October 1916
1917 owners became Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd., Hull - name unchanged
29 December 1917 at the Seaman's Hospital, Falmouth Mess Room Steward Benj. Rees discharged dead - cause of death not shown
21 November 1918 at Malaga Able Seaman Willie Louis discharged dead from influenza
13 December 1918 arrived Hull from Malaga
5 December 1919 sailed Hull for Christiania
22 December 1919 arrived Hull from Christiania
3 April 1929 purchased by Polish British Steamship Co Ltd., Gdynia and renamed REWA
March 1934 reported as broken up at Danzig by Danziger Werft