| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Rio-Cape Line Ltd. - Furness, Withy & Company Ltd.,, Newcastle |
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1917 Ordered and building for Western Steamship Company Ltd., (J. Gardiner & Company, managers), Glasgow.
21/10/1917 Launched for Furness Withy & Company Ltd.
14/11/1917 Rio-Cape Line Ltd., (Furness, Withy & Company Ltd., managers).
War service
30/12/1917 until 09/08/1918 Expeditionary Force Transport (No. G1820) moving stores from Canada to Italy and from USA to France. |
| Vessel history |
| 25/06/1918 Attacked with gunfire by a German submarine in N. Atlantic but made good her escape. |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1918 |
Torpedoed 09/08/1918 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Whilst on a voyage from R. Clyde to Dunkirk with Government stores, torpedoed by the German submarine UB 57, in a position 4 miles E. by N. from the Owers Light Vessel. 1 life lost. |
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