Persol
Vessel name on Arrival: Alan Clore
Original Builder: Sir Raylton Dixon & Company, Middlesbrough
Original Yard No: 608
Official Number: 140278
Vessel Type: navaltanker
GRT: 5895
Year Built: 1917
Arrival Date: 30/01/1951
Breakup Started: 31/01/1951
Date First Beached: 09/07/1951
Date Breakup Completed: 07/12/1951
Draught For’d: 11' 3"
Draught Aft: 16' 0"
Name Changes:
1916 : launched as Persol for the Admiralry
1917 : renamed RFA Cherryleaf for the Admiralty
1947 : sold to British Oil Shipping Company Limited and renamed Alan Clore
Other Information:
Fast 'Leaf' Class Fleet Attendant Tanker RFA CHERRYLEAF Pennant Nos. X 48, Y 7, 181, X 17
09-11-1916 : Launched
April 1917 : Completed
Dimensions : 123.5 metres x 16.6 metres
Propulsion : Twin-Screw / Steam Engines
Speed : 14 knots
18-04-1917 : Trials
20-04-1917 : Commissioned under the management of Lanr & MacAndrew Limited of London
25-08-1917 : Attacked in English Channel by German submarine but torpedo missed
1917 – 1918 : Operations in the North Atlantic
1919 – 1921 : On West Indies Station based out of Bermuda
1922 – 1926 : In Reserve with four sister-ships at Rosyth
1926 – 1930 : Out of Reserve and chartered out to the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Company Limited of London
1931 – 1934 : Mediterranean Station oiler area based out of Malta
1936 – 1939 : Station oiler duties at Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
03-09-1939 : RFS Cherryleaf at Malta on the outbreal date of WWII
1940 – 1945 : Mainly in Mediterranean stations, Malta, Gibraltar, Alexandra, etc.
1945 – 1946 : India
21-10-1946 : Handed over to Ministry of Transport for disposal
January 1947 : Sold to the British Oil Shipping Company Limited of London
28-08-1947 : Following refit on the Tyne, vessel renamed S.S. Alan Clore
November 1948 : Following serious problems with Engines and Boilers, laid up in the River Fal
20-12-1950 : Arrived at Dalmuir, River Clyde, for breaking by Messrs Arnott Young & Company
30-01-1951 : Arrived as hulk at WSSCL, Troon for final demolition