Orizaba built 03/1908 Cook Welton & Gemmell for A Bannister
12/1914 Requisitioned as boom defence vessel
1919 Returned
04/1919 Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co
17/08/1940 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper
01/1944 Converted to a Fuel carrier
10/12/1944 Returned
11/04/1946 Laid Up in Alexander Docks
1949 Sold to Bosco and allocated to JJ King & Co
06/06/1949 Broken up at Gateshead
Her Details are
- Official Number 127827
- Yard Number 162
- Admiralty Number FY 1897 Y7.23
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 233 NT 91
- Dimensions 120 x 22 x 11.7
- Quarter Deck 67 Foc’sle 19
- Engines C D Holmes 70nhp 10.5 Knots