MALVERN IX 138
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Built 1901 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co, Ld, Newcastle Served briefly in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as auxiliary ship #306, returned to owners in 1918 The shipping company becomes Compagnia Industrie Marittime Affini Roma (CIMAR) in 1934. The shipping company becomes Compagnia Italiana Marittima in 1938. Took refuge at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on 10 June 1940 (when Italy declared war on France and Great Britain) or soon after and interned. Set afire by its crew on 31 March 1941 and then seized by Venezuelan authorities on 20 March 1942. Commissioned 11 May 1944 Used as a "floating storage tanker" or "mobile station tanker" (i.e. floating fuel depot, to be used in bases without adequate infrastructure). Decommissioned, 16 February 1946, at Manila, P.I. Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946 Returned to the Italian government 16 March 1948, per Executive Order 9935 signed by US President Harry Truman. Sold in 1948 to the Henderson Trippe Corporation Scrapped at Shanghai in 1950 by the Asia Development Corporation |
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Postmarks
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Locy Type 2z |
1945-04-23 |
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - Malvern Hill is a plateau on the northern bank of the James River, where McClellan, aided greatly by Union gunboats,. repulsed Lee’s attack July 1 1862, saving his army of the Potomac in the final battle of the Seven Days Battle of the peninsular campaign
Additional Naming History Sources
The blog post
Con la pelle appesa a un chiodo (dated 14 March 2015)
contains a very detailed history of the ship.
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