GRT 7239. Built as Lake Champlain, a passenger/cargo ship by Barclay Curle. Twin screw triple expansion. Bought by Admiralty in 1914 and converted to dummy battleship KGV. Converetd to tanker with cylindrical tanks in the holds in 1915 and served at Scapa Flow until 1918. China Station until 1927. Laid up as Oil Fuel Jetty at Woodlands, Singapore. Scuttled but refloated by the Japanese who repaired her as a troopship. Recovered in 1945 and towed to UK for scrapping by BISCO in 1947. Modern copy from original.
