Builder: J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, U.K.
Year of build: 1896 (Yard no. 337)
Measures: GRT 4905, NRT 3150, DWT 7800, LOA 128,93 m, breadth 15,38 m, draught 8,3 m, 2000 bhp, 10,0 kn
History:
ELLEN RICKMERS (1896 - 1900)
Owner: Rickmers Reismullen, Rhederei & Schiffbau A.G., Bremerhaven, Germany
BORKUM (1900 - 1916)
Owner: Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Germany
08/1914 laid up at Massowah, Eritrea
15/12/1915 Italian Government requisition
26/08/1916 seized by Italy, new name
ASTI (1916 - 1917)
Torpedoed by U.93 when 220nm SW of Isles of Scilly on passage Barry for Taranto with coal

From the collection of my grandfather. Source, date and location unknown.