William Hamilton and Company
William Hamilton and Company was a British shipyard in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The company was bought by Lithgow Ltd., which later became Scott Lithgow and was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders in 1977.
During the Second World War the company built several vessels for the Royal Navy, including Bangor-class minesweepers.
Hamiltons built the Pacific Star for the Booth Steamship Company Ltd, which was leased to the Blue Star Line as Blue Star's only tanker.
Some of the merchant ships that Hamiltons built in the Second World War were armed as CAM ships, including SS Michael E and SS Primrose Hill.
Ships built by William Hamilton Co Ltd
![](../I/The_Greek_Ship.jpg.webp)
Khoula F, originally Empire Trumpet, has been aground on Kish Island, Iran since 1966
![](../I/HMS_Speedy_1944_IWM_FL_3100.jpg.webp)
Ship | Launched | Fate |
---|---|---|
SS Acacia | 1879 | Sank after collision 1903[1] |
SV Ada Melmore | 1877 | Sank after collision 1887[2] |
SS Adato (1899) | 1899 | Sank 1909[3] |
MS Agamemnon | 1946 | Sank after catching fire, 1969 |
MV Alaunia | 1960 | Stricken 1993[4] |
SS Alice Taylor | 1891 | Sank 1918[5] |
Altair | 1916 | deleted 1940[6] |
MV Andania | 1959 | Scrapped 1986 |
SS Andoni | 1898 | Torpedoed and sunk 1917[7] |
SS Annapolis | 1911 | Torpedoed and sunk 1917[8] |
Antares | 1916 | deleted 1936[6] |
SS Ashantian | 1935 | Torpedoed and sunk 1943 |
MV Athelduchess | 1929 | Wrecked 1943,[9] repaired 1948, broken up 1971 |
MV Athelempress | 1930 | Torpedoed and sunk 1942[10] |
MV Athelmonarch | 1928 | Sunk by U97, 1940 |
MV Athelprincess | 1923 | Torpedoed and sunk 1943[11] |
MV Athelsultan | 1929 | Torpedoed and sunk 1942[12] |
RFA Bacchus | 1915 | Sunk as a target vessel, 1938 |
MV Baron Dalmeny | 1924 | Scrapped 1960 |
SS British Holly | 1917 | Scrapped 1931 |
SS British Officer | 1955 | Scrapped 1977 |
HMIS Carnatic | 1942 | Scrapped 1949 |
SS Charlton Hall | 1907 | Scrapped 1934 |
SS Clan Matheson | 1919 | Scuttled 1955 |
SS Craigoswald | 1899 | Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911[13] |
SS Craster Hall | 1909 | Wrecked 1927 |
SV David Morgan | 1891 | Lost 1898 |
SS Empire Call | 1944 | Grounded and wrecked, 1945 |
SS Empire Swordsman | 1944 | Scrapped 1968 |
SS Empire Trumpet | 1943 | Ran aground on Kish Island, Iran, 1966 |
HMS Gossamer | 1937 | Sunk 1942[14] |
SV Hans | 1904 | Scrapped 1948 |
SS Heathercliff | 1883 | Sank 1894 |
SS Hyndford | 1905 | Scrapped 1930 |
HMS Ilfracombe | 1941 | Scrapped 1948[14] |
SS Kerkenna | 1900 | Scrapped 1963 |
HMIS Khyber | 1942 | Scrapped 1949 |
SS Kingston Hill | 1940 | Sunk by enemy action, 1941 |
HMIS Kumaon | 1942 | Scrapped 1949 |
SV Kurt | 1904 | Renamed Moshulu. Preserved as a restaurant in Philadelphia |
MV Limerick | 1925 | Torpedoed and sunk 1943 |
HMS Llandudno | 1941 | Scrapped 1952[14] |
SS Lulworth Hill | 1940 | Sunk by enemy action, 1943 |
MV Lycia | 1954 | Scrapped 1977 |
HMS Lychnis | 1917 | Transferred to the Indian Marine Service in 1921 as HMIS Cornwallis |
SS Macassa | 1888 | Sank 1928 |
SS Marietta E | 1940 | Sunk by enemy action 1943 |
HMS Melton | 1916 | Scrapped 1951 |
SS Michael E | 1941 | Sunk by enemy action on maiden voyage, 1941 |
SS Minerva | 1909 | Sank after hitting a mine 1945[15] |
SS Mount Ida | 1938 | Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939 |
HMS Nigella | 1916 | Sold 1921[6] |
MV Nordenes | 1956 | Scrapped 1981 |
HMS P13 | 1916 | Scrapped 1923[6] |
HMS P38 | 1917 | Scrapped 1937[6] |
HMS P57 | 1917 | Sold to Egypt 1920, renamed El Raqib[6] |
HMS P58 | 1917 | Scrapped 1921[6] |
MV Pacific Star | 1954 | Scrapped 1973 |
HMS Pansy | 1916 | Scrapped 1920[6] |
HMS Pelargonium | 1918 | Sold May 1921[6] |
SS Primrose Hill | 1941 | Sunk by enemy action, 1942 |
HMS Prince Rupert | 1915 | Scrapped 1923[6] |
HMIS Rohilkand | 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
HMS Rothesay | 1941 | Scrapped 1950[14] |
SS Saint Bernard | 1939 | Sank 1967[16] |
HMS Speedwell | 1935 | Scrapped 1954[14] |
HMS Speedy | 1938 | Scrapped 1957[14] |
HMS Sphinx | 1939 | Bombed and wrecked 1940[14] |
SS Strathbeg | 1909 | Bombed and sunk 1944[17] |
SS Strathgarry | 1907 | Torpedoed and sunk 1917[18] |
HMS Tarantella | 1917 | Sold for commercial use 1921[6] |
HMS Tenby | 1941 | Scrapped 1948[14] |
MV Trecarrell | 1959 | Sank after explosion 1979[19] |
MV Valverda | 1934 | Renamed Alfred Olsen. Torpedoed and sunk 1941 |
SS Waitemata | 1908 | Torpedoed and sunk 1918 |
SS Westfalia | 1882 | Sunk 1889 |
SS Zara | 1897 | Torpedoed and sunk 1917 |
William Hamilton also built a floating dock for Surabaya in 1912.
Notes and references
- "ACACIA CARGO SHIP 1879-1903". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ADA MELMORE BARQUE - BARK 1877-1887". Wrecksite.eu. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ADATO CARGO SHIP 1899-1909". Wrecksite.eu. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "tss ALAUNIA built by William Hamilton & Co Port Glasgow Clydebuilt Ships Database". Clydesite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "ALICE TAYLOR CARGO SHIP 1891-1918". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- Gray, Randal, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. ISBN 0-85177245-5.
- "ANDONI CARGO SHIP 1898-1917". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ANNAPOLIS CARGO SHIP 1911-1917". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ATHELDUCHESS TANKER 1929-1943". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ATHELEMPRESS TANKER 1930-1942". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ATHELPRINCESS TANKER 1929-1943". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ATHELSULTAN TANKER 1929-1942". Wrecksite.eu. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
- "ANKO MARU PASSENGER SHIP 1909-1945". Wrecksite.eu. 14 May 1945. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ARISTOS CARGO SHIP 1939-1967". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ASAKA MARU CARGO SHIP 1909-1944". Wrecksite.eu. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "AUSTRALBUSH CARGO SHIP 1907-1917". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- "ALTONA CARGO SHIP 1959-1979". Wrecksite.eu. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
External links
- Nordenes on the Clydebuilt ships database
- Pacific Star on Blue Star on the Web
- St Andania on the Clydebuilt ships database
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.