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

Khoula F, originally Empire Trumpet, has been aground on Kish Island, Iran since 1966
Halcyon-class minesweeper HMS Speedy in 1944
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ShipLaunchedFate
SS Acacia1879Sank after collision 1903[1]
SV Ada Melmore1877Sank after collision 1887[2]
SS Adato (1899)1899Sank 1909[3]
MS Agamemnon1946Sank after catching fire, 1969
MV Alaunia1960Stricken 1993[4]
SS Alice Taylor1891Sank 1918[5]
Altair1916deleted 1940[6]
MV Andania1959Scrapped 1986
SS Andoni1898Torpedoed and sunk 1917[7]
SS Annapolis1911Torpedoed and sunk 1917[8]
Antares1916deleted 1936[6]
SS Ashantian1935Torpedoed and sunk 1943
MV Athelduchess1929Wrecked 1943,[9] repaired 1948, broken up 1971
MV Athelempress1930Torpedoed and sunk 1942[10]
MV Athelmonarch1928Sunk by U97, 1940
MV Athelprincess1923Torpedoed and sunk 1943[11]
MV Athelsultan1929Torpedoed and sunk 1942[12]
RFA Bacchus1915Sunk as a target vessel, 1938
MV Baron Dalmeny1924Scrapped 1960
SS British Holly1917Scrapped 1931
SS British Officer1955Scrapped 1977
HMIS Carnatic1942Scrapped 1949
SS Charlton Hall1907Scrapped 1934
SS Clan Matheson1919Scuttled 1955
SS Craigoswald1899Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911[13]
SS Craster Hall1909Wrecked 1927
SV David Morgan1891Lost 1898
SS Empire Call1944Grounded and wrecked, 1945
SS Empire Swordsman1944Scrapped 1968
SS Empire Trumpet1943Ran aground on Kish Island, Iran, 1966
HMS Gossamer1937Sunk 1942[14]
SV Hans1904Scrapped 1948
SS Heathercliff1883Sank 1894
SS Hyndford1905Scrapped 1930
HMS Ilfracombe1941Scrapped 1948[14]
SS Kerkenna1900Scrapped 1963
HMIS Khyber1942Scrapped 1949
SS Kingston Hill1940Sunk by enemy action, 1941
HMIS Kumaon1942Scrapped 1949
SV Kurt1904Renamed Moshulu. Preserved as a restaurant in Philadelphia
MV Limerick1925Torpedoed and sunk 1943
HMS Llandudno1941Scrapped 1952[14]
SS Lulworth Hill1940Sunk by enemy action, 1943
MV Lycia1954Scrapped 1977
HMS Lychnis1917Transferred to the Indian Marine Service in 1921 as HMIS Cornwallis
SS Macassa1888Sank 1928
SS Marietta E1940Sunk by enemy action 1943
HMS Melton1916Scrapped 1951
SS Michael E1941Sunk by enemy action on maiden voyage, 1941
SS Minerva1909Sank after hitting a mine 1945[15]
SS Mount Ida1938Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939
HMS Nigella1916Sold 1921[6]
MV Nordenes1956Scrapped 1981
HMS P131916Scrapped 1923[6]
HMS P381917Scrapped 1937[6]
HMS P571917Sold to Egypt 1920, renamed El Raqib[6]
HMS P581917Scrapped 1921[6]
MV Pacific Star1954Scrapped 1973
HMS Pansy1916Scrapped 1920[6]
HMS Pelargonium1918Sold May 1921[6]
SS Primrose Hill1941Sunk by enemy action, 1942
HMS Prince Rupert1915Scrapped 1923[6]
HMIS Rohilkand1942Scrapped 1963
HMS Rothesay1941Scrapped 1950[14]
SS Saint Bernard1939Sank 1967[16]
HMS Speedwell1935Scrapped 1954[14]
HMS Speedy1938Scrapped 1957[14]
HMS Sphinx1939Bombed and wrecked 1940[14]
SS Strathbeg1909Bombed and sunk 1944[17]
SS Strathgarry1907Torpedoed and sunk 1917[18]
HMS Tarantella1917Sold for commercial use 1921[6]
HMS Tenby1941Scrapped 1948[14]
MV Trecarrell1959Sank after explosion 1979[19]
MV Valverda1934Renamed Alfred Olsen. Torpedoed and sunk 1941
SS Waitemata1908Torpedoed and sunk 1918
SS Westfalia1882Sunk 1889
SS Zara 1897 Torpedoed and sunk 1917

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ "ACACIA CARGO SHIP 1879-1903 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  2. ↑ "ADA MELMORE BARQUE - BARK 1877-1887 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  3. ↑ "ADATO CARGO SHIP 1899-1909 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  4. ↑ "tss ALAUNIA built by William Hamilton & Co Port Glasgow Clydebuilt Ships Database". Clydesite.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  5. ↑ "ALICE TAYLOR CARGO SHIP 1891-1918 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1906-1921. ISBN 0-85177245-5.
  7. ↑ "ANDONI CARGO SHIP 1898-1917 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  8. ↑ "ANNAPOLIS CARGO SHIP 1911-1917 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  9. ↑ "ATHELDUCHESS TANKER 1929-1943 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  10. ↑ "ATHELEMPRESS TANKER 1930-1942 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  11. ↑ "ATHELPRINCESS TANKER 1929-1943 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  12. ↑ "ATHELSULTAN TANKER 1929-1942 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  13. ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
  15. ↑ "ANKO MARU PASSENGER SHIP 1909-1945 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 1945-05-14. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  16. ↑ "ARISTOS CARGO SHIP 1939-1967 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  17. ↑ "ASAKA MARU CARGO SHIP 1909-1944 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  18. ↑ "AUSTRALBUSH CARGO SHIP 1907-1917 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  19. ↑ "ALTONA CARGO SHIP 1959-1979 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
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