SS Wallsend

Last updated February 18, 2024

Wallsend was the name of a number of steamships, mostly operated by the Burnett Steamship Co Ltd.

SS Wallsend (1893), in service from 1893–1915^{[ citation needed ]}
SS Wallsend (1899), built for Newcastle Wallsend Co Ltd, in service until 1935^{[ citation needed ]}
SS Wallsend (1917), torpedoed and sunk in 1918^{[ citation needed ]}
SS Wallsend (1922), wrecked in 1934^{[ citation needed ]}
SS Wallsend (1937), torpedoed and sunk in 1942^{[ citation needed ]}
SS Wallsend (1943), built as Empire Buttress. In service from 1946–59

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