William Hamilton and Company

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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.

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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 The Greek Ship.jpg
Khoula F, originally Empire Trumpet, has been aground on Kish Island, Iran since 1966
Halcyon-class minesweeper HMS Speedy in 1944 HMS Speedy 1944 IWM FL 3100.jpg
Halcyon-class minesweeper HMS Speedy in 1944
ShipLaunchedFate
SS Acacia 1879Sank after collision 1903 [1]
SV Ada Melmore 1877Sank after collision 1887 [2]
SS Adato 1899Sank 1909 [3]
MS Agamemnon 1946Sank after catching fire, 1969
MV Alaunia 1960Stricken 1993 [4]
SS Alice Taylor 1891Sank 1918 [5]
Altair 1916deleted 1940 [6]
MV Andania 1959Scrapped 1986 [7]
SS Andoni 1898Sunk by torpedo 1917 [8]
SS Annapolis 1911Sunk by torpedo 1917 [9]
Antares 1916deleted 1936 [6]
SS Ashantian 1935Sunk by torpedo 1943
MV Athelduchess 1929Wrecked 1943, [10]
MV Athelempress 1930Sunk by torpedo 1942 [11]
MV Athelmonarch 1928Sunk by torpedo U-97, 1943
MV Athelprincess 1923Sunk by torpedo 1943 [12]
MV Athelsultan 1929Sunk by torpedo 1942 [13]
RFA Bacchus 1915Sunk as a target ship, 1938
MV Baron Dalmeny 1924Scrapped 1960
SS British Holly 1917Scrapped 1931
SS British Officer 1955Scrapped 1977
SS Cara1905Sunk by torpedo 18 Feb 1942 by U-432 [14]
HMIS Carnatic 1942Scrapped 1949
SS Charlton Hall 1907Scrapped 1934 [15]
SS Clan Matheson 1919Scuttled 1955
SS Coot 1892Wrecked 1908
SS Crofton Hall1913Scrapped 1957 [16]
SS Craigoswald 1899Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911 [17]
SS Craster Hall 1909Wrecked 1927 [18]
SV David Morgan 1891Lost 1898
SS Empire Call 1944Grounded and wrecked, 1945
SS Empire Swordsman 1944Scrapped 1968
SS Empire Trumpet 1943Ran aground on Kish Island, Iran, 1966
HMS Gossamer 1937Sunk 1942 [19]
SV Hans 1904Scrapped 1948
SS Hardwicke Grange1921Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by U-129 [20]
SS Heathercliff 1883Sank 1894
SS Howick Hall 1910Sunk 1942 [21]
SS Hyndford 1905Scrapped 1930
HMS Ilfracombe 1941Scrapped 1948 [19]
SS Kerkenna 1900Scrapped 1963
HMIS Khyber 1942Scrapped 1949
SS Kingston Hill 1940Sunk by enemy action, 1941
HMIS Kumaon 1942Scrapped 1949
SV Kurt 1904Renamed Moshulu. Preserved as a restaurant in Philadelphia
MV Limerick 1925Sunk by torpedo 1943
HMS Llandudno 1941Scrapped 1952 [19]
SS Lulworth Hill 1940Sunk by enemy action, 1943
MV Lycia 1954Scrapped 1977
HMS Lychnis 1917Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1921 as HMIS Cornwallis
SS Macassa 1888Sank 1928
SS Marietta E 1940Sunk by enemy action, 1943
HMS Melton 1916Scrapped 1951
SS Michael E 1941Sunk by enemy action on maiden voyage, 1941
SS Minerva 1909Sunk by a mine, 1945 [22]
SS Mount Ida 1938Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939
Nerissa 1926Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by U-552 [23]
HMS Nigella 1916Sold 1921 [6]
MV Nordenes 1956Scrapped 1981 [24]
HMS P13 1916Scrapped 1923 [6]
HMS P38 1917Scrapped 1937 [6]
HMS P57 1917Sold to Egypt 1920, renamed El Raqib [6]
HMS P58 1917Scrapped 1921 [6]
MV Pacific Star 1954Scrapped 1973 [25]
HMS Pansy 1916Scrapped 1920 [6]
HMS Pelargonium 1918Sold May 1921 [6]
SS Primrose Hill 1941Sunk by enemy action, 1942
HMS Prince Rupert 1915Scrapped 1923 [6]
HMIS Rohilkand 1942Scrapped 1963
HMS Rothesay 1941Scrapped 1950 [19]
SS Saint Bernard 1939Sank 1967 [26]
SS Santa Rosalia 1911Foundered 1936 [27]
HMS Speedwell 1935Scrapped 1954 [19]
HMS Speedy 1938Scrapped 1957 [19]
HMS Sphinx 1939Bombed and wrecked 1940 [19]
SS Strathbeg 1909Bombed and sunk 1944 [28]
SS Strathgarry 1907Sunk by torpedo 1917 [29]
HMS Tarantella 1917Sold for commercial use 1921 [6]
HMS Tenby 1941Scrapped 1948 [19]
MV Trecarrell 1959Sank after explosion 1979 [30]
MV Valverda 1934Renamed Alfred Olsen. Sunk by torpedo 1941
SS Waitemata 1908Sunk by torpedo 1918
SS Westfalia 1882Sunk 1889
SS Zara1897Sunk by torpedo 1917

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William Hamilton also built a floating dock for Surabaya in 1912.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "SS Acacia (+1903}". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "SV Ada Melmore (+1887)". Wrecksite.eu. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "SS Adato (+1909)". Wrecksite.eu. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alaunia". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "SS Alice Taylor [+1918]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gray, Randal, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. ISBN   0-85177245-5.
  7. ↑ "Andania". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
  8. ↑ "SS Andoni (+1917)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "SS Annapolis [+1917]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "MV Athelduchess [+1943]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "MV Athelempress [+1942]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "MV Athelprincess (+1943)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "MV Athelsultan (+1942)". Wrecksite.eu. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Olinda". uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Charlton Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Crofton Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  17. ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat . Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p.  120. ISBN   0-9508611-0-3.
  18. ↑ "Craster Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
  20. ↑ "Hardwicke Grange". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "Howick Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Anko Maru (+1945)". Wrecksite.eu. 14 May 1945. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Nerissa". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  24. ↑ "Nordenes". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
  25. ↑ "Blue Star's M.V. "Pacific Star" 3". Blue Star on the Web.
  26. ↑ "SS Aristos [+1967]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Santa Rosalia". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  28. ↑ "Asaka Maru (+1944)". Wrecksite.eu. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "SS Australbush [+1917]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  30. ↑ "MV Altona [+1979]". Wrecksite.eu. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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