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










































































































































































































































































































































































































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

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Notes and references





  1. ^ "ACACIA CARGO SHIP 1879-1903 - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2014-08-21..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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. ^ abcdefghijk 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. ^ abcdefghi 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.




External links




  • Nordenes on the Clydebuilt ships database


  • Pacific Star on Blue Star on the Web


  • St Andania on the Clydebuilt ships database




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