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[edit]
| Ship | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|
| SS Acacia | 1879 | Sank after collision 1903[1] |
| SV Ada Melmore | 1877 | Sank after collision 1887[2] |
| SS Adato | 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[7] |
| SS Andoni | 1898 | Sunk by torpedo 1917[8] |
| SS Annapolis | 1911 | Sunk by torpedo 1917[9] |
| Antares | 1916 | deleted 1936[6] |
| SS Ashantian | 1935 | Sunk by torpedo 1943 |
| MV Athelduchess | 1929 | Wrecked 1943,[10] |
| MV Athelempress | 1930 | Sunk by torpedo 1942[11] |
| MV Athelmonarch | 1928 | Sunk by torpedo U-97, 1943 |
| MV Athelprincess | 1923 | Sunk by torpedo 1943[12] |
| MV Athelsultan | 1929 | Sunk by torpedo 1942[13] |
| RFA Bacchus | 1915 | Sunk as a target ship, 1938 |
| MV Baron Dalmeny | 1924 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS British Holly | 1917 | Scrapped 1931 |
| SS British Officer | 1955 | Scrapped 1977 |
| SS Cara | 1905 | Sunk by torpedo 18 Feb 1942 by U-432[14] |
| HMIS Carnatic | 1942 | Scrapped 1949 |
| SS Charlton Hall | 1907 | Scrapped 1934[15] |
| SS Clan Matheson | 1919 | Scuttled 1955 |
| SS Coot | 1892 | Wrecked 1908 |
| SS Crofton Hall | 1913 | Scrapped 1957[16] |
| SS Craigoswald | 1899 | Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911[17] |
| SS Craster Hall | 1909 | Wrecked 1927[18] |
| 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[19] |
| SV Hans | 1904 | Scrapped 1948 |
| SS Hardwicke Grange | 1921 | Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by U-129[20] |
| SS Heathercliff | 1883 | Sank 1894 |
| SS Howick Hall | 1910 | Sunk 1942[21] |
| SS Hyndford | 1905 | Scrapped 1930 |
| HMS Ilfracombe | 1941 | Scrapped 1948[19] |
| 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 | Sunk by torpedo 1943 |
| HMS Llandudno | 1941 | Scrapped 1952[19] |
| SS Lulworth Hill | 1940 | Sunk by enemy action, 1943 |
| MV Lycia | 1954 | Scrapped 1977 |
| HMS Lychnis | 1917 | Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy 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 | Sunk by a mine, 1945[22] |
| SS Mount Ida | 1938 | Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939 |
| Nerissa | 1926 | Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by U-552[23] |
| HMS Nigella | 1916 | Sold 1921[6] |
| MV Nordenes | 1956 | Scrapped 1981[24] |
| 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[25] |
| 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[19] |
| SS Saint Bernard | 1939 | Sank 1967[26] |
| SS Santa Rosalia | 1911 | Foundered 1936[27] |
| HMS Speedwell | 1935 | Scrapped 1954[19] |
| HMS Speedy | 1938 | Scrapped 1957[19] |
| HMS Sphinx | 1939 | Bombed and wrecked 1940[19] |
| SS Strathbeg | 1909 | Bombed and sunk 1944[28] |
| SS Strathgarry | 1907 | Sunk by torpedo 1917[29] |
| HMS Tarantella | 1917 | Sold for commercial use 1921[6] |
| HMS Tenby | 1941 | Scrapped 1948[19] |
| MV Trecarrell | 1959 | Sank after explosion 1979[30] |
| MV Valverda | 1934 | Renamed Alfred Olsen. Sunk by torpedo 1941 |
| SS Waitemata | 1908 | Sunk by torpedo 1918 |
| SS Westfalia | 1882 | Sunk 1889 |
| SS Zara | 1897 | Sunk by torpedo 1917 |
William Hamilton also built a floating dock for Surabaya in 1912.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ "SS Acacia (+1903}". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SV Ada Melmore (+1887)". Wrecksite.eu. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SS Adato (+1909)". Wrecksite.eu. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Alaunia". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "SS Alice Taylor [+1918]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gray, Randal, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. ISBN 0-85177245-5.
- ^ "Andania". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
- ^ "SS Andoni (+1917)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SS Annapolis [+1917]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "MV Athelduchess [+1943]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "MV Athelempress [+1942]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "MV Athelprincess (+1943)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "MV Athelsultan (+1942)". Wrecksite.eu. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Olinda". uboat.net. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Charlton Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Crofton Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ^ "Craster Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
- ^ "Hardwicke Grange". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Howick Hall". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Anko Maru (+1945)". Wrecksite.eu. 14 May 1945. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Nerissa". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Nordenes". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
- ^ "Blue Star's M.V. "Pacific Star" 3". Blue Star on the Web.
- ^ "SS Aristos [+1967]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Santa Rosalia". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Asaka Maru (+1944)". Wrecksite.eu. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SS Australbush [+1917]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "MV Altona [+1979]". Wrecksite.eu. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
External links[edit]
- "William Hamilton and Co". Grace's Guide To British Industrial History. Grace's Guide Ltd. 17 November 2021.