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
ShipLaunchedFate
SS Acacia1879Sank after collision 1903[1]
SV Ada Melmore1877Sank after collision 1887[2]
SS Adato1899Sank 1909[3]
MS Agamemnon1946Sank after catching fire, 1969
MV Alaunia1960Stricken 1993[4]
SS Alice Taylor1891Sank 1918[5]
Altair1916deleted 1940[6]
MV Andania1959Scrapped 1986[7]
SS Andoni1898Sunk by torpedo 1917[8]
SS Annapolis1911Sunk by torpedo 1917[9]
Antares1916deleted 1936[6]
SS Ashantian1935Sunk by torpedo 1943
MV Athelduchess1929Wrecked 1943,[10]
MV Athelempress1930Sunk by torpedo 1942[11]
MV Athelmonarch1928Sunk by torpedo U-97, 1943
MV Athelprincess1923Sunk by torpedo 1943[12]
MV Athelsultan1929Sunk by torpedo 1942[13]
RFA Bacchus1915Sunk as a target ship, 1938
MV Baron Dalmeny1924Scrapped 1960
SS British Holly1917Scrapped 1931
SS British Officer1955Scrapped 1977
SS Cara1905Sunk by torpedo 18 Feb 1942 by U-432[14]
HMIS Carnatic1942Scrapped 1949
SS Charlton Hall1907Scrapped 1934[15]
SS Clan Matheson1919Scuttled 1955
SS Coot1892Wrecked 1908
SS Crofton Hall1913Scrapped 1957[16]
SS Craigoswald1899Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911[17]
SS Craster Hall1909Wrecked 1927[18]
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[19]
SV Hans1904Scrapped 1948
SS Hardwicke Grange1921Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by U-129[20]
SS Heathercliff1883Sank 1894
SS Howick Hall1910Sunk 1942[21]
SS Hyndford1905Scrapped 1930
HMS Ilfracombe1941Scrapped 1948[19]
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 Limerick1925Sunk by torpedo 1943
HMS Llandudno1941Scrapped 1952[19]
SS Lulworth Hill1940Sunk by enemy action, 1943
MV Lycia1954Scrapped 1977
HMS Lychnis1917Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy 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 Minerva1909Sunk by a mine, 1945[22]
SS Mount Ida1938Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939
SS Nerissa1926Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by U-552[23]
HMS Nigella1916Sold 1921[6]
MV Nordenes1956Scrapped 1981[24]
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[25]
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[19]
SS Saint Bernard1939Sank 1967[26]
SS Santa Rosalia1911Foundered 1936[27]
HMS Speedwell1935Scrapped 1954[19]
HMS Speedy1938Scrapped 1957[19]
HMS Sphinx1939Bombed and wrecked 1940[19]
SS Strathbeg1909Bombed and sunk 1944[28]
SS Strathgarry1907Sunk by torpedo 1917[29]
HMS Tarantella1917Sold for commercial use 1921[6]
HMS Tenby1941Scrapped 1948[19]
MV Trecarrell1959Sank after explosion 1979[30]
MV Valverda1934Renamed Alfred Olsen. Sunk by torpedo 1941
SS Waitemata1908Sunk by torpedo 1918
SS Westfalia1882Sunk 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. 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. 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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