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
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)
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
SS 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

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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. ^ 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.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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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