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 {{Sclass|Bangor|minesweeper}}s.

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

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Ship	Launched	Fate
class="wikitable"
{{SS\|Acacia\|1879\|6}}	1879	Sank after collision 1903{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212009 \|title=SS Acacia (+1903} \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{ship\|SV\|Ada Melmore}}	1877	Sank after collision 1887{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31597 \|title=SV Ada Melmore (+1887) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=2014-01-28 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{SS\|Adato\|1899\|6}}	1899	Sank 1909{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134429 \|title=SS Adato (+1909) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=2014-05-28 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{MS\|Agamemnon}}	1946	Sank after catching fire, 1969
{{MV\|Alaunia\|1960\|6}}	1960	Stricken 1993{{cite web \|url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8787 \|title=Alaunia \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=2022-09-16}}
{{SS\|Alice Taylor\|1891\|6}}	1891	Sank 1918{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70331 \|title=SS Alice Taylor [+1918] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
Falkirk	1896	Scrapped 1924https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=8876&vessel=FALKIRK#v
{{ship	Altair\|1916\|2}}	1916	deleted 1940{{cite book \|editor-last=Gray \|editor-first=Randal \|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 \|year=1985 \|isbn=0-85177245-5 }}
{{MV\|Andania\|1959\|6}}	1959	Scrapped 1986{{cite web \|url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8786 \|title=Andania \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust}}
{{SS\|Andoni\|1898\|6}}	1898	Sunk by torpedo 1917{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144713 \|title=SS Andoni (+1917) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{SS\|Annapolis\|1911\|6}}	1911	Sunk by torpedo 1917{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64760 \|title=SS Annapolis [+1917] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
Antares	1916	deleted 1936
{{SS\|Ashantian\|1935\|6}}	1935	Sunk by torpedo 1943
{{MV\|Athelduchess\|1929\|6}}	1929	Wrecked 1943,{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134932 \|title=MV Athelduchess [+1943] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{MV\|Athelempress\|1930\|6}}	1930	Sunk by torpedo 1942{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?112223 \|title=MV Athelempress [+1942] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{MV\|Athelmonarch\|1928\|6}}	1928	Sunk by torpedo {{GS\|U-97\|1940\|2}}, 1943
{{MV\|Athelprincess\|1923\|6}}	1923	Sunk by torpedo 1943{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30618 \|title=MV Athelprincess (+1943) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{MV\|Athelsultan\|1929\|6}}	1929	Sunk by torpedo 1942{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31060 \|title=MV Athelsultan (+1942) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=2011-09-13 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{ship\|RFA\|Bacchus\|1915\|6}}	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 {{GS\|U-432	2}}{{cite web \|publisher=uboat.net \|title=Olinda \|url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1344.html \|access-date=15 Dec 2021}}
{{HMIS\|Carnatic\|J199\|6}}	1942	Scrapped 1949
SS {{USS\|Charlton Hall\|ID-1359\|2}}	1907	Scrapped 1934{{cite web \|url= http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8579 \|title=Charlton Hall \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{SS\|Clan Matheson\|1919\|6}}	1919	Scuttled 1955
SS Coot	1892	Wrecked 1908
SS Crofton Hall	1913	Scrapped 1957{{cite web \|url= http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8610 \|title=Crofton Hall \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{SS\|Craigoswald}}	1899	Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911{{cite book \|last1=Corin \|first1=J \|last2=Farr \|first2=G \|title=Penlee Lifeboat \|year=1983 \|publisher=Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution \|location=Penzance \|isbn=0-9508611-0-3 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120 120] \|url-access=registration \|url=https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120 }}
SS {{USS\|Craster Hall\|ID-1486\|2}}	1909	Wrecked 1927{{cite web \|url= http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8588 \|title=Craster Hall \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{ship\|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\|J63\|6}}	1937	Sunk 1942Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
{{ship\|SV\|Hans\|1904\|6}}	1904	Scrapped 1948
SS Hardwicke Grange	1921	Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by {{GS\|U-129	2}}{{cite web\|publisher=uboat.net\|title=Hardwicke Grange\|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1793.html\|access-date=24 May 2022}}
{{SS\|Heathercliff}}	1883	Sank 1894
SS {{USS\|Howick Hall\|ID-1303\|2}}	1910	Sunk 1942{{cite web \|url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8599 \|title=Howick Hall \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{SS\|Hyndford}}	1905	Scrapped 1930
{{HMS\|Ilfracombe\|J95\|6}}	1941	Scrapped 1948
SS {{USS\|Kerkenna\|1900\|2}}	1900	Scrapped 1963
{{HMIS\|Khyber\|J190\|6}}	1942	Scrapped 1949
{{SS\|Kingston Hill}}	1940	Sunk by enemy action, 1941
{{HMIS\|Kumaon\|J164\|6}}	1942	Scrapped 1949
SV Kurt	1904	Renamed Moshulu. Preserved as a restaurant in Philadelphia
{{MV\|Limerick\|1925\|6}}	1925	Sunk by torpedo 1943
{{HMS\|Llandudno\|J67\|6}}	1941	Scrapped 1952
{{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\|6}}	1909	Sunk by a mine, 1945{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135266 \|title=Anko Maru (+1945) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=1945-05-14 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{SS\|Mount Ida}}	1938	Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939
{{SS\|Nerissa\|1926\|2}}	1926	Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by {{GS\|U-552	2}}{{cite web \|publisher=uboat.net \|title=Nerissa \|url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/895.html \|access-date=20 May 2021}}
{{HMS\|Nigella\|1915\|6}}	1916	Sold 1921
{{MV\|Nordenes}}	1956	Scrapped 1981{{cite web \|url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8774 \|title=Nordenes \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust}}
HMS P13	1916	Scrapped 1923
HMS P38	1917	Scrapped 1937
HMS P57	1917	Sold to Egypt 1920, renamed El Raqib
HMS P58	1917	Scrapped 1921
{{MV\|Pacific Star}}	1954	Scrapped 1973{{cite web \|url= http://www.bluestarline.org/pacific3.html \|title=Blue Star's M.V. "Pacific Star" 3 \|work=Blue Star on the Web}}
{{HMS\|Pansy\|1916\|6}}	1916	Scrapped 1920
{{HMS\|Pelargonium\|1918\|6}}	1918	Sold May 1921
{{SS\|Primrose Hill}}	1941	Sunk by enemy action, 1942
{{HMS\|Prince Rupert}}	1915	Scrapped 1923
{{Ship\|HMIS\|Rohilkand\|J180\|6}}	1942	Scrapped 1963
{{HMS\|Rothesay\|1941\|6}}	1941	Scrapped 1950
{{SS\|Saint Bernard\|1939\|6}}	1939	Sank 1967{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10575 \|title=SS Aristos [+1967] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
SS {{USS\|Santa Rosalia\|ID-1503\|2}}	1911	Foundered 1936{{cite web \|url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?&ref=8604 \|title=Santa Rosalia \|work=Scottish Built Ships \|publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust \|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{HMS\|Speedwell\|J87\|6}}	1935	Scrapped 1954
{{HMS\|Speedy\|J17\|6}}	1938	Scrapped 1957
{{HMS\|Sphinx\|J69\|6}}	1939	Bombed and wrecked 1940
{{SS\|Strathbeg\|1909\|6}}	1909	Bombed and sunk 1944{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205959 \|title=Asaka Maru (+1944) \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=2013-08-30 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{SS\|Strathgarry\|1907\|6}}	1907	Sunk by torpedo 1917{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77353 \|title=SS Australbush [+1917] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{HMS\|Tarantella}}	1917	Sold for commercial use 1921
{{HMS\|Tenby\|J34\|6}}	1941	Scrapped 1948
{{MV\|Trecarrell\|1959\|6}}	1959	Sank after explosion 1979{{cite web \|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?120606 \|title=MV Altona [+1979] \|publisher=Wrecksite.eu \|date=2008-08-28 \|access-date=2014-08-21}}
{{MV\|Valverda\|1934\|6}}	1934	Renamed Alfred Olsen. Sunk by torpedo 1941
{{SS\|Waitemata}}	1908	Sunk by torpedo 1918
{{SS\|Westfalia}}	1882	Sunk 1889
{{SV\|Falkirk}}	1896	Scrapped 1924https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=8876&vessel=FALKIRK#v
SS Zara	1897	Sunk by torpedo 1917

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

Notes and references

External links

{{cite web |url= https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Hamilton_and_Co |title=William Hamilton and Co |work=Grace's Guide To British Industrial History |publisher=Grace's Guide Ltd |date=17 November 2021}}

Category:1867 establishments in Scotland

Category:Defunct shipbuilding companies of Scotland

Category:Former defence companies of the United Kingdom