William Hamilton and Company

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..

Ships built by William Hamilton Co Ltd

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Khoula F, originally Empire Trumpet, has been aground on Kish Island, Iran since 1966
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Ship Launched Fate
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1879 Sank after collision 1903[1]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1877 Sank after collision 1887[2]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1899 Sank 1909[3]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1946 Sank after catching fire, 1969
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1960 Stricken 1993[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1891 Sank 1918[5]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916 deleted 1940[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1959 Scrapped 1986[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1898 Sunk by torpedo 1917[9]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1911 Sunk by torpedo 1917[10]
Antares 1916 deleted 1936[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1935 Sunk by torpedo 1943
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1929 Wrecked 1943,[11]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1930 Sunk by torpedo 1942[12]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1928 Sunk by torpedo Template:GS, 1943
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1923 Sunk by torpedo 1943[13]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1929 Sunk by torpedo 1942[14]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1915 Sunk as a target ship, 1938
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1924 Scrapped 1960
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1917 Scrapped 1931
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1955 Scrapped 1977
SS Cara 1905 Sunk by torpedo 18 Feb 1942 by Template:GS[15]
Template:HMIS 1942 Scrapped 1949
SS Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1907 Scrapped 1934[16]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1919 Scuttled 1955
SS Coot 1892 Wrecked 1908
SS Crofton Hall 1913 Scrapped 1957[17]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1899 Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1911[18]
SS Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1909 Wrecked 1927[19]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1937 Sunk 1942[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1904 Scrapped 1948
SS Hardwicke Grange 1921 Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by Template:GS[21]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1883 Sank 1894
SS Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1910 Sunk 1942[22]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1905 Scrapped 1930
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Scrapped 1948[20]
SS Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1900 Scrapped 1963
Template:HMIS 1942 Scrapped 1949
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1940 Sunk by enemy action, 1941
Template:HMIS 1942 Scrapped 1949
SV Kurt 1904 Renamed Moshulu. Preserved as a restaurant in Philadelphia
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1925 Sunk by torpedo 1943
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Scrapped 1952[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1940 Sunk by enemy action, 1943
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1954 Scrapped 1977
HMS Lychnis 1917 Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1921 as HMIS Cornwallis
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1888 Sank 1928
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1940 Sunk by enemy action, 1943
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1916 Scrapped 1951
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Sunk by enemy action on maiden voyage, 1941
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1909 Sunk by a mine, 1945[23]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1938 Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off Norfolk, 1939
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1926 Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by Template:GS[24]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1916 Sold 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1956 Scrapped 1981[25]
HMS P13 1916 Scrapped 1923[7]
HMS P38 1917 Scrapped 1937[7]
HMS P57 1917 Sold to Egypt 1920, renamed El Raqib[7]
HMS P58 1917 Scrapped 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1954 Scrapped 1973[26]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1916 Scrapped 1920[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1918 Sold May 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Sunk by enemy action, 1942
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1915 Scrapped 1923[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942 Scrapped 1963
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Scrapped 1950[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1939 Sank 1967[27]
SS Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1911 Foundered 1936[28]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1935 Scrapped 1954[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1938 Scrapped 1957[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1939 Bombed and wrecked 1940[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1909 Bombed and sunk 1944[29]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1907 Sunk by torpedo 1917[30]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1917 Sold for commercial use 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1941 Scrapped 1948[20]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1959 Sank after explosion 1979[31]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1934 Renamed Alfred Olsen. Sunk by torpedo 1941
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1908 Sunk by torpedo 1918
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1882 Sunk 1889
Template:SV 1896 Scrapped 1924[32]
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

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  6. ↑ https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=8876&vessel=FALKIRK#v
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  20. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973
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  32. ↑ https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=8876&vessel=FALKIRK#v

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