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Description | Images | Id |
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| Safeguard | The 'Safeguard', a wooden motor drifter, caught fire in the Minch on 25 June 1934. She was skippered by Murdo Macleod, 26 Cromore and was finally sunk by the 'Nellie Gardner', 8 miles south-west of Stornoway. | 49576 | |
| SS/MFA Eleanor | The SS Eleanor was a Cargo Steamship hip built by J Ridley & Son, Tully in 1888. She was hired by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and used as a Mine Carrier. On February 12, 1918, south west of the Isle of Wight the MFA... | 120642 | |
| SS/HMS Zaria | HMS Zaria was a Passenger/Cargo Steamship built by Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Port Glasgow in 1903 for the British & African Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in... | 118472 | |
| SS/HMS Whitby Abbey (128091) | The SS Whitby Abbey was a Passenger/Cargo Steel Screw Steamship built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool in 1907 for the Hull and Netherland SS Co Ltd, Hull. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in... | 120693 | |
| SS/HMS Transylvania (148874) (F56) | The SS Transylvania was an Ocean Liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan in 1925 for the Anchor Line Ltd. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in August 1939, converted to an Armed... | 120486 | |
| SS/HMS Thalia | The SS Thalia was a Wooden Corvette built in 1869. She was lent to the Royal Navy in the First World War for use as a Powder Hulk at Portsmouth. | 120612 | |
| SS/HMS Stephen Furness | The SS Stephen Furness was a Passenger Steamship built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Ltd, West Hartlepool in 1910 for the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty,... | 120721 | |
| SS/HMS Royal Scott | The SS Royal Scot was a Boarding Steamship built in 1910 and requisitioned by the Admiralty in the First World War. HMS Royal Scot served as a Troopship and Boarding Craft. | 121094 | |
| SS/HMS River Afton (164063) | The SS River Afton was a Steel Screw Cargo Steamer built by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow in 1935 for the Ayrshire Navigation Company. In convoy, on passage from Reykjavik to Archangel on July 5, 1942, the SS River Afton... | 120196 | |
| SS/HMS Redbridge (123841) | The SS Redbridge was a Coillier Transport Steamship laid down as SS Billiter Street and completed as SS Redbridge. The Turret deck ship was built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Temperley Steam... | 120830 | |
| SS/HMS Ranchi (148130) | This vessel was built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Newcastle upon Tyne and launched on 24 January 1925. She was a passenger and cargo carrying ocean liner and served as an armed merchant cruiser during the Second World... | 60332 | |
| SS/HMS Rampura 148119 | The SS Ranpura was a Passenger/Cargo Steamship built by R & W Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1924 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty... | 121082 | |
| SS/HMS Patia 132034 | The SS Patia was a Cargo Steamship built by Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast in 1913 for Elders and Fyffes Ltd, Garston. She was sold to the Admiralty in 1914 and served in the First World War. On June 13, 1918 the... | 121114 | |
| SS/HMS Orvieto | The SS Orvieto was a Passenger/Cargo Steamship built by Workman Clark, Belfast in 1909 for the Orient Steam Navigation Co. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and converted to a Minelayer and later an Armed... | 120962 | |
| SS/HMS Orama | Launched for the Orient Line on 25th June 1911, SS 'Orama' was built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank. She made her maiden voyage on 10th November 1911 from London to Brisbane, via Suez, and remained on this service... | 48895 | |
| SS/HMS Numidian 98659 | The SS Numidian was a Passenger/Cargo Steamship built by D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow in 1891 for the Allan Line, Montreal. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and served in the First World War.... | 121034 | |
| SS/HMS Normannia 112611 | The SS Normannia was a Passenger Vessel built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co, Govan, Glasgow in 1911 for the London and South Western Railway. She worked the Southampton to Le Havre route and was... | 121088 | |
| SS/HMS Manco | The SS Manco was a Passenger/Refrigerated Cargo Steamship built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock in 1907 for the Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool. On December 10, 1914 she was requisitioned by... | 120991 | |
| SS/HMS Macedonia | The SS Macdonia was a Passenger Ship built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1903 for the Peninsular & Oriental Line. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. HMS Macedonia... | 120618 | |
| SS/HMS Jervis Bay | The Jervis Bay was a liner was launched as the Commonwealth Line Steamer in 1922 and was named after the Australian Bay. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in August 1939 and was converted into a Merchant Armed... | 119832 | |
| SS/HMS Grive | The SS Grive was a Steamship built by the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee in 1905 for the General Steam Navigation Co, London. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty and served as an Armed Boarding... | 120833 | |
| SS/HMS Dunluce Castle (118490) | The SS Dunluce Castle was a Steam Passenger Ship built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1904. She was requisitioned in the First World War, served as a Troopship and took part in the convoy bringing 4,000 troops to... | 120105 | |
| SS/HMS Devanha 117400 | The SS Devanha was a Passenger/Cargo Liner built by Caird & Company, Greenock in 1905 for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She served the India/China route and was requisitioned by the... | 121080 | |
| SS/HMS Cathay 148843 | The SS Cathay was a Passenger Ship built by Barclay Curle & Co, Glasgow in 1924 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty on August 25, 1939 and converted to... | 120470 | |
| SS/HMS Catania (104639) | The SS Catonia was built by D & W Henderson & Co, Glasgow in 1895 for the Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty and served in the First World War. | 120635 | |
| SS/HMS Queen of Bermuda (156189) | The SS Queen of Bermuda was an Ocean Liner built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness in 1932 for the Furness Bermuda Line. She was requisitioned and served in the Second World War. | 120444 | |
| SS/HMAS Itonus 109977 | HMS Itonus was a Four Masted Cargo Steamship and Sailing Vessel built by Vickers & Sons Maxim Ltd, Barrow in Furness in 1898 for the British Steam Navigation Co, London, She served in the First World War as a... | 121136 | |
| SS Zealandic (131389) | The SS Zealandic was a Passenger Cargo Refrigerated Steamship built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1911 for the White Star Line. She was renamed SS Mamilius and SS Marmari. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in... | 120802 | |
| SS Yoma (160225) | The SS Yoma was a Passenger Steamship built by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton in 1928 for the Burmah SS Co Ltd. She served in the Second World War as a Troopship. On June 17, 1943 the SS Yoma was hit by two torpedoes... | 120453 | |
| SS Woodbury (164565) | The SS Woodbury was a Screw Steamer built by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., Burntisland in 1935 for the Alexander Shipping Co. The vessel was torpedoed in 1940 on passage to Manchester. | 119949 |