William Hamilton and Company was a British

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. The company was bought by Lithgow Ltd., which later became

Scott Lithgow Scott Lithgow, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company. History The Company was formed in 1967 by the merger of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and Lithgows. Scott Lithgow was based in Port Glasgow and Greenock on the lower Cl ...

and was

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as part of British Shipbuilders in 1977. During the

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the company built several vessels for the

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, including s. Hamiltons built the ''Pacific Star'' for the Booth Steamship Company Ltd, which was leased to the

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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 and .

Ships built by William Hamilton Co Ltd

, - , , , 1877 , , Sank after collision 1887 , - , , , 1899 , , Sank 1909 , - , , , 1946 , , Sank after catching fire, 1969 , - , , , 1960 , , Stricken 1993 , - , , , 1891 , , Sank 1918 , - , , , 1916 , , deleted 1940 , - , , , 1959 , , Scrapped 1986 , - , , , 1898 , , Sunk by torpedo 1917 , - , , , 1911 , , Sunk by torpedo 1917 , - , ''Antares'' , , 1916 , , deleted 1936 , - , , , 1935 , , Sunk by torpedo 1943 , - , , , 1929 , , Wrecked 1943, , - , , , 1930 , , Sunk by torpedo 1942 , - , , , 1928 , , Sunk by torpedo , 1943 , - , , , 1923 , , Sunk by torpedo 1943 , - , , , 1929 , , Sunk by torpedo 1942 , - , , , 1915 , , Sunk as a target ship, 1938 , - , , , 1924 , , Scrapped 1960 , - , , , 1917 , , Scrapped 1931 , - , , , 1955 , , Scrapped 1977 , - , SS ''Cara'' , , 1905 , , Sunk by torpedo 18 Feb 1942 by , - , , , 1942 , , Scrapped 1949 , - , SS , , 1907 , , Scrapped 1934 , - , , , 1919 , , Scuttled 1955 , - , SS ''Coot'' , , 1892 , , Wrecked 1908 , - , SS ''Crofton Hall'' , , 1913 , , Scrapped 1957 , - , , , 1899 , , Wrecked on the Low Lee rocks,

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, Cornwall, 1911 , - , SS , , 1909 , , Wrecked 1927 , - , , , 1891 , , Lost 1898 , - , SS ''Empire Call'' , , 1944 , , Grounded and wrecked, 1945 , - , SS ''Empire Swordsman'' , , 1944 , , Scrapped 1968 , - , SS ''Empire Trumpet'' , , 1943 , , Ran aground on

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, Iran, 1966 , - , , , 1937 , , Sunk 1942Warships of World War II, H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge, Ian Allan 1973 , - , , , 1904 , , Scrapped 1948 , - , SS ''Hardwicke Grange'' , , 1921 , , Sunk by torpedo 12 June 1942 by , - , , , 1883 , , Sank 1894 , - , SS , , 1910 , , Sunk 1942 , - , , , 1905 , , Scrapped 1930 , - , , , 1941 , , Scrapped 1948 , - , SS , , 1900 , , Scrapped 1963 , - , , , 1942 , , Scrapped 1949 , - , , , 1940 , , Sunk by enemy action, 1941 , - , , , 1942 , , Scrapped 1949 , - , SV ''Kurt'' , , 1904 , , Renamed ''Moshulu''. Preserved as a restaurant in

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, - , , , 1925 , , Sunk by torpedo 1943 , - , , , 1941 , , Scrapped 1952 , - , , , 1940 , , Sunk by enemy action, 1943 , - , , , 1954 , , Scrapped 1977 , - , HMS ''Lychnis'' , , 1917 , , Transferred to the

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in 1921 as HMIS ''Cornwallis'' , - , , , 1888 , , Sank 1928 , - , , , 1940 , , Sunk by enemy action, 1943 , - , , , 1916 , , Scrapped 1951 , - , , , 1941 , , Sunk by enemy action on maiden voyage, 1941 , - , , , 1909 , , Sunk by a mine, 1945 , - , , , 1938 , , Grounded and wrecked in the North Sea off

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, 1939 , - , , , 1926 , , Sunk by torpedo 1 May 1941 by , - , , , 1916 , , Sold 1921 , - , , , 1956 , , Scrapped 1981 , - , 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 , - , , , 1954 , , Scrapped 1973 , - , , , 1916 , , Scrapped 1920 , - , , , 1918 , , Sold May 1921 , - , , , 1941 , , Sunk by enemy action, 1942 , - , , , 1915 , , Scrapped 1923 , - , , , 1942 , , Scrapped 1963 , - , , , 1941 , , Scrapped 1950 , - , , , 1939 , , Sank 1967 , - , SS , , 1911 , , Foundered 1936 , - , , , 1935 , , Scrapped 1954 , - , , , 1938 , , Scrapped 1957 , - , , , 1939 , , Bombed and wrecked 1940 , - , , , 1909 , , Bombed and sunk 1944 , - , , , 1907 , , Sunk by torpedo 1917 , - , , , 1917 , , Sold for commercial use 1921 , - , , , 1941 , , Scrapped 1948 , - , , , 1959 , , Sank after explosion 1979 , - , , , 1934 , , Renamed ''Alfred Olsen''. Sunk by torpedo 1941 , - , , , 1908 , , Sunk by torpedo 1918 , - , , , 1882 , , Sunk 1889 , - , SS ''Zara'' , , 1897 , , Sunk by torpedo 1917 William Hamilton also built a floating dock for Surabaya in 1912.

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* {{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 1867 establishments in Scotland Defunct shipbuilding companies of Scotland Former defence companies of the United Kingdom