List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness/Civilian ships

Name

Class

Built For

Laid down

Launched

Fate

Image

17 de Octobre 1

Passenger Cargo Ship

Argentine Government

1949

4 April 1950

Accra 2

Passenger Cargo Ship

Elder Dempster

Late 1945

24 February 1947

Apapa 3

Passenger Cargo Ship

Elder Dempster

December 1945

1948

Affonso Penna 4

Floating dock

Brazilian Government

1909

7,8 & 9 June 1910

Anglia 5

Cable Ship

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company

Late 1890s

20 June 1898

Awatea 6

Passenger liner

Union Steamship Company of New Zealand

1935

1936

Attacked near Bougie, by German bombers and sank during the night (1942)

HMS Ben-my-Chree

Passenger Ferry /
Seaplane carrier

Isle of Man Steam Packet

1907

23 March 1908

Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire

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British Admiral 7

Oil tanker

BP

1963

British Adventure 8

Oil tanker

BP

1949

12 December 1950

British Ambassador 9

Oil tanker

BP

July 1957

16 August 1958

British Faith 10

Oil tanker

BP

1956

10 December 1957

British Glory 11

Oil tanker

BP

3 April 1956

1957

British Grenadier 12

Oil tanker

BP

August 1961

16 August 1962

British Prestige 13

Oil tanker

BP

23 October 1958

28 July 1961

British Sovereign 14

Oil tanker

BP

27 March 1953

31 August 1954

British Victory 15

Oil tanker

BP

August 1953

1955

Carl Schmedeman 16

Cargo ship

Tropical Steamship Company, Toronto

1 June 1951

12 May 1952

Duke of Connaught 17

Floating dock

Canadian Vickers, Montreal

1912

1912

Esso Canterbury 18

Oil tanker

Esso

30 May 1952

24 September 1953

Esso Westminster 19

Oil tanker

Esso

29 February 1952

24 September 1953

Estrella Patagonica /
Voluta /
San Casimiro 20

Oil tanker

Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo SA

1962

Scrapped Bombay in 1989

Eugenia Niarchos 21

Oil tanker

Niarchos Group (Neptune Tanker Corporation)

May 1955

1956

Eva Peron 22

Passenger Cargo Ship

Argentine Government

1 December 1947

25 August 1949

Presidente Peron 23

Passenger Cargo Ship

Argentine Government

3 November 1948

HMS Exmouth /
HMS Worcester 24

School ship

Metropolitan Asylums Board

4 April 1905

Accommodation for the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow

Ficus /
Empire Grenadier 25

Oil tanker

Shell Tankers U.K.

1942

Scrapped in 1960

Fenella 26

Passenger steamer

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

May 1936

1937

Geraldine Mary 27

Cargo ship

Anglo-Newfoundland Shipping Company

19 August 1924

HMCS Earl Grey 28

Ice breaker

Canadian Government

June 1909

Hindsia 29

Oil tanker

Shell Bermuda

May 1954

1955

San Gregorio /
Vitta 30

Oil tanker

Eagle Tanker Company

July 1956

1957

Scrapped in 1975

Hinea 31

Oil tanker

Shell

1956

Scrapped in 1976

Hinnites 32

Oil tanker

Shell

1956

Scrapped in 1975

Marinula /
Santa Marcherita /
Trigonia 33

Oil tanker

Shell

1916

Scrapped Newport in 1951

Serenia 34

Oil tanker

Shell

1961

Scrapped in 1987

Hinemoa 35

Passenger Cargo Ship

Union Steamship Company of New Zealand

1945

30 May 1946

Hobson's Bay 36

Passenger liner

Australian Commonwealth Government Line

4 October 1921

JH Hunter

Sludge vessel

London County Council

2 October 1924

Newfoundland 37

Passenger cargo ship

Warren Line

24 January 1925

Converted to Hospital ship in 1940, bombed and sunk off Salerno in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives

Nova Scotia 38

Passenger cargo ship

Warren Line

1926

Converted to troopship in 1941, torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean SE of Lourenco Marques in 1942, while carrying Italian prisoners 858 lives were lost

Humilaria /
San Edmundo 39

Oil tanker

Shell UK /
Eagle Oil

1958

Scrapped in 1973

Kennerleya /
Empire Granite 40

Oil tanker

Shell UK

1941

Scrapped in 1960

Milo /
Chant 56 41

Oil tanker

Nederlands Indische Tank Stoomboot Mij. (NIT)

1944

Scrapped in 1958

Methane Princess

LNG carrier

British Gas

Scrapped in 1998

Kedah 42

Passenger cargo ship

Straits Steamship Company, Singapore

1926

16 July 1927

Lady of Mann 43

Passenger steamer

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

4 March 1930

Narragansett 44

Oil tanker

Anglo-American Oil Company

1919

1920

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Cargo ship

New Zealand Shipping Company

1929

26 August 1930

Monarch of Bermuda 45

Passenger liner

Furness Whithy

Started construction in Walker-on-Tyne

17 March 1931

Queen of Bermuda 46

Passenger liner

Furness Whithy

Started construction in Walker-on-Tyne

1 September 1932

sold for scrap in 1966

Modavia 47

Cargo ship

Donaldson Line

1925

23 September 1926

Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat in Lyme Bay in 1943

Moreton Bay 48

Cargo ship

Donaldson Line

1921

Moveria 49

Cargo ship

Donaldson Line

10 October 1924

Broken up in 1952

Rangatira 50

Passenger liner

Union Steamship Company of New Zealand

16 April 1931

Scrapped in 1967

RMS Antonia

Passenger liner

Cunard Steamship Company

Early 1920s

1921

Scrapped in 1948

RMS Carinthia 51

Passenger liner

Cunard Steamship Company

1924

24 February 1925

Sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1940

RMS Orama 52

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

1923

20 May 1924

Converted to troopship in 1940, sunk west of Narvik in June 1940, 19 crew were lost and 280 were taken prisoner

RMS Orcades 53

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

14 October 1947

Broken up in Kaohsiung in 1973 after being gutted by a fire in Hong Kong in 1972

RMS/HMS Orford 54

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

27 September 1927

Converted to troopship in 1939, bombed and beached at Marseilles in 1940 while evacuating troops from France, refloated and scrapped in 1947

RMS Orion 55

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

7 February 1934

Converted to troopship in 1941, damaged in collision with HMS Revenge but repaired. Scrapped in Belgium 1963

RMS Oronsay 56

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

1949

30 June 1950

Transferred to P&O Line ownership in 1963, scrapped in Taiwan in 1975

Orizaba 57

Passenger liner

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

1886

Ran aground and wrecked off Sydney in 1905

Oroya 58

Passenger liner

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

31 August 1886

Ran aground in the Bay of Naples in 1895 - severely damaged but repaired - Transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and scrapped in Genoa in 1909

Orotava 59

Passenger liner

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

1889

Sunk in 1896 but raised and reconditioned. Transferred to many other companies and eventually scrapped in 1919

Oruba /
Orion 60

Passenger liner

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship, HMS Orion, she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island, Greece as a breakwater in 1915

Ortona /
Arcadian 61

Passenger liner

Orient Line – Pacific Steam Navigation Company

1899

Torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean while en-route from Salonika to Alexandria with troops (as a troopship) - 279 lives were lost

Otranto 62

Passenger liner

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

9 June 1925

Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1957

RMS Scythia

Passenger liner

Cunard Steamship Company

1919

23 March 1920

Scrapped in 1958

Rebeca 63

Oil tanker

Antilles Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij

1938

Scrapped in 1954

Rosalia 64

Oil tanker

Antilles Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij

1938

Sunk in 1943

San Calisto /
Vermetus 65

Oil tanker

Eagle Oil /
Shell UK

1959

Scrapped in 1975

San Patricio /
Pecten 66

Oil tanker

Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo SA /
Eagle Oil

1955

Scrapped in 1986

San Conrado /
Valvata 67

Oil tanker

Eagle Oil /
Shell UK

1960

Scrapped in 1975

SS Himalaya

Steamship /
Cruise liner

Steamship route (Tilbury - Mumbai - Australia) /
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

5 October 1948

Broken up in 1974 in Taiwan

SS Chusan 68

Passenger liner

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

1947

28 June 1949

SS Mayon 69

Passenger cargo ship

Philippine Steamship Company

26 June 1930

SS Orsova 70

Passenger liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

1952

14 May 1953

Transferred to P&O Line ownership in 1965, scrapped in 1974

SS Kurtuluş

Cargo ship

Cargo ship (also transported food in the great famine of Greece

1883

Ran aground and sunk near Marmara Island

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SS Oriana

Ocean liner

Orient Steam Navigation Company

18 September 1956

3 November 1959

Broken up for scrap 2005

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