WWI STANDARD SHIPS
WAR C - WAR H.


 
 
NAME
 TYPE
G.T.
 LEN. BEAM BLDR COMPL
HISTORY
War Cadet  AO 5168 400 52.4 B13   9.19 Tanker. Completed as DIONYSSIOS STATHATOS, D.A.Stathatos SS Co, Ithaca; 
11.12.40 lost rudder, abandoned at 58.31N 21.55W.
War Calder  C5 1560 240 36.2 B19   9.20 Coaster. Completed as JETBLACK, Gas Light & Coke Co (Stephenson, Clarke & Co), London; 
1949 North Thames Gas Board, (Stephenson Clark & Co), London; 
1954 scrapped at Dunston-on-Tyne.
War Cam  -
754
 191 29.2 B65 12.18 Coaster. Completed as CATHERINE AIDA, J.Leete & Sons, London; 
1923 OLIVINE, Wm.Robertson, Glasgow; 
1929 ashore near Prawle Point, sold and refloated; 
1930 CARRICKMACROSS, John Kelly Ltd, Belfast; 
1951 BALLYHENRY, same owner; 
1959 scrapped Troon. 
War Camchin  - 2339 250 43.4 C12   8.18 Wooden Hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Easton, Greig & Co, Victoria, B.C; 
1919 PRESIDENT MITHOUARD, S.A de Nav 'Les Armateurs Francais, Dunkerque; 
1923 Aquila A.G.fur Handels u Industrieunternehmungen; 
1924 scrapped Hamburg.
War Camel   B 5250 399 52.2 B45   3.19 Completed as CAIRNDHU, Cairn Line (Cairns, Noble & Co), Newcastle; 
1935 STRYMON, Livanos Maritime Co, Chios; 
1951 LIBERTY, Cia Maritima Internacional, Panama; 
17.1.52 ashore east of Pendeen, scrapped.
War Camp  - 5818 411 54.1 C05   9.18 Shipping Controller, managed by J Chambers & Co, Liverpool; 
1919 SIERRA QUEMEDA, R.van Hemelryck, Antwerp; 
1924 ATLANTIS, Culucundis & Costomeni, Syra; 
1929 FLINT 2, A/S Flint, Bergen; 
1930 ELGIN COUNTY, same owner; 
1930 FLINT 2, same owner; 
1940 requisitioned by Swedish Government, Svenska Statens Trafikkommision, Stockholm; 
1944 derequisitoioned; 
1951 STELLA AZZURRA, Soc.Triestina di Nav. Libera Stella Azzurra, Venice, 
1953 Cia Armatoriale Italiana, Venice; 
1958 scrapped Osaka.
War Canna   A 5132 400 52.3 B27 11.19 Completed as GRANGEPARK,  J.& J. Denholm, Glasgow; 
20.11.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.263 at 35.55N 10.14W while on voyage Barry and the Clyde to Oran.
War Cape  - 7588 440 56.0 A09   1.19 Completed as TRIUMPH, US Shipping Board, San Francisco; 
1929 rebuilt to 7573 g.t., length 456.1ft, converted to motor ship; 
1937 US Maritime Commission, New York; 
1938 PAN MASSACHUSETTS, National Bulk Carriers Inc, New York, converted to tanker, engines aft; 
19.2.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.128 at 28.27N 80.08W en route Texas City to New York.
War Capitol  F1 5685 400 53.0 B43   1.19 Shipping Controller, managed by J.Edgar & Co; 
1919 ELVERIC, Bank Line (Andrew Weir & Co), Glasgow; 
1933 KASSOS, Kassos S.N. Co, Syra, Greece; 
1939 MICHALIS, L.Fatsis, Chios; 
20.11.41 ashore 6 miles above Quebec, total loss.
War Captain  - 2385 264 42.2 A17   7.17 Shipping Controller managed by T. F. Harrison, London; 
9.9.17 wrecked on Iles de Glenan.
War Caracul   J 4663 385 52.0 B52 10.19 Completed as KASTALIA, Donaldson Line, Glasgow; 
1936 TUSKER ROCK, Ogmore SS Co, London; 
1937 ARMATHIA, Yannaghas Bros, Piraeus; 
1952 CAPTAIN ANTONIOS K, Cie de Vapores Costa Rica SA, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; 
1.3.54 sank at 37.05N  07.53E.
War Cariboo  - 2330 250 43.4 C17   4.18 Wooden Hull, Shipping Controller, managed by H.Fernie & Sons; 
1920 CABIRA, Credito Industriale di Venezia, Venice; 
1921 Giulia S.A.di Armamento, Trieste; 
1924 scrapped at Trieste.
War Carp   B 5225 401 52.2 B12   9.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Ben Line (W.Thomson & Co); 
1919 VENNONIA, Cunard SS Co; 
1924 RIVER HUDSON, American Levant Line; 
1931 ZEFFIRO, Soc.Anon. di Nav. Corrado, Genoa; 
20.5.41 mined and sunk near Cap Bon.
War Casco  - 2319 250 43.3 C25   7.18 Wooden Hull. Shipping Controller, managed by J.Hardie & Co, Vancouver; 
1919 sold to Italy; 
27.2.20 burnt out and beached near Carnero Point, Gibraltar.
War Castle (1)  - 2003 250 43.7 A25 11.17 Completed as LAKE ONTARIO, US Shipping Board, Washington D.C; 
1917-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service as mine carrier; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1928 scrapped Detroit.
War Castle (2)  F1 5680 400 53.0 B43 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.Gordon & Co; 
1919 BRADCLYDE, Reardon Smith & Son, Bideford; 
1934 ALMA DAWSON, New Era Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1935 AVON BRIDGE, Avon SS Co, Bristol; 
1937 LYRAS,  M.Lyras, Piraeus; 
1950 AEOLOS, Lyras Bros, Piraeus; 
1953 scrapped Briton Ferry.
War Castor  -  -  -  -  -  - Name not allocated.
War Cateran  AO 5261 401 52.3 B13 10.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, Gow, Harrison & Co, managers; 
1919 SIERENTZ, Louis Dreyfus & Co, Dunkirk, converted to dry cargo ship; 
1933 HELEN MOLLER, Moller & Co, Shanghai; 
5.6.44 torpedoed and sunk by U.183 at 04.28S 74.45E en route Colombo to Fremantle. 
War Cavalry  - 5757 411 54.1 C05   5.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel Ltd; 
1919 SYLVIA VICTORIA, Forbes Corporation, Montreal; 
1922 ATLANTICOS, E.Culucundis & S.Costomeni, Syra, Greece; 
1930 Atlanticos SS Co, Syra; 
1932 MOUNT PENTELIKON, Atlanticos SS Co, Panama; 
1933 KINSHU MARU, Dairen Kisen KK, Dairen, Japan; 
1938 KINSYU MARU, same owner; 
17.6.44 torpedoed and sunk by USS HAKE at 06.17N 126.17E
War Cayuse  - 2346 250 43.4 C17   4.18 Wooden Hull, Shipping Controller, managed by J.Cook & Sons; 
1919 NEMI, Soc Italiana di Servizi Marittimi, Genoa; 
1925 scrapped Trieste.
War Cedar   A 5135 400 52.3 B26   7.19 Completed as BEECHPARK, Denholm Shipping Co, Greenock; 
1937 GER-Y-BRYN, Brynymor SS Co, Swansea; 
1938 ORAO, Jugoslavenska Plovidba d.d, Susak, Yugoslavia; 
12.10.40 torpedoed, shelled and sunk by Italian submarine ENRICO TAZZOLI at 34.35N 10.35W.
War Celt  AO 5228 401 52.3 B28   2.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo Mexican Petroleum Co; 
1919 CABOTO, Soc. Veneziana di Nav a Vap, Venice; 
1937 Lloyd Triestino, Venice; 
8.1941 salved by Royal Navy at Banda Shapur after being scuttled; 
1941 EMPIRE KOHINOOR, M.O.W.T. managed by Anchor Line Ltd; 
2.7.43 torpedoed and sunk by U.618 at 06.20N 16.30W while on voyage from Alexandria to Cape Town and the UK. 
War Centaur  - 1993 251 43.6 A26   4.18 Completed as LAKE TRAVERSE, US Shipping Board, Duluth; 
1926 Union Transit Co, Chicago; 
1935 Nicholson Transit Co, Detroit; 
1941 West India Steamships, Panama; 
1946 West India Sales Ltd, Panama; 
1949 Lawric Shipping Co, Panama; 
1950 Ponce & Panama Marine SA, Panama; 1952 Abraham Babun, Panama; 
6.7.55 sprang a leak and sank at 20.09N  72.57W.
War Ceres  G2 7920 450 58.4 B61   4.19 Completed as NOWSHERA, British India SN Co, Glasgow; 
18.11.40 captured and sunk by German raider PINGUIN at 31.02S 100.51E while on passage Newcastle, NSW to the UK.
War Chamois   B 5307 400 52.4 B56   8.19 Completed as PASHA, Asiatic S.N.Co, London; 
1950 scrapped Cochin, India.
War Chant  - 2045 251 43.8 A27   9.17 Completed as LAKE CHAMPLAIN, US Shipping Board, Washington, D.C; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1920 NIPPONIER, Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp; 
1925 FRUITHANDEL, Armement Gylsen S.S, Antwerp; 
1927 MEISEI MARU, Hiyoshi Kaiun KK, Amagasaki; 
11.6.45 torpedoed and sunk by USS FLYING FISH at 41.47N  131.44E.
War Char  C6 1400 235 36.2 B29   9.19 Coaster. Completed as WHITWORTH, Robert Stanley Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1929 Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1936 UHTI, Peet Rass, Tallinn, Estonia; 
1939 SPRINGFAL, Springfal Shipping Co, London; 
1940 GASRAY, Gas Light & Coke Co (Stephenson Clarke & Co), London; 
1944 Williamstown Shipping Co (Comben Longstaff & Co), London; 
5.4.45 torpedoed and sunk by U.978 2 miles off St.Abb's Head en route Grangemouth to Blyth.
War Charger  - 5703 411 54.1 C05 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel, Vancouver; 
1920 NAVARCHOS KOUNDOURIOTIS, Chios SS Co, Chios; 
9.6.21 sank after catching fire at Salonika.
War Chariot  - 5747 411 54.1 C05 10.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel; 
1919 IOCASTI, Hellenic Transport SS Co, Piraeus; 
8.2.21 sank after fire at 36.44N 01.28W.
War Charon  G2 7900 450 58.5 B61   2.19 Completed as ROYALSTAR, Blue Star Line, London; 
1920 Union Cold Storage Co, London; 
1929 ROYAL STAR, same owner; 
20.4.44 sunk by aerial torpedo at 37.02N  03.41E while on passage Buenos Aires - Algiers - Malta.
War Chateau  F1 5645 400 53.0 B43   5.20 Completed as ERLE, Arentz Rederi, Larvik, Norway; 
1922 Forenede Rederier A/S (Gorrisen & Co), Christiania; 
1924 A/S Erle (Fearnley & Eger), Oslo; 
1927 ZRINSKI, Jugoslovensko Amerikaniska Plovidba, Split, Yugoslavia; 
1928 Jugoslavenski Lloyd, Split; 
1940 ASHCREST, Crest Shipping Co, London; 
8.12.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.140 at 55.12N  10.20W on passage Philadelphia to Middlesbrough.. 
War Chelmer  C5 1535 240 36.2 B71   3.20 Coaster. Completed as TYNE BELL, Redington Shipping Co (Pile & Co), London; 1921 Edward T.Lindley, London; 
1922 HILLFERN, Portsmouth SS Co (McNeill & Jones), London; 
1932 John Kelly Ltd, Belfast; 
1936 Bramhall SS Co, Belfast; 
1936 Derwent Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1937 Angel, Son & Co, Newcastle; 
31.10.40 sunk by explosion (probably mine) 35 miles NNW of Kinnaird Head.
War Cherry   H 2513 303 43.0 B24   6.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Alexander & Mair; 
1919 BLACKHILL, Consett Iron Co, Newcastle; 
18.11.39 mined and sunk in Thames Estuary.
War Chief  - 5743 411 54.1 C05   2.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel; 
1919 ALFONZO PEREZ, A.F.Perez, Santander, Spain; 
1938 seized by Spanish Republican Government r/n CANTABRIA, Departamento de Navegacion, Santander; 
2.11.38 shelled and sunk by Spanish Nationalist  cruiser CIUDAD DE VALENCIA off Cromer.
War Chilkat  - 2331 250 43.5 C25   8.18 Wooden Hull. Shipping Controller, managed by J.Hardie & Co, Vancouver; 
1920 CHARLES FILLION, S.A.de Nav 'Les Armateurs Francais', Dunkerque; 
1924 scrapped Holland.
War Chine   C 3063 331 46.8 B59   1.20 Completed as PILTON, Atlantic Shipping & Trading Ltd (W.J.Tatem), London; 
1922 W.J.Tatem Ltd, London; 
1938 SILJAN, Rederi A/B Sigyn (H.Lundgren), Helsingborg, Sweden; 
26.9.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.46, 250 miles west of Ireland.
War Citadel  F1 5684 400 53.0 B43 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.Gordon & Co; 
1920 EFSTATHIOS, E.Ambatielos, Argostoli; 
1924 MARIJA PETRINOVIC, Jugoslovensko-Amerikaniska Plovidba, Split; 1928 Jugoslavenski Lloyd, Split; 
1946 GORICA, Jugoslavenska Slobodna Plovidba, Split,
1950 Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba, Split; 
1956 Splosna Plovba, Koper; 
1956 CHEIKH BOUTROS, Phoebus Kyprianou, Beirut; 
1959 scrapped at Osaka.
War Clarion   D 2327 285 41.9 B24   9.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.Mackie & Co; 
1919 SAINT ENOGAT, Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Francais, Havre; 
1920 Soc Maritime Nationale, Havre; 
1940 seized at Plymouth, M.O.W.T, managed by T.& C Wilton & Co; 
19.8.44 torpedoed and sunk by U.413 at 50.16N 00.50W on passage London to Juno Beach, Normandy.
War Climax   N 6429 412 55.8 B56 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Lowden, Connell & Co;
1919 GLENSTRAE, Glen Line Ltd, London; 
1920 BANBURY CASTLE, Union-Castle Mail SS Co, Southampton; 
1931 ROKOS, G.Vergottis, Argostoli; 
1935 S.G.Razis, Argostoli; 
1935 Ionion SS Co, Argostoli; 
26.5.41 bombed by German aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete, ashore and wrecked.
War Cloud (1)  - 2151 250 43.7 A25   8.18 Completed as LAKE LINDEN, US Shipping Board, Milwaukee; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1926 scrapped Detroit.
War Cloud (2)   C 3078 331 46.7 B19   5.20 Completed as GLENSTAL, Limerick SS Co, Limerick; 
1920 ALDINGA, Adelaide SS Co, London / Sydney; 
1951 NATAL COAST, Neptune Shipping Co, Durban; 
30.4.55 aground in fog at 22.30S 14.27E, total loss.
War Clover   A 5174 400 52.3 B30   9.17 Shipping Controller managed by T. Dixon & Sons, London; 
19.10.17 torpedoed and sunk by U.64 at 37.00N  12.35E off Pantellaria on voyage Barry to Malta.
War Cluny  C5 1489 240 36.1 B70   7.20 Coaster. Completed as PLAWSWORTH, Robert Stanley Shipping Co (R.S.Dalgliesh), Newcastle; 
1929 Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
20.4.42 mined and sunk 0.5 miles South of Aldeburgh Buoy.
War Clyde  C5 1525 241 36.1 B39 10.18 Coaster. Shipping Controller - Coasting Trade Office, Ministry of Shipping; 
1919 SIERRA VERDE, Soc. Transoceanique de Transports, Antwerp; 
1922 Soc.de Cabotage International, Antwerp; 
1925 DIVONA, Union Industrielle et Maritime, Rouen; 
9.11.42 scuttled at Bizerta by Vichy French, 1946 scrapped.
War Coast (1)  - 6002 403 53.0 A05   6.18 Completed as FRESNO, US Shipping Board, San Francisco; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1936 scrapped Baltimore.
War Coast (2)   C 3146 331 46.6 B59  3.19 Shipping Controller, managed by C. Doresa; 
1919 COSMOS, J.S.Ambrose, Cardiff; 
1920 KEKERANGU, Union SS Co of New Zealand, Wellington; 
1953 scrapped Kawasaki.
War Cobra   B 5155 400 52.3 B30 12.17 Shipping Controller managed by G. Heyn & Sons, London; 
1919 ALBERTO TREVES, Soc. Veneziana di Nav. a Vapore, Venice;
1937 Lloyd Triestino, Venice; 
1940 ROMOLO GESSI, Lloyd Triestino; 
4.4.41 scuttled at Massawa; 
1951 scrapped.
War Coleus   A  4999 409 53.5 B27   5.20 Completed as ELMPARK, Denholm Shipping Co, Greenock; 
1931 Denholm Line Steamers Ltd; 
1937 WEST POINT, Cereal Trade & Shipping Co, London; 
17.5.46 ashore north of Marenham, 00.46S  44.14W.
War Collie   B 5114 400 52.3 B06   7.19 Completed as EASTERLY, Fratres Ltd (Brown, Jenkinson & Co), London; 
1921 VERMONT, Cie Generale Transatlantique, Havre; 
15.10.39 shelled and scuttled by U.37 at 48.01N 17.22W.
War Colne  -
754
 191 29.2 B65   2.19 Coaster. Completed as CATHERINE ANNIE, J.Leete & Sons, London; 
1922 THE PRESIDENT, J.Hay & Sons, Glasgow; 
1933 GATESHEAD, Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1946 PERSIAN COAST, same owner; 
1951 CELIA MARY, Mersey Ports Stevedoring Co, Liverpool; 
1955 CUPHOLDER, Glynwood Navigation Co, Hull; 
1956 scrapped Holland. 
War Column  - 5752 411 54.1 C05   7.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel; 
1920 ATTIVITA, Lloyd del Pacifico, Savona, Italy; 
1931 VALDARNO, Soc.di Nav Unione Italica, Genoa; 
1937 "Corrado" Soc. Anon. di Nav.,Genoa; 
1941 seized by Argentina r/n RIO NEUQUEN, Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; 
1957 NEUQUEN, Cia Argentina de Nav.Ultramar, Buenos Aires; 
1958 scrapped Spezia.
War Combe   C 3090 331 46.8 B59 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.Chapman & Son; 
1919 WATSNESS, Letricheux Lines, Cardiff; 
1920 Reardon Smith & Sons, Swansea; 
1927 MARKLYN, Mervyn SS Co, Newport; 
1942 EMPIRE USK, M.O.W.T. managed by Martyn, Martyn & Co; 
1946 HEMINGE, H.Constant, Newport;
1948 BLUESTONE, Crete Shipping Co, London; 
1953 GROSVENOR MARINER, Moller Line (UK), London; 
1955 scrapped Hong Kong.
War Comet (1)  - 2151 251 43.7 A25   8.18 Completed as LAKE MONROE, US Shipping Board, Milwaukee; 
1920 MARY, same owner; 
1922 Bull Insular SS Co, New York; 
1925 A.H.Bull Inc, NY; 
1937 THORPEBAY, Westcliff Shipping Co, London; 
1940 store hulk for MOWT after damaged by fire; 
1947 scuttled in Atlantic with chemical weapons.
War Comet (2)   C 3106 331 46.8 B02 10.19 Completed as WESTERN VALLEYS, Cleeves Western Valleys Anthracite Collieries, Swansea; 
31.12.24. dragged anchors and wrecked Heysham.
War Comox  - 2337 249 43.7 C18   4.18 Wooden Hull. Shipping Controller, managed by R.& J.H.Rea; 
1920 GIUDITTA, Ravano & Corrado, Genoa; 
1925 scrapped Genoa. 
War Company  - 5476 411 54.1 C05   8.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel; 
1919 ONTARIO, Cie Generale Transatlantique, Havre; 
1934 MARPESSA, N.Eustathiou, Piraeus; 
1954 scrapped Japan.
War Compass  - 2585 299 44.0 A15   9.18 Completed as AURORA, US Shipping Board, Wilmington, Del; 
1920 CARABINIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
1925 YZERHANDEL, Armement Gylsen S.A, Antwerp; 
1928 BELGICA, Maritime Gantoise S.A, Ghent; 
1932 HAARFAGRE, A/S Havlide, Skien, Norway; 
1948 HELMI L, O/Y Wildfart Ltd, Helsingfors, Finland; 
1949 KARL-ERIK, same owner; 
1952 Lovisa Rederi A/B, Finland; 
1960 scrapped Ghent.
War Comrade  - 4829 380 53.1 A08   9.18 Completed as ANACORTES, US Shipping Board, Tacoma; 
1937 US Maritime Commission, Tacoma; 
1940 EMPIRE MALLARD, M.O.W.T. managed by H.Hogarth & Sons; 
26.9.41 sank after collision with s/s EMPIRE MOON in Belle Isle Strait.
War Condor   B 5288 400 52.3 B04   1.20 Launched as HESIONE, completed as HARMONIDES, British & South American S.N.Co (R.P.Houston & Co), Liverpool; 
25.8.42 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-165 at 01.47N  77.27E on passage Tricomalee to Lourenco Marques.
War Coney   B 5314 401 52.2 B39   6.19 Completed as BRONTE, Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool; 
27.10.39 torpedoed by U.34 en route Liverpool to Halifax and Rosario.
30.10.39 sunk by escort at 49.30N  12.15W after attempting tow.
War Coot   B 5256 412 52.4 B73   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Federal S.N.Co;
1919 SIERRA ROJA, Soc.Transoceanique de Transports, Antwerp; 
1924 Soc.Belge de Credit Maritime, Antwerp; 
1925 SERENITAS, S.A per l'Industria ed il Com.Marit.'Nova Genuensis', Genoa; 
5.7.40 bombed and sunk at Tobruk,
1951 scrapped at Savona.
War Convoy  - 5755 411 54.1 C05   4.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel; 
1919 WILLDOMINO, Convoy SS Co, Halifax, NS; 
1921 Board of Trade, London; 
1922 BENCLEUCH, Ben Line Steamers Ltd, Leith; 
12.12.41 sank after fire at 53.10N 38.00W.
War Coppice   C 3124 331 46.8 B07   7.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Morel Ltd; 1919 NORD, French Government; 
1920 REFRIGERANT, Cie Maritime de Transports Frigorifiques, Lorient; 
1932 S.Behr & Matthew Ltd, London; 
1933 BALTRAFFIC, United Baltic Corporation, London;
1951 SAFINA E TARIQ, Pan-Islamic SS Co, Karachi; 
1957 scrapped Karachi. 
War Coquet  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled
War Coral   F 6696 413 55.5 B18   6.19 Completed as ORTERIC, Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co), Glasgow; 
12.12.22 wrecked Point Arena, California.
War Cornet  - 2308 254 43.8 A24   6.18 Completed as LAKEHURST, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1927 scrapped Detroit.
War Coronet   B 5126 400 52.3 H02   5.20 Completed as KERAMIES, N.E.Ambatielos, Argostoli, Greece; 
1923 KING IDWAL, King Line Ltd (Dodd, Thompson & Co), London; 
23.11.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.123 at 56.44N 19.13W, on passage Liverpool to Baltimore.
War Council  - 5875 385 51.2 J03   7.17 Shipping Controller managed by Furness Withy & Co, 
16.1.18. torpedoed and sunk by U.63 at 35.44N  00.21E off Cape Matapan en route Barry to Port Said.
War Country   C 3099 331 46.7 B25   3.18 Shipping Controller, managed by F.& W.Ritson; 
1919 GLACIERE, French Government, 
1924 Cie Maritime de Transports Frigorifiques, Lorient; 
1932 S.Behr & Matthew Ltd, London; 
1933 BALTARA, United Baltic Corporation, London; 
1956 NIKFIL, Alfroessa Cia. Naviera Puerto Limon; 
1960 scrapped Rosyth.
War Courage   N 6625 412 55.8 B02 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Lowden, Connell & Co; 
1919 GLENSANDA, Glen Line Ltd, London; 
1928 ESSEX LANCE, Essex Line Ltd, London; 
15.10.43 torpedoed and sunk by U.426 at 57.53N  28.00W on voyage Milford Haven to Halifax, NS..
War Cove   C  3077 331 46.8 B59   6.19 Shipping Controller; 
1919 ANNA SOFIE, A/S Theologos (N.Rogenaes), Haugesund, Norway; 
23.2.44 ashore off Haugesund, Norway, exploded and sank.
War Cowslip   A 5292 401 52.3 B31 12.18 Shipping Controller, managed by J.Temperley & Co; 
1920 PRIMOLA, 'San Marco' Soc di Nav E.Bassani & Co, Civitavecchia; 
1921 SAN PIETRO, Ravano & Corrado, Genoa; 
1925 Soc.Anon.Parodi & Corrado, Genoa; 
1929 Soc.Anon.Em.V.Parodi, Genoa; 
8.11.42 scuttled at Casablanca, later scrapped.
War Craft   N 6521 412 55.6 B74   3.20 Completed as ROANA, Soc.di Nav.Roma, Genoa; 
1928 GAETA, La Meridionale di Nav, Naples; 
1936 reported r/n ORATA while laid up; 
1936 scrapped Genoa.
War Crag   C 3110 331 46.8 B25   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by H.Doughty & Co; 
1919 WYE CRAG, Wye Shipping Co, London; 
1925 ORBE, Cia Cantabrica de Nav, San Sebastian; 
1928 MARGARI, Cia Naviera Amaya, Bilbao; 
1937 REDSTONE, Phoenix Shipping Co, London; 
Taken over by Admiralty and 2.5.40 sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow; 
1948 scrapped.
War Crane   B 5258 401 52.3 B09   7.19 Completed as BODNANT, African SS Co (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool; 
1933 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd; 
30.12.40 sank after collision with s/s CITY OF BEDFORD at 60.30N  23.10W.
War Crater (1)  - 2585 298 44.0 A15   1.19 Completed as MARSHALL, US Shipping Board, Wilmington, Del; 
1920 Henrik Ostervolds Dampskibs A/S, Bergen; 
1923 TORNY, D/S A/S Torny (J.Eliassen), Bergen; 
1937 A/S Nesjar, Bergen; 
8.5.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.507 at 26.40N  86.40W.
War Crater (2)   C 2955 342 46.5 B17   8.19 Completed as MATEBA, Elder Dempster & Co; 
1921 Cie Africaine de Navigation, Antwerp; 1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
1937 MAURICE DELMAS, Cie Delmas Vieljeux, La Rochelle;
12.42 seized by Italy r/n MODICA, Italian Government;
1947 P.Longobardo, Naples; 
1960 scrapped Naples.
War Creek   C 3037 331 46.8 B59   9.19 Completed as HALLSIDE, Charlton Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1929 DELFINA, F.Sainz e Inchaustegui, Bilbao; 
1934 Marques del Real Socorro, Bilbao; 
1936 seized by Basque Government r/n ITXAS-GANE; 
1937 laid up at Cardiff; 
1939 DELFINA, Marques del Real Socorro, Bilbao;
6.2.40 sank after going ashore at mouth of Guadalquivir River.
War Crest  - 5268 390 54.8 A12 10.18 Completed as NANTASKET, US Shipping Board, Boston; 
1937 sold for scrap but used by US Coastguard for fire fighting tests; 
1937 scrapped Baltimore.
War Crocus   A 5269 400 52.4 B25   6.18 Shipping Controller, managers West Hartlepool SN Co;
8.7.18 torpedoed and sunk by UB.107 off Flamborough Head on maiden voyage from Hartlepool.
War Cross  - 1886 251 43.8 A20   4.17 Shipping Controller managed by J. Chambers & Co, London;
1919 ARS, Cie des Vapeurs Francais, Havre; 1924 Soc.Anon de Gerance et d'Armement, Dunkerque;
1927 CAP d'AILLY, same owner; 
1932 BLINK, D/S A/S Bestum 2, Oslo; 
1933 HSIN PING, Tai Ping SS Co, Shanghai; 
1937 Chung Hsing SS Co, Shanghai; 
2.9.37 ashore in typhoon at Hong Kong, total loss.
War Crouch  - 1968 280 41.9 B26   9.19 Coaster. 
Completed as ASHPARK, Denholm Shipping Co, Greenock; 
1920 RIVER DARE, D.R.Llewellyn, Merrett & Price Ltd, Cardiff; 
22.3.24 sank 20 miles North of Cape St. Vincent.
War Crow   B 5161 400 52.4 B36 12.19 Completed as BADAGRY British & African SN Co (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool; 
1920 Imperial Direct Line; 
1933 Tramp Shipping Development Co; 
1934 TOWER BRIDGE, Tower SS Co, London;
1935 BENALDER, Ben Line Steamers, Leith; 
1947 JAYBRAHMA, New Dholera SS Co, Bombay; 
1955 SIGMA TRADER, Sigma Shipping Co, Hong Kong; 
1958 scrapped Hong Kong.
War Crown  - 5268 390 54.8 A12 11.18 Completed as COHASSET, US Shipping Board, Boston, Mass; 
1937 scrapped Baltimore.
War Cuirass   D 2334 285 42.0 B44   3.18 Shipping Controller,Burnett & Co managers; 1919 WARORA, British India SN Co; 
1939 scrapped Genoa.
War Cupid  - 5690 410 54.2 A01   3.18 Completed as WEST EAGLE, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1924 scrapped Philadelphia.
War Currant   H 2505 303 43.0 B25   4.19 Shipping Controller, managed by J.Hopper; 
1919 LEICESTER, Anglo-European Steamship, Coal & Pitwood Co, Hull; 
1929 RUDCHESTER, Chesters Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 
1934 HEMINGE, Constants (So.Wales) Ltd, Newcastle; 
30.9.40 torpedoed and sunk by U.37 at 53.26N  18.33W on passage Tyne to Tenerife.
War Cygnet   B 5271 400 52.3 B06   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by E.Bigland & Co; 
1919 SIERRA BLANCA, Soc. Transoceanique de Transports, Antwerp; 
1924 QUEEN ELEANOR, Queen Line Ltd, Glasgow; 
1938 PELORUM, Transmediterranea S.A.di Nav, Palermo; 
1941. seized by Argentina r/n RIO CHICO, Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; 
1946 returned to Italy r/n PELORUM, Salvatore Tagliavia, Palermo; 
1953 scrapped Palermo.
War Cymbal  - 2240 254 43.5 A24   6.18 Completed as LAKE CHARLOTTE, US Shipping Board, Cleveland, Ohio; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1928 scrapped Detroit. 
War Cypress   A 5167 400 52.4 B13 11.17 Shipping Controller managed by R. Nicholson & Sons, London; 
1919 LEOPOLD L.D, D.L.Dreyfus et Cie, Dunkerque; 
1932 ALIKI, N.G.Livanos, Piraeus; 
1940 seized at Dakar by Vichy France r/n MONACO, managed by Soc.Anon de Gerance et d'Armement; 
1942 returned to Italian Government r/n BOLOGNA; 
21.5.42 torpedoed and sunk by HMS UNBROKEN off Cape Vaticano. 


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War Daffodil  A 5199 400 52.3 B56 12.17 Shipping Controller managed by G. Pyman & Co, London; 
1919 KELTIER, Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp; 
1926 KATANGA, Cie Africaine de Nav, Antwerp; 
1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
1949 PAOLA II, E.Szabados, Venice, 
1955 VARENNA, Angelo Ravano, Genoa; 1957 Raffaele Romano, Naples; 
1958 scrapped Spezia.
War Dagger (1)  - 5689 410 54.2 A02   7.18 Completed as WEST COAST, US Shipping Board, Portland, Ore; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1930 scrapped Baltimore.
War Dagger (2)  D 2337 285 42.0 B12   2.19 Shipping Controller, managed by MacAndrews & Co; 
1919 CORWEN, Wm.Cory & Son, Ltd, London; 
1937 STANHOPE, J.A. Billmeir & Co, London; 
1950 ELISE SCHULTE, Schulte & Bruns, Emden; 
1958 scrapped Hamburg.
War Dahlia  B 5405 400 52.3 B31   6.19 Completed as BIAFRA, African SS Co (Elder Dempster & Co), London; 
1933 Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool; 
1951 GEORGE, Meridian Shipping Co, Panama; 
1956 UNITY, Unity Cia Nav S.A, Panama; 
1957 MAHFUZ, Linea Adriatico Gulfo Persa, Panama; 
1958 SPETSAI STAR, Cia Marittima di Isola Spetsia, Panama; 
1959 scrapped Osaka.
War Daisy (1)  - 2010 252 43.5 A28   5.18 Completed as LAKE SEBAGO, US Shipping Board, Toledo, Ohio; 
1923 ROBERT JOHNSON, Pacific Spruce Corp, Wilmington, Del; 
1932 HUBERT SCHAFER, Schafer Bros SS Line, San Francisco; 
1940 SANTA MONICA, Cia Maritima Samsoc, Panama; 
1948 S.A.Espreso Maritimo, Panama; 
1951 same owner, Callao, Peru; 
1958 AVIN, Jose Poblete Vidal Agencia Nacional de Vapores, Callao; 
1961 stranded north of Callao; 
1968 scrapped. 
War Daisy (2)  -  -  -  -  -  - Order Cancelled.
War Dame  - 7351 445 58.0 J04 11.17 Shipping Controller managed by J. H. Welsford, London; 
1919 DELAMBRA, Lamport & Holt, Liverpool; 
5.7.40 sunk by German raider THOR at 06.13S  25.06W while bound for Freetown and the UK..
War Damson  H 2503 303 43.0 B34 12.18 Shipping Controller, Gillespie & Nicol, managers; 
1919 MUMBLES LIGHT, Bristol Channel Steamers Ltd, Cardiff;, 
1922 BRITANNIC, Cockerline & Co, Hull; 
9.2.41 bombed and sunk at 35.42N  14.38W.
War Dance  - 2231 251 43.8 C09 11.17 Shipping Controlller managers Harris & Dixon, London; 
1919 WARAWALA, British India SN Co; 
1927 SHOKA MARU, Showa Kisen KK, Kobe; 
1934 DAIGEN MARU No.2, Namura Kisen Goshi Kaisya, Fuchu; 
1934 Yamato Kisen KK, Fuchu; 
10.6.45 torpedoed and sunk by USS SPADEFISH at 43.21N  140.40E.
War Darenth C6 1378 236 36.2 B24   7.19 Coaster. Completed as MORNA, London & Edinburgh Shipping Co, Leith; 
1934 Derwent Steam Shipping Co, Leith; 
1936 Valdemar Skogland, Haugesund, Norway; 
1937 STANMORE, Stanhope SS Co (J.A.Billmeir), London; 
1937 NAUKRATOUSSA, G.M. Mavroleon, Piraeus; 
1938 VIRGINIA, Scotia Corp.(Francois Leon), Panama; 
1938 PATRIA, same owner; 
1938 FINA, same owner; 
1940 Margit SS Co, Panama; 
1941 M.O.W.T. managed by Burnett SS Co, London; 
1950 L.R. Schmith & Co, Copenhagen; 
1950 ELISABETH ARLT, Ivers & Arlt, Bremen; 
1958 ANDREAS X, General Cement Co, Piraeus; 
1963 ANDREAS N. HADJIKYRIAKOS, same owner; 
1968 scrapped Savona. 
War Dart (1)  - 2967 300 44.1 A15   5.19 Completed as MOLINE, US Shipping Board, Wilmington, Del; 
1925 LARA, Atlantic & Caribbean S.N.Co, Wilmington, Del; 
1937 Grace Line, Wilmington; 
1946 US Maritime Commission, Wilmington; 
1948 scrapped Bordentown, N.J..
War Dart (2)  D 2337 285 42.0 B12 12.18 Shipping Controller, managed by MacAndrews & Co; 
1919 CORSTAR, Cory Colliers Ltd, London; 1946 Wm Cory & Sons, London; 
1952 NEVIYE, Fuad Muradoglu ve Hilmi Daregenli Vapurculuk Sirketi, Istanbul; 
1954 Hilmi Daregenli, Istanbul; 
1961 scrapped Spezia.
War Date  H 2504 303 43.0 B35 12.19 Completed as ARANA, MacAndrews & Co, London; 
1924 Pacific Steam Nav.Co, London; 
1933 CHUY, Cia Carbonifera Rio Grandense, Rio de Janeiro; 
1943 Cia Commercio e Navegaceo, Rio de Janeiro; 
1957 Nav.Mercantil SA, Rio de Janeiro; 
1961 scrapped Rio de Janeiro.
War Deer  B 5324 400 52.4 B18   7.18 Shipping Controller, managers R.Ropner & Co; 
1919 FORT DE DOUAMONT, Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
1942 operated by Free French; 
1949 Cie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
1951 SANGIULIANO, Soc.di Nav.'Ligure Toscana', Genoa; 
1958 scrapped Antwerp.
War Delta  C 3026 331 46.7 B38   1.20 Completed as ALGERIER, Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp;
1925 MANIEMA, Cie Africaine de Nav, Antwerp; 
1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
1937 WAN SHUN, Hsu Yi Nien, Chefoo, China; 
1938 KENKOKU MARU, Nisshin Kaiun Shokai KK, Kobe; 
13.10.43 torpedoed and sunk by USS RASHER at 03.47S  127.41E.
War Dene  C 3074 332 46.7 B60   5.20 Completed as RAMFOS, Skibs A/S Thor Thoresens Linie, Christiania, Norway; 
1921 TYRIFJORD, A/S Den Norske Amerikalinje, Christiania; 
19.9.44 beached after air attack by British aircraft near Stavenes, Norway, total loss.
War Deodar  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Derwent C5 1532 240 36.1 B70   8.20 Coaster. Completed as ADDERSTONE, Aylestone Shipping Co (Alexander Bros), Newcastle; 
30.12.21 sailed from Tyne for Hamburg, went missing. 
War Diadem  C 3116 331 46.5 CH1 12.19 Completed as PANAGIS, N.E.Ambatielos, Argostoli, Greece; 
1924 EUROPEAN, European Shipping Co (A.Rappoport), London; 
1927 MAKALA, Cie Africaine de Nav.S.A, Antwerp; 
1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
1938 GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, "Tirrenia" S.A.di Nav, Fiume; 
1943 seized by Germany; 
19.11.43 torpedoed by HMS SICKLE in Gulf of Salamina, beached, total loss.
War Diamond (1)  - 5702 410 54.2 A02   5.18 Completed as WEST INDIAN, US Shipping Board, Portland, Ore; 
1918 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1937 US Maritime Commission, 
1938 scrapped Briton Ferry, UK.
War Diamond (2)  F 6723 413 55.5 B57   9.19 Completed as RADNORSHIRE, Royal Mail S.P.Co, London; 
1930 SITHONIA, H.M.Thomson, Leith; 
13.7.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.201 at approx. 29.N  25.W on passage Barry to Montevideo.
War Diana (1)  - 5698 410 54.2 A01   7.18 Completed as WESTFORD, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1933 scrapped Baltimore.
War Diana (2) G2 7934 450 58.2 B05 12.19 Completed as PESHAWUR, Peninsular & Oriental S.N.Co, Glasgow; 
23.12.43 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine Ro-111 at 11.11N  80.11E en route Swansea and Trincomalee to Calcutta..
War Dido  - 5619 410 54.2 A01 10.18 Completed as WESTMEAD, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1927 WILLANGLO, Babcock SS Co, New York; 
1929 SAN ANGELO, Pacific-Atlantic SS Co, Portland, Ore; 
1940 EMPIRE SPRINGBUCK, M.O.W.T. managed by W.A.Souter & Co; 
9.9.41 torpedoed and sunk by U.81 at 61.38N  40.40W on passage Cuba to Leith via Sydney, CB..
War Digby  -  -  -  -  -  - Although listed in early registers, this ship never existed. 
War Dirk  D 2336 285 42.0 B12 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Workman, Arbuckle & MacKinnon; 
1920 SICANIA, Soc Anon di Nav.'La Sicania', Trapani;
1924 MOTIA, same owner; 
1936 Giuseppe D'Ali & Cia, Trapani, Italy, 
1959 scrapped Viareggio.
War Disk  - 5754 410 54.2 A03   8.18 Completed as WESTERN CROSS, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1931 scrapped Baltimore.
War Diwan  Z 5543 400 52.2 B72   8.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by C.T.Bowring & Co; 
1921 transferred to Admiralty, same manager; 
1936 Royal Fleet Auxiliary; 
16.12.44 mined in River Schelde, broke in two.
War Dodder  C 3103 332 46.7 B10 12.19 Completed as SUNCLIFF, Sun Shipping Co (Mitchell Cotts & Co), London; 
1925 MAR BALTICO, Cia Maritima del Nervion, Bilbao; 
2.6.38 sunk after collision with s/s BALTARA in Brunsbuttelkoog Roads.
War Dog  - 3046 300 45.3 C10   8.17 Shipping Controller managed by J. Chambers & Co, London; 
1920 ROVERBELLA, Sicilia Soc di Nav, Genoa; 
1921 Soc Anon di Nav Orientale, Genoa; 
1926 Soc di Nav Unione Italica, Genoa; 
1931 VALSUGANA, same owner; 
1932 scrapped Genoa.
War Dogra  Z 5559 400 52.2 B28   7.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Gow, Harrison & Co; 
1920 HOUSATONIC, Anglo-American Oil Co, London; 
19.2.41 bombed and sunk by German aircraft at 59.39N 07.24W while serving as Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 
War Dolphin  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Donjon F1 5677 400 53.0 B43 10.19 Completed as WAIKAWA, Union SS Co of New Zealand, London; 
1935 TOWER ENSIGN, Tower SS Co, London; 
1937 HUNTRESS, Hunter Shipping Co, London; 
1938 Alfred G.Hunter, Kingston, Jamaica; 
1939 RONIN, M.V.Vassiliades, Panama; 
1941 IRAN, Iran SS Co (Wallem & Co), Panama; 
14.4.44 badly damaged in Bombay Dock explosion of s/s FORT STIKINE, scrapped.
War Down  C 3099 331 46.9 B60 12.18 Shipping Controller, managers Wm Balls & Son, N.Shields; 
1919 GRAIG, Graig Shipping Co, Cardiff, 
1922 MARIA VICTORIA, F.Astorqui, Bilbao;
8.11.29 wrecked on Baldayo Beach 43.20N  08.35W.
War Dragon (1)  - 4920 376 52.3 A11 12.17 Completed as HATTERAS, US Shipping Board, Baltimore; 
1917-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1937 US Maritime Commission, Baltimore; 
1938 HATTERLOCK, G.E.Marden, Shanghai; 
8.12.41 seized by Japan r/n RENZAN MARU, Miyachi Kisen KK, Kobe; 
1.1.43 torpedoed and sunk by USS PORPOISE at 39.11N  142.02E.
War Dragon (2)  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Drake  B 5183 401 52.3 B33   8.18 Shipping Controller, managers H.Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow; 
1919 MOUNT EVEREST, Sefton SS Co (H.E.Moss & Co); 
1923 MONT EVEREST, Soc.Generale de Transports Maritimes, Marseilles; 
1940 laid up in USA; 
1942 taken over by US War Shipping Admin. operated by Norton Lilly Management Corp; 
1944 returned to French owners; 
1953 LAGOS ERIE, Cia Armadora San Francisco S.A, Panama; 
1959 scrapped Tokio.
War Dream  N 6498 412 55.8 B30   1.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Clyde Shipping Co; 
1919 GLENSHANE, Glen Line Ltd, London; 1932 H.Makita, Japan; 
1934 SUNSHINE, F.M.Jonas, Hong Kong (Kyokko Kaiun KK); 
1934 GLENSHANE, same owner; 
1934 MILTONIA, same owner, Shanghai; 
1935 CHANG LUNG, Ding Mao Dung, Chefoo; 
1938 SYORYU MARU, Syoryu Kisen KK, Dairen; 
1938 SHORYU MARU, same owner; 
4.5.44 torpedoed and sunk by USS PARCHE at 20.48N  118.03E.
War Driver  B 5201 400 52.3 H02   9.19 Completed as EVANGELOS, E.E.Ambatielos, Argostoli, Greece; 
1923 QUEEN MAUD, Queen Line Ltd (Thos.Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow; 
1936 CHRISTOS MARKETTOS, M.M.C.Marketto, Argostoli; 
8.6.42 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-20 at 05.05S 40.53E.
War Drum (1)  - 2243 254 43.5 A24   6.18 Completed as LAKE LOUISE for US Shipping Board, Cleveland; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co, Detroit; 
1927 converted to barge; 
1942 taken over by US War Shipping Admin, Detroit; 
1945 GORDON C. COOKE, Seaways Transportation Co, New York; 
22.4.47 broke loose from tow and sank at 38.05N  74.49W.
War Drum (2)  D 2352 285 42.1 B03 12.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Donald & Taylor; 
1919 ASHWIN, Ashwin & Co, London; 
1920 Essex Line (Meldrum & Swinson), London; 
1921 TROTSKY, All-Russian Cooperative Soc, London; 
1923 Arcos Ltd (Russo-Norwegian Nav.Co), London; 
1924 Arcos SS Co, London; 
1925 Sovtorgflot, Leningrad; 
1929 ANDRE MARTI, same owner; 
1960 deleted Lloyds Register..
War Drummer  C 3290 325 45.2 H01   2.19 Shipping Controller, managed by A.Holt & Co; 
1919 GRANDLIEU, Cie.Nantaise de Nav a Vapeur, Nantes; 
1939 Cie Generale Transatlantique, Nantes; 
1940 seized by Germany, managed by Unterweser Reed G.m.b.H, Bremen; 
1944 scuttled at Cherbourg.
War Duchess  - 4333 381 49.2 C03   9.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Harris & Dixon Ltd; 
1919 BALDINA, Adelaide SS Co, Adelaide; 1934 YUNG HWA, Mai Shun SS Co, Shanghai; 
1938 TENSHIN MARU, Zuiko Shosen K.K, Hashidate; 
24.10.44 torpedoed and sunk by USS ICEFISH at 19.58N  118.33E.
War Duck  B 5193 400 52.3 B53 12.18 Shipping Controller, managed by H.Hogarth & Sons; 
1919 BARON BLANTYRE, Hogarth Shipping Co, Ardrossan; 
9.10.23 left Natal for Adelaide, went missing.
War Duty (1)  - 2055 247 43.5 A22   4.18 Completed as LAKE CRESCENT, US Shipping Board, Chicago; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1926 Consolidated Navigation Co, Baltimore; 
1926 PADILLA, R.C.Pugand, Rio Hacha, Colombia; 
1930 Colombian SS Co, New York; 
1935 MOREA, Marino Querci, Genoa; 
16.8.40 sunk by submarine (HMS OSIRIS) gunfire 50 miles off Durazzo.
War Duty (2)  -  -  -  -  -  - Completed as BRATTON CASTLE (qv)


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War Earl  - 4328 380 49.2 C03   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Harris & Dixon Ltd; 
1919 ROSYTH CASTLE, Union-Castle Mail SS Co, Southampton; 
1921 UMLAZI, Bullard King & Co, London; 
1936 CAMDEN HILL, Counties Ship Management, London; 
1937 HOKUJU MARU, Kitagawa Asakichi, Osaka; 
1938 HOKUZYU MARU, Kitagawa Sangyo Kaiun KK, Osaka; 
1955 Osaka Zosensho KK, Tokyo; 
1964 scrapped Japan.
War Edensaw  - 2336 250 43.5 C18   6.18 Wooden Hull. Shipping Controller, managed by J. Cook & Sons; 
25.6.19 caught fire and sank 94 miles east of Malta.
War Eland  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Elfin  - 2239 254 43.5 A24   4.18 Completed as LAKE ST. REGIS, US Shipping Board, Cleveland; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co, 
1926 scrapped Detroit.
War Elm  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Emerald  - 5813 410 54.2 A03   6.18 Completed as WESTERN SEA, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1931 scrapped Baltimore.
War Emu  B 5244 401 52.3 B11   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Donaldson Bros Ltd; 
1919 TRITONIA, Donaldson Line, Glasgow, 
28.2.29 lost when gunpowder cargo exploded at Buenaventura, Colombia.
War Energy  N 6548 412 55.6 B74 10.19 Completed as DANIER, Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain), London; 
1923 Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
1925 GRAANHANDEL, Armement Gylsen, Antwerp; 
1928 SCHELDELIJN, Zeevaart Mij "Scheldestroom", Ghent; 
1933 scrapped Roterdam.
War Envoy AO 5197 401 52.3 B31   9.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1920 KATE, N.D.Lykiardopulo, Argostoli, converted to dry cargo ship; 
28.1.41 mined and sunk off Thessaloniki, Greece.
War Epic  N 6543 412 55.8 B40 12.20 Shipping Controller; 
1921 ADIGE, Nav.Gen.Italiana, Genoa;
1926 MONSUN, Kauffahrtei A.G, Bremen;
1937 Kauffahrtei Seereed, A.Wiards & Co, Hamburg;
18.12.42 ashore at Rorvik, total loss.
War Erie  - 2292 250 43.3 C13   7.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Glover Bros; 
1919 SICILIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
1920 BACICIN SERRA, G.B.Serra, Savona; 
1924 S.A.Italiana Importazione Carboni e Navigazione, Savona; 
29.9.25 sprang leak and sank 25 miles off Malta.
War Ermine   J 4581 385 52.0 B52   1.19 Completed as CROSSHILL, Crosshill SS Co (Macbeth, Blackwood & Laurie), Glasgow; 
1934 MEANDROS, Theofano Maritime Co (N.G.Livanos), Chios; 
16.1.41 bombed at 55.55N 12.24W and later sunk by escort..
War Ewen  - 2344 250 43.5 C18   9.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by J.Cook & Son; 
1920 ETIENNE MARCEL, Soc Anon de Nav 'Les Armateurs Francais', Dunkerque; 
1924 scrapped Hamburg.
War Exe  -
573
 165 27.0 B63   6.19 Coaster. Completed as RIVER DEE, D.R. Llewellyn, Merrett & Price, Cardiff; 
1925 OPAL, Wm.Robertson, Glasgow; 
4.9.31 sank after cargo shifted off Longships.
War Expert AO 5198 401 52.3 B31   3.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London. 
1919 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1921 ANOMIA, same owner; 
1927 ANDREA, A/B Brovigseil, Farsund; 
1933 Thos Brovig, Farsund; 
1938 MUGNONE, M.Querci, Genoa; 
1940 seized by Britain r/n EMPIRE PROGRESS, M.O.W.T, managed by H. Hogarth & Sons; 
13.4.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.402 at 40.29N  52.35W on voyage Glasgow to Tampa, Fla..
War Fairy  - 2217 253 43.5 A24   7.18 Completed as LAKE HARRIS, US Shipping Board, Cleveland, Ohio; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1928 scrapped Detroit.
War Faith  - 4342 380 49.2 C03 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Glover Bros;  1919 CAPE PREMIER, British Africa Shipping & Coaling Co, London; 
1921 BARUNGA, Adelaide SS Co, Adelaide; 1935 SHING HO, Fan Shien Ho, Tsingtao; 
1938 V.K.Song, Tsingtao;
1938 SEIZAN MARU, Miyachi Kisen KK, Kobe; 
23.2.44 bombed and sunk by US Navy aircraft at 15.00N 145.30E.
War Fal  -  -  -  -  -  - Completed as OLD CHARLTON (qv)
War Falcon  -  -  -  -  -  - Completed as HALIZONES (qv)
War Fantail  E 4453 376 51.7 B20 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Lang & Fulton Ltd; 
1919 NILEMEDE, Brand-Adams SS Co, Newcastle; 
1924 HARMATTAN, J.& C. Harrison Ltd, London; 
1928 DANYBRYN, Brynmor SS Co, London; 1931 JADRAN, Jadran Brodarsko d.d, Bakar, Yugoslavia;
1933 ARAFAT, Soc.Misr de Navigation Maritime, Alexandria; 
1936 FOTINI CARRAS, Carras Bros, Chios; 
7.6.39 wrecked South Bellona Reefs at 21.25S  159.34E.
War Ferret (1)  - 1949 252 43.8 A23   2.18 Completed as LAKE CONWAY, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
9.1919 went missing in hurricane in West Indies.
War Ferret (2)  B 5269 400 52.3 B14   6.19 Completed as CORNISH CITY, St.Just SS Co. (Reardon Smith & Sons), Bideford; 
1929 FORT BINGER, Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
1940 M.O.W.T. managed by Reardon Smith & Sons, London; 
1944 returned to owners; 
1949 Cie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 1950 scrapped Briton Ferry.
War Fervour  -  -  -  -  -  - Completed as BAMPTON CASTLE (qv)
War Fiend  - 2129 251 43.7 C06   2.19 Shipping Controller, managed by E.C.Downing; 
1919 BERENICE, Cie Auxiliare de Navigation, Nantes; 
1923 CLOVELLY, Lewis SS Co, Cardiff; 
17.1.26 wrecked near Ferrol, Spain.
War Fife  D 2362 285 42.1 B03   7.18 Shipping Controller, managed by MacAndrews & Co;
1919 SIERRA MADRE, Soc Transoceanique de Transports, Antwerp; 
1922 Soc de Cabotage Internationale, Antwerp; 
1925 CABOURG, Soc.Maritime Nationale, Havre; 
22.1.39 last sighted off Brittany, went missing.
War Fig  H 2568 303 43.0 B40 11.20 Shipping Controller; 
1921 W.J.Williams, London; 
1922 SILVERWAY, St.Mary SS Co (Williams Bros), Cardiff 
1925 CHARTERHAGUE, Charter Shipping Co (Lewis & Grove Williams), Cardiff; 
1930 Angfartygs A/B Alfa, Mariehamn, Finland; 
1939 JAAMERI, Finska Fiskeri A/B, (R.Nordstrom & Co), Hango, Finland; 
26.4.44 mined and sunk at 54.39N 12.30E.
War Fijian AO 5257 400 52.3 B57   7.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by  Andrew Weir & Co;
1919 WESTERN, J.Mathias, Aberystwyth, converted to dry cargo ship; 
1921 ANTONIO, Egypt & Levant SS Co, London; 
1924 New Egypt & Levant Shipping Co. London; 
1943 Maritime Shipping & Trading Co, London (Michalinos & Co); 
31.3.45 capsized and sank at 51.37N 05.10W after collision with s/s FORT MOOSE on 28.3.45.
War Finch (1)  - 2021 251 43.5 A20 11.17 Completed as LAKE MICHIGAN for US Shipping Board; 
1918-1919 US Navy, Naval Overseas Transportation Service - mine carrier; 
1920 PICARDIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
21.11.23 wrecked off Hornslandet, Sweden after breaking rudder.
War Finch (2)  B 5247 400 52.3 B14 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Charlton, McAllum & Co; 
1919 FORT DE SOUVILLE, Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
1942 seized by Germans, handed to Italy; 
1943 BENEVENTO, Italian Government, managed by 'Adriatica' S.p.A di Nav; 
1.4.43 torpedoed by motor torpedo boats off Cani Island, beached, total loss.
War Firth  C 3112 331 46.8 B57   6.18 Shipping Controller, managed by J. Chadwick & Sons; 
4.9.18 torpedoed and sunk by U.53, 33 miles off Lizard Point on voyage Bilbao to Glasgow.
War Fish  - 2646 251 43.8 C09   9.17 Shipping Controller managed by Harris & Dixon Ltd; 
1920 ROUBAIX, Soc Anon des Cargos Francais, Havre; 
1925 Soc Delmas Freres & Vieljeux, La Rochelle; 
1928 MONIQUE VIELJEUX, same owner; 
1930 MALVE, L.G.W.Boxberg, Helsingfors; 
14.2.31 wrecked off Tiree, Hebrides at 56.33N  06.53W.
War Flag  - 2009 252 43.5 A28   4.18 Completed as LAKE SUNAPEE, US Shipping Board, Toledo; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1922 FRANK LYNCH, W.J.Gray Jr, San Francisco, converted to motor vessel; 
1937 NESTOR, George D. Gratsos Co, Ithaka, Greece; 
1939 OTTO, K.Jurnas, Parnu, Estonia; 
1941 IRISH WILLOW, Irish Shipping Ltd, Dublin; 
1946 VERAGUAS, Cia de Vapores Veraguas, Panama; 
1960 scrapped Belgium.
War Flame  - 5699 410 54.1 A07 12.17 Completed as WEST HAVEN, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1929 MARIAN OTIS CHANDLER, Los Angeles SS Co, Los Angeles; 
1935 Matson SS Co, Los Angeles; 
1938 ONEMEA, Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco; 
1940 EMPIRE LEOPARD, M.O.W.T, managed by Maritime Shipping & Trading Co; 
2.11.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.402 at 52.26N  45.22W on passage St. John's, NF to Belfast and Avonmouth..
War Flier  -  -  -  -  -  - See WAR ANGLIAN.
War Flower  - 4292 365 51.1 B16 11.17 Shipping Controller managed by G.Pyman & Co; 
1919 TURKESTAN, Hindustan Shipping Co (Common Bros), Newcastle; 
1935 MOUNT LYCABETTUS, Atlanticos SS Co (Kulukundis Bros), Syra; 
15.3.42 sailed Baltimore, went missing, presumed torpedoed by U.373 on 17.3.42 at 40.15N  61.00W.
War Flute  - 2292 254 43.8 A24   6.18 Completed as LAKE MARY, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1921 sold Ford Motor Co;
1928 scrapped Detroit.
War Fly  B 5030 400 52.3 B25  4.20 Completed as GARBETA, British India SN Co, 18.8.39 ashore Calcutta; 
1940 scrapped.
War Foam  C 3096 331 46.7 B25   5.18 Shipping Controller, managed by G.B.Harland & Co;
1919 CAPE NATAL, British Africa Shipping & Coaling Co (Mitchell, Cotts & Co), London; 
1920 KAIKORAI, Union SS Co of New Zealand; 
1949 Purple Star Shipping Co, Panama; 
1950 Grande Shipping Corp, Panama; 
1955 Purple Star Shipping Co, Panama; 
Later reported as trading as CHUNG HSING 7 under Chinese flag. 
1968 deleted from Lloyds Register.
War Forest  C 3103 331 46.5 B23 12.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Morel Ltd; 
1920 ALBERGALLUS, Soc.Maritime et Commerciale du Pacifique, Bordeaux; 
1925 THERMIDOR, Cie Nationale de Nav, Bordeaux; 
1926 ANDREAS GERAKIS, N.Gerakis, Cephalonia; 
1927 LOUIS MERCIER, Union Miniere et Maritime, Rouen; 
1930 Union Industrielle et Maritime, Bordeaux; 
1937 GRADO, D/S A/S Iris (Hans Fr Grann), Oslo; 
11.5.43 torpedoed and sunk by U.402 at 40.30N 32.30W.
War Fort  - 5659 410 54.2 A03   4.18 Completed as WESTERN KING, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1937 US Maritime Commission, Seattle; 
1938 scrapped Briton Ferry.
War Forth C7 1389 271 38.1 B12   8.19 Coaster. 
Completed as CALDERON, MacAndrews & Co, London;
2.5.42 sunk by air attack at 31.05N  29.07E.
War Fortune  - 2018 251 43.5 A21   5.18 Completed as LAKE WEIR, US Shipping Board, Cleveland; 
1923 Construction Materials Co, Gary, Ind; 
1925 converted to hopper dredger r/n SANDMASTER, same owner, 1,849 gross tons; 
1931 Sensibar Transportation Co, Gary, Ind; 
1935 Midwest Vessel Corp, Wilmington, Del; 
1942 Construction Aggregates Corp, Wilmington, Del; 
1946 Brazilian Government; 
1962 sank Vitoria, Brazil, scrapped.
War Fox (1)  - 1949 251 43.8 A23 11.17 Completed as LAKE FOREST, US Shipping Board, Washington, D.C; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1920 VENETIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
1925 TABAKHANDEL, Armement Gylsen S.A; Antwerp; 
1925 ESTE, S.S de Nav.Sud Atlantica, Buenos Aires; 
1931 Cia Argentina de Nav.Mihanovich, Buenos Aires; 
1937 CHOLLIN, Cia Carbonifera y de Fundicion Schwager, Valparaiso; 
1948 RAFAEL ARIZTIA, Fabrica de Cemento El Melon SA, Valparaiso; 
1956 SAN PATRICIO, Cia Maritima Valck & Monckton, Valparaiso; 
1957 MARY V, Georgios Vatikiotis, Piraeus; 
1957 KADIO S, Geo.Sigalas' Sons, Piraeus; 
1960 scrapped Gijon.
War Fox (2)  B 5261 400 52.3 B14   3.19 Completed as BRADFORD CITY, St.Just SS Co (Reardon Smith & Sons), Bideford; 
1929 FORT MEDINE, Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
1940 seized by Britain, M.O.W.T, managed by Reardon Smith & Sons, London; 
20.2.41 mined and sunk at 51.35N  03.56W.
War Freedom  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Fowey  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Foyle  - 1352 230 35.8 B66   7.19 Coaster. Completed as DRYBURGH, Geo. Gibson & Co, Leith; 
11.11.39 struck wreck of Danish ship CANADA and sank off Dimlington.
War Fundy  - 2268 250 43.5 C14   8.18 Wooden Hull.Shipping Controller, managed by Hansen Bros & Co; 
1919 Cie Anon des Cargoes Francais, Rouen; 
7.9.20 ashore Grundkallen; 
10.9.20. refloated and sank.
War Fury  - 2038 251 43.7 C06 11.19 Shipping Controller, managed by E.C.Downing; 
1920 SARREBOURG, S.A de Nav."Les Armateurs Francais", Rouen; 
25.2.27 wrecked off Brest.
War Furze  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.


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War Gaekwar  Z 5545 400 52.2 B72   9.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller managed by C.T.Bowring & Co, London; 
1919 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1921 CARDITA, same owners; 
1927 CONCORDIA, Fr. Mowinckel, Oslo; 
1931 Johs Hansen, Arendel; 
1938 MITSU MARU, Yamashita Kisen K.K, Kobe; 
1938 MITU MARU, same owner; 
12.7.45 mined and sunk at 34.12N  132.52E.
War Gale  C 3069 331 46.8 B26   8.19 Completed as SHANDON, Atlantic Shipping & Trading Co (W.J.Tatem), London; 
1920 W.J.Tatem Ltd, London; 
1934 ULKU, Barzilay & Benjamin, Istanbul; 
1935  Turkish Navy as collier; 
195? withdrawn from service, scrapped.
War Gannet  B 5241 400 52.4 B49   2.20 Completed as TREWYN, Hain SS Co, St.Ives; 
1937 MONI RICKMERS, Rickmers Rhederei, Hamburg; 
1940 seized by Holland r/n SALANDO, Nederlandsche-Indische Maats, Batavia; 
1946 Royal Netherlands Government, managed by A.Veder & Co, The Hague; 
1949 MESERRET, Avni Nuri Meserretcioglu, Istanbul; 
1959 YENI MESSERET, Hakki Marmara, Istanbul; 
1960 Deniz Nakliyat ve Ticaret Limitet Sirketi, Istanbul; 
1.9.62 grounded at Hong Kong in typhoon, 
6.9.62 refloated and scrapped.
War Garry C7 1389 271 38.1 B12   5.19 Coaster. Completed as LADY EMERALD, British & Irish S.P.Co, London / Dublin; 
1938 CARLOW, British & Irish S.P.Co, Dublin; 
1939 BRITTANY COAST, Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool; 
1946 KILDARE, Burns & Laird Lines, Liverpool, 
1948 British & Irish S.P.Co, Liverpool; 
1952 LAIRDSFORD, Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow; 
1960 scrapped Troon. 
War Gascon AO 5107 400 52.4 B55   5.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by J.I.Jacobs & Co; 
1919 ZOVETTO, S.A.Angelo Parodi fu B.& Emanuele Fratelli Accame, Genoa; 
12.2.24 wrecked Bermuda.
War Gaspe 2269 251 43.5 C21   7.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Glover Bros; 
1919 ISSORIA, Credito Industriale di Venezia, Venice; 
1921 GIULIO, Soc Anon di Armamento, Trieste; 
16.8.22 on fire at Venice, scuttled, 
11.10.22 refloated and scrapped.
War Gazelle  B 5251 400 52.3 B18   4.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Watts, Watts & Co; 
1919 FERT, Navigazione Alta Italia S.A, Genoa; 
1925 MONSTELLA, same owner; 
30.8.42 torpedoed by HMS RORQUAL off Paxos, beached Corfu; 
1947 raised; 
1948 scrapped Piraeus.
War Genista  B 5144 400 52.3 B28   3.20 Completed as MANDASOR, T.& J. Brocklebank Ltd, Liverpool; 
24.1.41 bombed and sunk at 06.23S  61.40E.
War Genius  N 6573 412 55.8 B40 11.20 Completed as FIUME, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa; 
1926 TAIFUN, Kauffahrtei A.G, Bremen; 
1936 A.G.fur Handel & Verkehr, Emden; 
1938 CARL FRITZEN, Lexzau, Scharbau & Co, Emden; 
1939 Johs Fritzen & Sohn vorm Lexzau, Scharbau & Co, Emden; 
4.9.39 scuttled by crew after intercepted off Brazil by HMS AJAX at 34.19S 48.29W.
War General  - 5749 410 54.2 A03   3.18 Completed as WESTFIELD, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1930 scrapped Baltimore.
War Geum  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled
War Ghurka  Z 5571 400 52.3 B36 12.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller managed by Hunting & Son;
1920 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1921 CAPRELLA, same owner; 
1925 ATHELFOAM, British Molasses Co, London; 
1926 United Molasses Co; 
1930 HIRD, G.O.Aarvold, Oslo; 
1936 ATHELSTANE, United Molasses Co; 
1939 Athel Line Ltd, London; 
1941 Tankers Ltd, London; 
9.4.42 bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft while serving as Royal Fleet Auxiliary at 07.30N  81.56E.
War Glade  C 3074 332 46.7 B60   1.20 Completed as NOREFOS, Skibs A/S Thor Thoresens Linie, Christiania; 
1921 NOREFJORD, A/S Den Norske Amerikalinje, Christiania; 
1949 RYVARDEN, F.N.Nordbo, Haugesund, Norway; 
1954 Rolf Wigands Rederi, Bergen; 
1956 Halvorsen Shipping Co, Bergen; 
1958 NORSE LADY, Pan-Norse SS Co, Panama; 
14.8.58 stranded Celebes, captured by Indonesian rebels; 
22.8.58 shelled by nationalist warships, total loss, 1966 scrapped.
War Glamour  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Glen  C 2965 331 47.7 B17   5.18 Shipping Controller, managed by J.J & C.M. Forster; 
1919 HERCULE, Soc 'Les Affreteurs Reunis', Rouen;
1925 SANTI, Cia Nav Amaya, Bilbao; 
1936 VERA CRUZ, Haraldo Diaz, Vera Cruz, Mexico; 
1936 AMERICA, same owner; 
1937 COCLE, Cia Naviera Amaya, Panama; 1940 SANTI, Cia Naviera Amaya, Bilbao; 
1950 Naviera Bilbaina, Bilbao; 
17.1.51 sank after collision with tanker BRITISH DRAGOON in fog at 38.24N  09.35W.
War Globe  C 3100 331 46.8 B47   5.19 Completed as ADMIRAL HAMILTON, Byron SS Co, London; 
1932 KATIE MOLLER, Moller & Co, Shanghai; 
1943 ODEMIS, charter to Turkish Government; 
1946 BEYROUTH, Adel M.Hammad, Beirut; 
1948 Soc.Libano-Syrienne de Nav.Maritime, Beirut; 
1949 SEMIH, Huseyin Avni Soktorik, Istanbul, 
1965 scrapped Turkey.
War Glory  N 6543 413 55.8 B40   4.20 Shipping Controller; 
1920 MONTE PASUBIO, Armatori Riuniti Soc.di Nav, Genoa; 
1.4.24 wrecked near Quequen.
War Gnat  B 5272 400 52.4 B51 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Miller & Richards Ltd; 
1919 FORT DE VAUX, Chargeurs Reunis, Havre; 
29.11.43 torpedoed and sunk by U.68 off Freetown at 06.32N  12.20W.
War Gnome  - 2292 254 43.8 A24   6.18 Completed as LAKE CONESUS, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold Ford Motor Co;
1926 scrapped Detroit.
War Goblin  - 2308 254 43.8 A24   5.18 Completed as LAKE ST. CLAIR, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold Ford Motor Co; 
1926 scrapped Detroit.
War Gorse  -  -  -  -  -  - Renamed WAR GENISTA (qv)
War Grampus  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Grange  C 3100 331 46.7 B02 12.17 Shipping Controller managed by Steel, Young & Co; 
1919 GIGLIO, Eduardo Mazza, Savona; 
1927 Soc di Nav Unione Italica, Rome; 
5.4.28 wrecked off Noirmoutier. 
War Grape  H 2384 303 43.0 B40   6.20 Completed as GUEBWILLER, S.A de Nav. "Les Armateurs Francais", Rouen; 
1928 HENRI MORY, Soc. Union Miniere & Maritime, Rouen; 
6.10.31 wrecked north of Peniche.
War Griffin  B 5286 400 52.3 B25 12.19 Completed as GONDIA, British India SN Co, Glasgow; 
2.8.22 lost in cyclone in China Sea. last reported position 22.38N  117.15E.
War Grouse  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Guava  H 2497 303 43.0 B34   4.19 Shipping Controller, managed by A. Matthews & Co; 
1919 BARON AILSA, Kelvin Shipping Co (H.Hogarth & Sons), Ardrossan; 
1934 A.H. Smith, London; 
1935 GRIGORIOS C  II, P.G.Callimanopulos, Piraeus; 
20.2.41 sunk by German raider ADMIRAL SCHEER at 07.00S 47.40E.
War Guide  - 4838 379 53.1 A08 10.18 Completed as PUGET SOUND, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1930 SHATURSTROI, Sovtorgflot, Vladivostok, USSR; 
1970 deleted from Lloyds Register.
War Gull (1)  - 2019 251 43.5 A21   6.18 Completed as LAKE BENTON, US Shipping Board, Cleveland; 
1926 Mobile, Miami & Gulf SS Corp, Mobile (John B.Waterman); 
1929 FIDO, A/S Fido(M.Hansen), Kristiansand, 
1953 STRINDHEIM, Strindheim Rederi A/S(Bjarne Raak), Trondheim; 
5.2.59 aground in fog north of Kullen, Sweden; 7.2.59 refloated; 
16.2.59 laid up; 
1961 scrapped Stavanger.
War Gull (2)  B 5182 400 52.3 B36   4.19 Completed as BOUTRY, African SS Co.(Elder Dempster & Co), London; 
1934 MOUNT RHODOPE, Margaronis Bros, Piraeus; 
1937 Oceanos Maritime SS Co, Piraeus; 
1957 CAPTAIN GIORGIS, Potomianos Bros, Piraeus; 
1960 scrapped Piraeus.
War Gun  - 6025 401 54.2 A13   1.19 Completed as AUBURN, US Shipping Board, Philadelphia; 
1933 scrapped Baltimore.
War Gunner  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.


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War Hagara  Z 5578 400 52.4 B37   7.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by A.Weir & Co; 
1920 INVERARDER, British Mexican Petroleum Co (Andrew Weir & Co), London; 
24.2.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.558 at 44.34N  42.37W while operating as Royal Fleet Auxiliary on passage Londonderry to Trinidad via Halifax, NS.
War Haida  - 2345 250 43.4 C11   4.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Easton, Greig & Co; 
1919 RODOSTO, Soc di Nav Roma, Genoa; 
22.1.27 on fire and foundered Isle di Molara, Sardinia.
War Halifax  - 2335 250 43.5 C22   9.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Hansen Bros; 
22.10.19 damaged by fire at Cardiff; 
1920 converted to hulk and sold to Spain.
War Halton  - 2096 251 43.6 C08 10.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Tyzack & Branfoot; 
1919 SAINT TROPEZ, Soc. Francaise d'Armements Maritimes, Nantes; 
1934 Cie. Generale d'Armements Maritimes, Nantes; 
1937 LATYMER, Finchley SS Co, Gibraltar, 
2.10.40 bombed and sunk by German aircraft at 51.20N  10.30W.
War Hamilton  - 2251 251 43.6 C08   5.19 Shipping Controller, managed by Tyzack & Branfoot; 
1919 BELCHERS, Mount Royal SS Co, Montreal; 
1924 Belchers SS Co (Ocean Carriers Inc), Montreal; 
1927 KORYU MARU, Yeguchi Kisen KK, Takasago, Japan; 
10.10.44 bombed and sunk by US Navy aircraft at 25.51N  126.30E.
War Hamlet  C 3114 331 46.7 B36   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by W.H.Cockerline & Co; 
1919 NEWASTER, Aster Shipping Co, London (E.R.Brown & Co, Cardiff); 
1933 KURIKKA, Vaasan Laiva O/Y, Wasa, Finland; 
1941 requisitioned at New York r/n CHENANGO, US Maritime Commission, managed by Moore-McCormack Lines; 
21.2.42 torpedoed and sunk by U.84 at 36.25N 74.55W.
War Harbour (1)  - 7597 440 56.0 A09 11.18 Completed as INDEPENDENCE, US Shipping Board, San Francisco; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1921 converted to turbo-electric drive; 
1931 CITY OF NORFOLK, Baltimore Mail SS Co, rebuilt to 8,424 g.t. passenger/cargo ship; 1938 transferred to Panama Pacific Line; 
1941 NEVILLE, US Navy transport; 
1946 CITY OF NORFOLK, US Maritime Commission, Baltimore; 
1948 NEVILLE, US Department of Commerce, Baltimore; 
1957 scrapped Fieldsbro' N.J..
War Harbour (2)  C 3054 331 46.7 B08   6.19 Completed as DUNMAIL, Sharp SS Co, Newcastle; 
1924 WOOSUNG MARU, Kawasaki Kisen KK, Kobe; 
17.5.43 reported sunk at approx. 35.00N  140.00E.
War Harp  - 2293 253 43.5 A24   8.18 Completed as LAKE SILVER, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1925 sold to Ford Motor Co; 
1927 scrapped Detroit.
War Hathor  - 2264 251 43.8 C09   8.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.B.Chellew; 
1920 WARLA, British India SN Co, London; 
1934 YUAN CHAN, Chung Wei SS Co, Shanghai; 
1937 sunk as blockship at Kiangyin, Yangtze River.
War Haven (1)  - 7597 440 56.0 A09 10.18 Completed as VICTORIOUS for US Shipping Board; 
1918-1919 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1931 CITY OF HAVRE, Baltimore Mail S.S. Co, lengthened to 493ft, passenger accommodation added;
1938 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Panama Pacific Line; 
1940 GEORGE F. ELLIOT (AP-13), US Navy; 
8.8.42 struck by crippled Japanese bomber, sank off Guadalcanal.
War Haven (2)  C 3112 331 46.6 B08 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by W.Balls & Son; 
1918 SHEAF LANCE, Sheaf SS Co, Newcastle; 
1936 DANYBRYN, Brynmor SS Co, Newcastle; 
1936 JOHN, Rederi A/B A Th. Jonasson, Raa, Sweden; 
1949 BALTICIA, Rederi A/B Falken, Jonstrop, Sweden; 
1956 MONICA, Cia de Nav Isabella Ltda, Puerto Limon; 
1958 scrapped Copenhagen.
War Heather  A 5198 401 52.3 B33 12.17 Shipping Controller managed by Glen & Co; 
1919 MENAPIER, Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp; 
1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
1933 BORIS, Soc Commerciale de Maritime Vlasov, Syra;
1935 Soc Commerciale de d'Armement, Piraeus; 
3.6.43 torpedoed and sunk by U.180 at 07.14S  18.41W off Ascension Island.
War Hector  - 5834 410 54.2 A01   1.19 Completed as WESTERN ALLY, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1929 FORBES HAUPTMANN, McCormick SS Co, San Francisco; 
1940 EMPIRE KITTIWAKE, M.O.W.T. managed by R.Ropner & Co, London; 
1942 NORFALK, Norwegian Shipping & Trade Mission, Oslo; 
20.7.44 mined and sunk at 49.39N 01.05E on way to Normandy beaches to be scuttled as blockship.
War Hecuba G2 7920 450 58.5 B61   6.19 Completed as ALBIONSTAR, Blue Star Line, London; 
1920 Union Cold Storage Ltd; 
1929 ALBION STAR, same owners; 
1948 scrapped Briton Ferry.
War Helen  - 5779 410 54.2 A01   4.19 Completed as WESTERN KNIGHT, US Shipping Board, Seattle; 
1926 American South African Lines Inc, New York; 
8.4.29 wrecked west of Cape Recife.
War Helmet  - 8184 445 58.0 J01 11.17 Shipping Controller, managed by Royal Mail S.P.Co; 
19.4.18 torpedoed and sunk by UC.75 3 miles off Owers Lightship on passage London to Barry Roads.
War Herald  - 4837 380 53.0 A08 10.18 Completed as BELLINGHAM, US Shipping Board, Tacoma; 
1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
1930 NEVASTROI, Sovtorgflot, Leningrad, Odessa, Vladivostok, USSR; 
1960 deleted from Lloyd's Register. 
War Hermit AO 5236 401 52.3 B09   4.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1919 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co,
1921 ANATINA, same owner; 
1927 Skibs A/S Anatina (M.C.Stray), Christiansand; 
1938 MINDANAO, Fernandos Hermanos, Manila; 
10.2.4 sunk by air attack at Manila, salved by Japanese.
1942 PALEMBANG MARU, Japanese Government; 
4.3.45 torpedoed and sunk by USS BAYA at 12.52N 109.30E
War Hero  - 5875 385 51.2 J03 10.17 Shipping Controller managed by Furness Withy & Co; 
1919 HATKHOLA, British India SN Co, 
1934 scrapped Japan.
War Heroine  - 2585 299 44.0 A15   6.18 Completed as WAUKESHA, US Shipping Board, Wilmington, Del; 
1929 Gulf Barge & Towing Co, New Orleans, converted to barge; 
1934 Waukesha Transportation Vo, Mobile; 
1948 dismantled.
 War Highway  C 3125 331 46.8 B07   5.18 Shipping Controller, managed by F & W.Ritson; 
1919 SEATONIA, The Hartlepools Seatonia SS Co (Heasler & Co), West Hartlepool; 
1927 BRACONDALE, Murrell SS Co, West Hartlepool; 
1934 BERESINA, USSR, Leningrad; 
1950 Sovromtransport, Constantza, Roumania; 
1959 BEREZINA, "Navron", Constantza; 
1962 EFORIE, same owner; 
1979 scrapped Constantza.(1999 reported still existing in derelict condition near Braila, on the River Danube)
War Hind  B 5263 400 52.4 B54 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by R.Ropner & Co;
1919 GRECIAN PRINCE, Prince Line, Newcastle; 
1924 SAVANNAH, Warren Line, Liverpool; 
1926 NEVESINJE, Atlanska Plovidba Ivo Racic, Dubrovnik; 
1930 COQUIMBO, Braun & Blanchard, Valparaiso; 
1932 VALPARAISO, Cia Chilena Interoceanica, Valparaiso; 
1935 PRINC PAVLE, A.Babarovic, Milna, Yugoslavia; 
1942 FRANKA, same owner; 
1946 KORDUN, Jugoslavenska Slobodna Plovidba, Milna; 
1950 Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba, Milna; 
1956 Jugoslavenska Oceanska Plovidba, Kotor; 
1959 scrapped Hong Kong.
War Hindoo  Z 5565 400 52.2 B28 10.19 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Gow, Harrison & Co; 
1921 transferred to Admiralty; 
1936 Royal Fleet Auxiliary; 
1939 Naval depot ship; 
1949 hulk at Malta; 
1958 scrapped Blyth.
War Honour (1)  - 1949 251 43.8 A23 11.17 Completed as LAKEWOOD, US Shipping Board, New York; 
1917-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service - mine carrier; 
1920 CAMBRIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp; 
1924 CAP D'ALPRECHT, Soc Anon de Gerance et d'Armement, Dunkerque; 
1931 BIODD, D/S A/S Bestum 2,(K.T.Einersen), Oslo; 
1934 YUNG CHI, Ta Chen Navigation Co, Shanghai; 
1937 sunk as blockship Shanghai.
War Honour (2)  -  -  -  -  -  - Order cancelled.
War Hope  - 1949 251 43.8 A23   2.18 Completed as LAKE BUTLER, US Shipping Board, Detroit; 
1926 PALATKA, Asa F. Davison, New York; 
1927 New England, New York & Texas SS Corp, New York;
1928 UNGAVA, Job's Seal Fishery Co, St.John's, Nfld; 
1942 BUNTING, US War Shipping Admin, Panama; 
1944 BUNTING II, M.O.W.T London, managed by Chine Shipping Co; 
1948 US Maritime Commission; 
1949 scrapped Baltimore.
War Horizon  C 3059 331 46.7 B26   6.19 Completed as CAMBRONNE, Soc.Anon. Chargeurs L'Ouest, Nantes; 
1937 Cie Generale Transatlantique, Nantes; 
1939 Cie Generale d'Armements Maritimes, Nantes; 
1940 seized by Germany, managed by Dampfs Reed Hugo Ferdinand, Rostock;
11.3.45 bombed and sunk at Hamburg while in floating dock; 
1950 salvaged; 
1951 scrapped.
War Horse (1)  - 8167 440 60.2 A14   5.19 Completed as HENRY CLAY, US Shipping Board, Philadelphia; 
1933 scrapped Baltimore.
War Horse (2)  B 5253 400 52.3 B17   4.19 Completed as MARY HORLOCK, F.W.Horlock, Harwich; 
26.1.24 sank after machinery trouble and shifted cargo at 32.01N  153.45E.
War Horus  - 2266 251 43.8 C09 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Furness Withy, London; 
1919 EMMA, Filippo Baglietto, Genoa; 
1923 GIUSEPPE SONCINO, Lloyd Marittimo Soc Italiana di Nav, Genoa; 
1926 TOSHU MARU, Kudo Sukeo, Takasago; 
1928 Abe Shokai KK, Kobe; 
1938 TOSYU MARU, same owner; 
1941 Abe Sinichi, Kobe; 
194? Marutatsu Kaiun KK; 
1949 Asahi Kisen KK, Kobe; 
1955 Nippon Sempaku Kogyu KK, Tokyo; 
1958 Nihon Senpaku KK, Tokyo; 
1961 scrapped Osaka. 
War Hostage AO 5181 401 52.3 B31 12.17 Tanker. Shipping Controller managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London;
1919 MILAZZO, Soc Italiana di Nav Transoceanica, Naples, converted to dry cargo ship; 
1922 Navigazione Generale Italiana, Naples; 
1924 ALDERSGATE, City Gate Line (W.H.Dillon & Sons), London; 
1925 MISTLEY HALL, Chas.G. Dunn Ltd, Liverpool; 
1934 KUTAIS, Sovtorgflot, Odessa; 
1935 DNESPROSTROI, Sovtorgflot, Odessa; 
1938 ASHKHABAD, same owner; 
30.4.42 torpedoed by U.402 at 34.21N 76.24W, south of Cape Hatteras; 
3.5.42 sunk by Allied gunfire.
War Hound (1)  - 2080 251 43.6 A22 11.17 Completed as LAKE HURON, US Shipping Board, Washington, D.C; 
1917-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service - mine carrier; 
1920 SERBIER, Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp; 
1924 CAP LA HEVE, Soc.Anon.de Gerance et d'Armement, Dunkirk; 
1932 BINAB, D/S A/S Bestum, Oslo; 
1935 BENITO, Dansk Afrikansk D/S A/S, Copenhagen; 
1936 ADVANCE, Algot Johansson, Mariehamm; 
1941 seized by USA r/n TROJAN, US Maritime Commission, Panama; 
1944 TROJAN III, M.O.W.T. (managed by Wm.Cory & Sons, London); 
1947 returned to Finland r/n ADVANCE, Johansson, Mariehamm; 
1963 MISTER STATHIS, I.Zisopoulos, Piraeus; 
1965 AGIOS DIMITRIOS, G. Apostolopoulos, Piraeus; 
1966 scrapped Piraeus.
War Hound (2)  B 5261 400 52.3 B06 11.18 Shipping Controller, managed by E.C.Thin; 
1920 ETNA, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa; 
1920 TIRSO, same owner; 
1929 TITANIA, Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa; 
1937 Soc.Anon.Cooperativa di Nav.'Garibaldi', Genoa; 
20.10.42 torpedoed and sunk by HMS SAFARI at 34.45N  12.31E.
War Humber  - 1950 290 42.5 B56   5.19 Coaster. Completed as POLO, Ellerman's Wilson Line, Hull; 
17.1.43 on fire in Bougie harbour, wreck sunk by gunfire.
War Hunter AO 5222 400 52.3 B55 11.18 Tanker. Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 
1919 TREVIER, Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp, converted to dry cargo ship; 
1927 KASONGO, Cie Africaine de Nav.S.A, Antwerp; 
1930 Cie Maritime Belge, Antwerp; 
26.2.41 torpedoed and sunk by U.47 at 55.50N 14.20W.
War Huron  - 2284 250 43.6 C11   7.18 Wooden hull. Shipping Controller, managed by Glover Bros; 
1920 DINA ACCAME, Fratelli Accame, Genoa; 
2.8.23 on fire at Genoa, sank and scrapped.
War Hussar AO 5222 400 52.4 B55   8.19 Tanker. Completed as MELPO, A.A.Capparis, Piraeus; 
1923 Oriental Shipping Co, Piraeus; 
1926 BEACHCLIFFE, Care & Marquand Shipping Co, Cardiff; 
1933 Fawcett Shipping Co, Cardiff; 
1934 TERESA SCHIAFFINO, S.A.di Nav.Vapore Assunta de Gregori, Genoa, 
1962 scrapped Spezia.
War Hydra   -  2251 251 43.6 C08 10.18 Shipping Controller, managed by Tyzack & Branfoot;
1919 BAFFIN, Mount Royal SS Co, Montreal; 
1920 FRANQUETTE, Cie de Nav. Franco-Chinoise, Dunkerque; 
1926 CAPO NOLI, Cie Genovese di Nav a Vapeur S.A, Genoa; 
1936 MARCANTONIO BRAGADIN, Salvagno Anonima Navigazione, Venice, 
1939 NINA BIANCHI, Raffaele Bianchi, Genoa; 
4.10.40 sank after collision with s/s VELOCE off San Cataldo di Lecce at 40.27N 18.24E.

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