Evan Thomas Radcliffe
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One of the more prosperous and best-known of Cardiff
based shipowning companies was that of Messrs. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company, established in 1882 by a West Wales
sea captain, Evan Thomas, and a Merthyr Tydfil
businessman, Henry Radcliffe. Prior to 1939 one of the principal activities of the company was the transportation of Welsh steam coal, this trade reaching its peak in the years immediately prior to the First World War. The company was finally wound-up in the 1980s.
from Aberporth
in Cardiganshire who had served with Jones Bros. of Newport
an J. H. Anning of Cardiff
, went into partnership with Henry Radcliffe, a Merthyr Tydfil
businessman and they purchased their first ship together. The combination of master mariner and businessman as partners was not uncommon at this time in Cardiff.
It was not hard for the partners to raise money to buy their first ship, with most of the capital being raised in Wales
. The partners risked very little of their own money, instead purchasing the ship on mortgage. The capital being raised as shares in a single ship company.
Evan Thomas was a Master Mariner
from the West Wales
village of Aberporth in Cardiganshire. His family resided at Dolwen, a substantial house overlooking the beach. He was the son of Hezekiah Thomas (1805–1869) who owned a 47 ton ketch
, Pheasant, and part-owner of a number of other vessels. From Aberporth coal and limestone was imported by coastal vessels from South Pembrokeshire
and Cardigan Bay
. Evan Thomas's brother, Thomas Thomas (1836–1911) was a part-time sailor, part-time farmer, and became secretary of the Aberporth Mutual Ship Insurance Society.
Capt. Evan Thomas obtained his master's certificate and after eight years as Master in Steam in the tramps of the Baltic
, Mediterranean, Black Sea
, and United States of America proposed the setting up of a new ship-owning company in Cardiff
, the booming coal metropolis.
Evan Thomas commanded the first vessel purchased by Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, namely the Gwenllian Thomas. By 1884 Evan Thomas gave up the sea, and upon his death at the age of 59 on the 14 November 1891 the company he had established less than ten years previously owned as many as 15 tramp steamers.
Evan Thomas had issue, a son and four daughters.
an important Welsh industrial town. Upon the death of Evan Thomas in 1891, Henry Radcliffe took into partnership his younger brother Daniel. Henry Radcliffe died in 1921 at the age of 66 at his home in Druidstone, St Mellons
. He left issue, a son, Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe and two daughters, Clarissa Gwendoline Gwynne Maitland and Sarah Ethel Radcliffe. He was an extensive owned of land in the Vale of Glamorgan
and included shareholdings in a large number of companies in South Wales including the Taff Vale Railway, Barry Railway Co., Vale of Glamorgan Railway Co., Tempus Shipping Co., Cardiff Port Iron & Coal Storage Co., North's Navigation Collieries Ltd., Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., P. & A. Campbell Ltd., Cambrian Railways, Alexandra Docks Newport and Guest Keen & Nettlefolds.
Upon the death of Henry Radcliffe, the chairmanship of the company passed on to his younger brother Daniel.
, Cardiff
, joined the company at the age of 24 in 1892 having previously worked for Cardiff shipowners J. H. Anning and the Turnbull Brothers. Upon joining the company he promoted rapid growth with the result that in 1900 the business owned a total of 24 ships.
Daniel Radcliffe died on 29 March 1933.
of Newcastle
who has already built the Gwenllian Thomas. In 1883 came the Kate Thomas (1,588 tons) and the Anne Thomas (1,419 tons) followed by the Wynnstay (1,542 tons) in 1884. Around this time Evan Thomas gave up the sea.
, Taranrog and Novorossisk, returning to British, but more likely a continental port, with grain. This became so much the normal pattern of trading that the annual reports of the company constantly refer to the Black Sea traffic.
This pattern of trading was repeated for almost all the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe ships with little variation until 1912-13 when there was a decline in the trade. Gradually the Black Sea trade declined and Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, in common with other Cardiff
shipowners, had to look elsewhere for their trade. The Black Sea trade in its heyday was a very lucrative business and the carriage of coal from South Wales outwards and grain from southern Russia inwards really provided the basis of success for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe. Vessels rarely sailed in ballast except for short voyages from the points of discharge of coal to the Black Sea and from continental ports to Cardiff
or Barry.
The Black Sea trade did continue until the early years of the First World War, but some of the vessels were making more frequent appearances in America and south east Asia. For example, the S.S. Washington, from its construction in 1907 until December 1912, was concerned exclusively with the carriage of coal from South Wales to the Mediterranean and the carriage of grain from the Black Sea ports to Hamburg
, Rotterdam
and Marseilles. In December 1912 she sailed from Barry with a cargo of coal from Rio de Janeiro
. She then returned from Bahía Blanca
to London with grain and left on another voyage from Barry to Rio de Janeiro
returning to Rotterdam
with general cargo from New Orleans. She then returned to the Black Sea trade for another five voyages before sailing in ballast after unloading coal at Taranto
for Pondicherry, returning with a cargo of ground nuts for Marseilles. She then sailed across the Atlantic to New Orleans returning to Marseilles in February 1914 with a cargo of wheat.
The S.S. Llangorse, to quote another example, was used exclusively for the normal Black Sea coal and grain trade from 1907 to 1912; she then crossed the Atlantic to Baltimore
returning to Hamburg
with grain. After six more voyages to the Black Sea the vessel visited Galveston, La Plata
, Buenos Aires
, Philadelphia, Rosario
, San Nicholas and Aguilas
being concerned with the transport of grain and iron ore, to Naples
, Barcelona
, Glasgow
, Genoa
and Avonmouth
. Gradually, the trans-Atlantic trade was becoming more and more important in the activities of Cardiff
shipowners.
shipowning companies, did not immediately enter the post-war market for very expensive ships and only one vessel, the Ethel Radcliffe, was purchased in 1920 as a replacement for the 20 vessels lost in the war. In 1919, the company owned nine vessels only, with a total gross tonnage of 41,254.
Luckily for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, no attempt was made in 1918 and 1919 to purchase extra ships, so that the company, unlike some others in Cardiff
was well able to weather the storm of the slump in the 1920s. The one new vessel, the Ethel Radcliffe, of 5,673 gross tons was built for the company by Craig Taylor & Co. of Stockton-on-Tees at a greatly inflated cost of £274,019 and she sailed on her maiden voyage under the command of Capt. M. Mathias of Cardigan
with a cargo of coal for Port Said
; she then sailed in ballast to Mauritius
returning to London with a cargo of sugar, then to Norfolk, Virginia in ballast to return to Immingham with a cargo of coal.
In 1919 and 1920 many of Evan Thomas, Radcliffe's vessels were time chartered to other companies, but 1921 saw the slump really biting with the result that many of the company's vessels were laid up for extended periods simply because no cargoes were available to them. Despite this, some of the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessels were fully occupied during the first few years of the 1920s, although substantial losses were made on many of the voyages. Despite the fact that some of the vessels were in constant employ in the early twenties, the golden era was obviously over and the annual reports of the various single ship companies that made up Evan Thomas, Radcliffe & Company reflect the general gloom and depression that seemed to have prevailed among the Cardiff
shipowners in the early twenties.
In anticipation of those better times, Evan Thomas, Radcliffe surprisingly began to invest money in new vessels in 1925. The new vessels were considerably cheaper than the Ethel Radcliffe of 1920, built when the prices of new and old ships were greatly inflated. Nevertheless, in the 1920s substantial losses were made in the trading of all the vessels.
27 June 1940 - Llanarth - torpedoed off Lands End 47.30ºN 10.30ºW on voyage from Melbourne with flour.
11 August 1940 - Llanfair - torpedoed on a voyage from Mackay and Bowen (Queensland
) to U.K. with sugar 54.48ºN 13.46ºW.
23 August 1940 - Llanishen - bombed and sunk SE of Wick 58.17ºN 2.27ºW on voyage from Three Rivers (Quebec
) to Leith
with maize.
26 February 1941 - Llanwern - bombed by aircraft off south west coast of Ireland. 54.67ºN 17.06ºW on voyage from Sorel (Quebec
) with grain and timber for Avonmouth
.
17 April 1941 - Ethel Radcliffe - torpedoed by E. Boat off East Anglian coast on a voyage from St. John's New Brunswick
to Yarmouth
with maize. Beached on Yarmouth sands, but bombed and made total loss on 14 May 1941.
12 May 1942 - Llanover - torpedoed in North Atlantic 52.50ºN 29.04ºW on voyage from New York and Halifax, Nova Scotia
for London with wheat, apples and tanks.
2 November 1942 - Llandilo - torpedoed south of St. Helena on voyage from New York. 27.03ºS 02.59ºW.
17 February 1943 - Llanashe - torpedoed off Port Elizabeth 34.00ºS 28.30ºE on voyage from New York.
10 March 1943 - Clarissa Radcliffe - torpedoed with loss of all hands, 42.00ºN 62.00ºW on voyage from Pepel
with iron ore.
30 May 1943 - Llancarfan - bombed and sunk 2 miles south of St. Vincent while on a voyage from Glasgow
to Lisbon
and Melitta
with coal and coke.
30 March 1944 - Vera Radcliffe - handed over to the Ministry of War Transport for use as a blockship on Normandy
beaches.
This left the company with a greatly depleted fleet, for only 5 vessels came through the war unscathed. They were Llanberis, Llangollen, Peterston, Flimston and Llandaff. British sips were being lost much faster than they could possibly be replaced and the Government decided that it would be impossible to back a new shipbuilding programme entirely in this country which was so vulnerable to enemy attack. With this in mind a British Merchant Shipbuilding Mission left for the U.S.A. in September 1940 and the terms of their brief was to endeavour to obtain at the earliest possible moment the delivery of merchant tonnage...of vessels of the tramp type of about 10,000 tons deadweight.
A total of 354 'Fort Type' vessels were also delivered from Canadian yards in addition to the 'Ocean' and 'Liberty' ships obtained from U.S. yards. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe obtained 6 of these vessels together with the Samskern a vessel lent to the Ministry of War Transport under the Lease-Lend system at a charter rate of a dollar a year.
With the great depletion in the fleet as a result of war, the company was forced to look elsewhere for extra tonnage. American and Canadian standard vessels of the 'Fort' type were obtained.
In 1946 the company possessed only 5 ships of its own: Llanberis (built 1928); Llangollen (built 1928); Peterston (built 1925); Flimston (built 1925) and Llandaff (built 1937). It was operating another eight standard vessels on behalf of the Ministry of Transport or on charter.
The pattern of trading had changed considerably; the tankers were of course mainly concerned with the carriage of oil from the Persian Gulf, Sumatra and elsewhere to European ports, but the other steamers - the Llanover and Llanwern were concerned with world-wide tramping, rarely visiting their home port of Cardiff.
In 1950 and 1951 too, the Llandaff and Llangollen of pre-war vintage were disposed of which left the company with one vessel only, the tanker Llanishen of 1945 with a new motor vessel, the Llantrisant, a freighter of 6,140 tons built at Bartram's yard in Sunderland. The vessel was launched on 27 March 1952 and delivered to its owners on 5 September 1952. This vessel was destined to remain in the fleet for only five years for in 1957 she was sold to a Vancouver
company as the Lake Burnaby. While she was an Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessel, the Llantrisant was concerned with world-wide tramping.
In the early 1950s the company had few ships, so a number were chartered. Following the delivery of the Llantrisant in 1952, another new vessel, the oil tanker Llandaff was built by Lithgow's of Glasgow
. She remain in the fleet until 1960, for much of the time being chartered to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Ltd. but on 16 February 1960 she was sold to the Island Shipping Company of Bermuda
.
In 1957 a new motor vessel, the freighter Llantrisant was delivered by Bartram's of Sunderland while in the following year the oil tanker Llanishen was delivered from Swan Hunters yard at Wallsend-on-Tyne. In 1960 the tanker Hamilton, built at Tamise, Belgium
, was delivered on time charter and the tanker Llangorse built by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Haverton Hill was delivered. In October 1962 the freighter Llanwern was delivered by Bartrams of Sunderland.
In 1964-5 therefore, the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe fleet consisted of five vessels. By 1970 the Llanwern and the Llantrisant had been sold and in 1971 the last vessel to be built especially for the company the Stolt Llandaff was delivered by S.A. Boelwerf of Tamise, Belgium. She was a specialised oil and chemical tanker and remained as an Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessel on charter to the company from the Stolt Corporation of Monrovia until December 1981. With the sale of the Hamilton, Llangorse and Llanishen, the Stolt Llandaff was to remain the sole vessel in the fleet until 1980 when two small coastal vessels - the Radcliffe Trader and the Radcliffe Venturer were purchased.
b. 1905 W. Rodgers & Co., Port Glasgow
as Craigmore for Craig Line S.G.Co.
Purchased by ETR in 1908
1915 - sold to Colonial Coal & Shipping Co. as Thysa: renamed Kostis
1934 - sold as Azbassein
1936 - sold to USSR as Georgi Dimitrov
Built by J. Priestland, Sunderland as Constantinos XII; then Ionia, then Nicos
Purchased by ETR in 1938 and named Alex
1943 - sold to S. Casteli & Co. - no change of name
1946 - renamed Noemi
5 June 1958 - scrapped at Split
Built by J. Priestland, Sunderland. Managed on behalf of Shipping Controller 1919-26
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Sold Grogstad & Co., Norway
- Lord
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Newcastle
1908 - renamed Bonvilston
Attacked three times in 1916 and 1917 and was finally sunk by torpedo 17 October 1918, 9.5 miles NW by W of Corsewall Point
Built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Managed on behalf of Shipping Controller 1919-20
Built by William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
Sold in December 1903 to the Glanhowny S.S. Co. (Bartlett & Owen) as the Glanhowny. Like Evan Thomas, Capt. Thomas Owen was a native of Aberporth and H. A. Bartlett was a Cardiff businessman. The vessel was sold for £8,750 and sailed under the command of Thomas Owen, who died aboard the vessel on her third voyage to the Black Sea
.
Purchased Societo al Navigazione Tomei, Genoa
, 29 April 1949.
Built by John Blumer & Co., North Dock, Sunderland for £26,500
3 May 1928 - name changed to Llangorse
20 February 1930 - sold to Tallinn Shipping Co. of Estonia
for £17,244 - Maret
1941 - U.S.M.C. named Sysonby
28 September 1951 - Broken up
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £99,439
23 February 1935. Abandoned after stranding off coast of Japan (Master - T. Owens, Aberporth, Cardiganshire) Insured for £70,868
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
On a voyage from Odessa
to Rotterdam
with a cargo of grain, the vessel met a gale off Cape St. Vincent
on 30 December 1897. The cargo shifted and the vessel sank with the loss of 16 lives.
Built by Ropner
, Stockton-on-Tees (Yard No. 410) A trunk-decked vessel
Renamed Llanover 1913, Llangorse 1917
1926 - Sold to Watts, Watts & Co. as Laleham for £17,758
1930 - Sold to A. A. Kyrtaras, Andros as Marionga D. Thermiotis
1947 - Sold to Ciu de Nav. Ponanza Ltd., Panama
- Antonios K.
25 May 1952 - scrapped at Milford Haven
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees in 1915 as the Windsor. Cost £251,000
Renamed Gwent in 1916 and Clarissa Radcliffe in 1917.
On 5 March 1943 the ship left New York for Barrow-in-Furness
with a crew of 41 and 10 gunners. She was never heard of again and was presumably torpedoed on 10 March 1943 in position 42°0′N 62°0′W.
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Newcastle
March 1908 - name changed to Iolo
August 1909 - sold to Frederick Childs - Selworthy
Lost March 1910.
Built by Ropner
of Stockton-on-Tees, launched 2 October 1896.
The name of the vessel was changed to Sarah Radcliffe on delivery of a new Dunraven in 1910.
Sunk 11 November 1916 by submarine 170 miles SW of Ushant
.
Built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Willington Quay
on Tyne.
1917 - Transferred to Royal Navy
as Q. ship
10 August 1917 - sunk by torpedo and guns in Bay of Biscay
.
Built by W. Gray, West Hartlepool
Built by Walker Shipyard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £274,019
17 April 1941. Damaged by E-boat and put into port at Great Yarmouth
.
The vessel was bombed and sunk at that port on 16 May 1941.
Built by Ropner & Son
, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 19 July 1898
1910 - name changed to Gileston
1926 - sold to Greek owners for £8,400 as Haralampos P.
1929 sold to W. G. Walton, Cyprian Shipping Co. Ltd. as Danubian
18 February 1954 - stranded in fog off Kilyos
in Black Sea
on voyage in ballast from Alexandria
to Constanza
.
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees.
18 December 1916 - captured and scuttled by a German submarine 21 miles NE by E from Ushant
.
Built by Bartram, South Dock, Sunderland.
1948 - sold to Woodham S.S. Co. Cardiff
as Woodham Rover
1950 - sold to Schulte & Bruns as Konsul Schulte
14 January 1960 scrapped at Tamise.
Built by West Coast Shipbuilding, Vancouver
.
Built by Vancouver Ship Repairers Ltd., Vancouver
.
Built by Marine Industries Ltd., Soull, Quebec
.
Built by United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal
In fleet 1942-49
Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Development Co. Ltd. Prince Rupert, British Columbia
.
In fleet 1946-49
Built by North Vancouver Shiprepairers Ltd.
Built by Manitoba S. B. Co., Wis. ex. Catherine, Stratford, Lake Greenwood.
Owned by Culliford Shipping Co. Ltd., liquidated 1947, management of vessel taken over by ETR for 1 year.
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne.
Delivered Cardiff
24 June 1882 and sailed with a cargo of coal for St. Nazaire, returning to Cardiff
with iron ore from Bilbao
. She was commanded by Capt. Evan Thomas.
Sold December 1905 as Richard
Built 1901 as Evangeline by R. Thomson, Sunderland
Purchased from Anglo-Grecian S.S. Co. 1909 for £17,350
1912 - sold for £22,589 to London-Piraeus S.S. Co. Sain Dimitrios
2 March 1918 - sunk
Tanker built by C. Boel et Fils, Tamise, Belgium
.
Launched 28 January 1960. Still in service as Feoso Sun.
Built by J.L. Thompson and Sons
, Sunderland, for Woodruff Shillito & Co., Cardiff
in 1902. Purchased immediately by Evan Thomas Radcliffe
April 1912 - sold to Tom Lewis & Co.
30 May 1917 - sunk off Irish coast by torpedo, 95 miles west of Bishops Rock - 1 life lost.
Charter by ETR 6 March 1957 (Owners Velmont S.S. Co.)
Sold to Pieter Hougerverff, Deest
(Holland) 23 July 1958
Still sailing as Hamnfiord
Built by Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon-Levis, Quebec
.
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Sold December 1905 as Pontus, later Held (Swedish flag)
Built by Ropner
, Stockton-on-Tees
August 1911 - sold to Otto Weens of Malmo
, named Hjalma
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Lost near Ceuta
21 October 1895 on voyage from Cardiff
to Brindisi
with coal.
Built by Palmers of Jarrow for Hall Bros., Newcastle
Chartered by Daniel Radcliffe 1890-91
Sunk in Dover Straits 1891.
Built by Ropner
, Stockton-on-Tees for £34,000
Jan 1910 - name changed to Badminton
10 February 1912 - sold for £8,500 to Coroniadis Bros. - Coroniadis
1914 - sold as Malgas
1916 - sold as Georgios Markettos
Built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company
, Wallsend-on-Tyne for 86,573
Launched 12 October 1927
1950 (17 February) sold to Basil J. Mauros, Piraeus
as Theoskepasti
1956 - sold as Valente
Built by White's Marine Engineering Company
, Hebburn-on-Tyne as Biddlestone for White Shipping Co., Newcastle.
1940 - Purchased and renamed Llancarfan.
30 May 1943 - Bombed and sunk 2 miles south of St. Vincent.
Built Bartram, Sunderland.
First voyage to Port Said
- Poti
- Baltimore
under the command of J. R. Jenkins, Aberporth.
1 October 1951 - sold to K. G. Bornhofen of Hamburg
as Max Bornhofen
1959 - sold to Greek owners as Pilastassios
Ran aground Esbjerg
20 February 1959, refloated 7 March 1959.
Scrapped at Ghent
10 September 1959.
Built at Lithgows
of Glasgow
. Launched 26 January 1952
17 February 1960 - sold to Island Shipping Co., Bermuda
as Wheat King.
Built by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland. Delivered 6 February 1928. Maiden voyage Tyne
- Algiers
(Coal) - Rosario
- La Plata
- Hamburg
(grain) under the command of T. Jones, Aberarth
, Cardiganshire. (Twm Cadno)
2 November 1942 Torpedoed south of St. Helier in position
27°3′N 2°59′W
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co
, Thornaby-on-Tees
18 May 1917 - sunk by torpedo 165 miles NW by W of Fastnet
.
Built by Ropner
& Son, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 26 July 1897
1910 - renamed Llanberis
1927 - sold to Richards, Longstaff & Co., London as Yorkminster.
Built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co., Willington Quay-on-Tyne.
1 August 1917 - Captured and sunk by submarine 110 miles SW of Porquerolles
Island, Gulf of Lyons. 1 lost life.
Built by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland.
Maiden voyage to Port Said
with coal, Cuba to Liverpool with sugar (Master Samuel H. Mathias, Newport
, Pembrokeshire
)
11 October 1940 - torpedoed 54°48′N 13°46′W.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £49,371
Sold 4 October 1926 to Greece as Issidoro for £13,500. The vessel completed 81 voyages for Evan Thomas Radcliffe.
Built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Wallsend-on-Tyne Cost £86,990
(1st Master - D. G. Evans, New Quay, Cardiganshire).
8 February 1950 - sold to Nicholas A Simbouras, Athens
, as Aretis
1952 - sold as Maria Christina
1960 - sold as Kettara II
7 February 1960 - scrapped as Nagoya.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £45,114
8 September 1916 - torpedoed 48 miles WSW off Cape Matapan
. Insured for £120,450.
Tanker built, Furness Shipbuilding Co., Haverton Hill. Delivered August 1960. In fleet until c. 1966
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
9 August 1917 - torpedoed and beached 8 miles N by E of Cape of Crevs, Gulf of Lyon. Total loss.
Built by Bartram, Sunderland for £82,568. Delivered 29 April 1929 and left on maiden voyage from the Tyne to Santos with coal (Master R. Roberts, Aberdovey, Merionethshire
)
23 October 1941 - Bombed and sunk south east of Wick. 58°17′N 2°27′W.
Tanker built as Rye Cove. Purchased from Ministry of War Transport in 1947.
31 May 1956 - sold to Panama as Anna O.
25 December 1962 - arrived Castellon
, Spain for scrapping.
Tanker built Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Delivered 17 January 1958. Renamed Petrola 19.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
Renamed Paddington February 1913
Renamed Iolo February 1917
Torpedoed and sunk 42 miles SW of Fastnet
17 February 1917. 2 dead.
Master, Chief Engineer and 2 gunners made prisoner.
Built by Pickersgill, Sunderland
1917 - sold to Johnston Line as Linmore
1920 - sold to Dr. T. G. Adams as Shannonmede
1924 - sold to Edw. Nichol & Co. as Littleton
1932 - sold to Heirs of L. Z. Cambanis, Andros as Leonidas Z. Cambanis
3 April 1941 - torpedoed SE of Cape Farewell
.
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (Launched 4 November 1927 Master John James, Aberporth, Cardiganshire.
12 May 1942 - torpedoed North Atlantic 52°50′N 29°4′W.
Built by Brunswick, Georgia
, USA by J. A. Jones Construction Inc. as Samlorian and sold in 1944 to Strath S. S. Co. of Cardiff
as Helmspey.
27 October 1949 - Purchased by ETR - renamed Llanover.
19 November 1951 - sold to Liberian Shipping Inc as Capestar
1960 - Resold as Athlos
Motor vessel built by Bartram, Sunderland. Delivered 5 September 1952
1957 - sold to Western Canadian S.S. Co., Vancouver
as Lake Burnaby
3 November 1958 - stranded on Bancorran Reef, Philippines
- total loss.
Built by Bartram, Sunderland. Delivered March 1958.
Transferred to Elenmaris Corp. Piraeus
as Eleni M
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (launched 1 September 1928)
Maiden voyage to Cardiff
-Santos (coal)-Rosario
-Buenos Aires
-Avonmouth
(grain and wheat). Master G. Clark, Plymouth
.
26 February 1941 - bombed and sunk west of Ireland
in position 54°57′N 17°6′W.
Built as Nailsea Moor for Nailsea S.S. Co. by Bartram of Sunderland.
Purchased by ETR 11 June 1949, renamed Llanwern
21 September 1957 Sold to Inui Kisen Kabushlui of Kobe
, Japan as Kenkon Maru.
1961 - resold as Fujisan Maru (to become fish factory)
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (launched 19 July 1962)
Renamed Captain Michael later Agios Penteleimon.
Built by William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
.
February 1912 - sold to Artaza & Co., Bilbao
- Arcotis later L. C. Stensland; Hitteroy Browton and lastly as the Russian Voikov.
Built by William Gray of Hartlepool
Chartered from 28 July 1925 to 21 November 1929
Built by Palmers & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne
May 1908 - sold to the Glanhowny Steamship Company (H. A. Bartlett) as Barto
October 1909 - sold to Samuel Rowe as Jane Rowe
Built by R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland
Norwegian vessel owned by A. Skibs.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-46
Sunk by German submarine U-1302 on 2 March 1945 at position 52°4′N 5°42′W
Built by Ropner
& Sons, Stockton-on-Tees.
Name changed to Iolo March 1913
11 October 1916 - sunk by submarine 153 miles N of Vardo
, off north coast of Norway
.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees.
Renamed Swindon 1913
Renamed Paddington 1917
21 July 1917 - torpedoed and sunk 250 miles west of Fastnet
.
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees (Yard No. 154)
Torpedoed 15 September 1915, 10.5 miles NE of Odessa
.
Built by Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-Tees
11 October 1918 - torpedoed and sunk 145 miles SW by S of Nantucket.
Built by Thomas Turnbull, Whitehall Dockyard, Whitby
. Daniel Radcliffe received his early training with the Turnbull Brothers who were also shipowners in Cardiff
where he was for some time a clerk. Evan Thomas Radcliffe in the early days of the company had their offices at Philip and Lewis Turnbull's premises.
1913 - sold to Artaza & Co., Bilbao
named Arpillao
Built by Bartram & Co., South Dock, Sunderland. Cost £84,647
Delivered 23 February 1925
1948 - sold to Gowan shipping Co. as Burhaven
1950 - sold A. G. Tsauliris as Andrew T.
1953 - sold Shamrock Shipping Co. as Raloo
1957 - sold to Costa Rica
as Paraporti
27 July 1959 - scrapped at Antwerp.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £48,939
23 May 1927 - sold to Williams & Mordey Ltd., Cardiff
for £24,132 as Seven Seas Transport
1927 - sold to German owners W. Kunstmann - named Heinz W Kunstmann
1937 - renamed Herta Engelin Fritzen (same owners)
25 October 1941 - lost off Hook of Holland.
Built Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough
for French owners.
Built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
for Greek owners.
Chartered 1921-1933
ex Silloth Trader (1980), ex Rosemary D. (1974), ex Valerie B (1973), ex Sarsfield (1970), ex Edgefield (1965), ex Spolesto (1956).
Built by Noord Nederlandse Scheepswerven N.V., Groningen. Purchased by ETR from Gillie & Blair Ltd. (Stag Line).
ex Bea (1980), ex Hattstedt (1974), ex Henriette (1972), ex Tilly (1969).
Built by N. V. Bodewes Schps., Martenshoek
, Netherlands
.
Purchased from Baltic Schooner Association, Cayman Islands
June 1980.
Built by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore
.
Built by Ropner
, Stockton-on-Tees
April 1910 - renamed Iolo
May 1914 - Sold to Constantine Hadjipateras of Greece
as Archimedes; renamed Olteria then sold to Romania
as Latium.
1930 - sold to D. B. Georgiades, Piraeus
as Margarita
3 June 1952 - Broken up.
Built by Union Ironworks, Alameda
, California, USA
Norwegian vessel owned by Skibs A.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-45
Tanker built by N.V. Boelwerf S.A., Tamise, for Anthony Radcliffe S.S. Co. Ltd.
The company was taken over by the Stolt Corporation and the vessel was leased back to ETR until December 1981.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
Named Badminton 1912
1914 - sunk by submarine gunfire 63 miles NE by N of Cape Carbon, Algeria
(23 July)
Built by W. Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland
1917 - sold to Johnston Line as Cottesmore
1920 - sold to D.&T.C. Adams as Avonmede
1924 - sold to J.&.C. Harrison as Harpalion
1931 - sold to N.G. Livanos, Chios as Theofano
1937 - sold to V.J. Pateras, Chios as Dirphys
8 June 1941 - torpedoed NE of St. Johns, Newfoundland
Built W. Doxford, Sunderland
Owned by Westfal-hausen & Co. Norway
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1942
Built by Great Lakes Eng. Works, Ashtabula, Oregon
, USA
Norwegian vessel owned by A/S Malmfart.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-46
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees.
Delivered 6 January 1925 for £99,393
June 1944 - sold to government for £75,000. Sunk as blockship on Normandy beaches.
Named after Captain Evan Thomas's only son Walter Hezekiah Thomas.
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Sunk 12 July 1901 after collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth
to Derindje.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £52,392
3 May - torpedoed and sunk off Genoa
(Rapallo Bay) while on time charter to Italian State Railways.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees for £35,556
On 7 November 1910 she was lost at Tolpedu off Polperro
, Cornwall
, while on voyage in ballast from Rotterdam
to Barry. There were no casualties.
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £54,011
1936 - sold Halcyon Lign, Rotterdam
, named Stad Schiedam for £16,006
16 September 1940 - sunk after explosion, believed sabotage 37ºN by 64ºW on voyage from Bermuda
to Halifax, Nova Scotia
.
Built by Ropner
& Son, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 21 July 1897
27 November 1911 - name changed to Jane Radcliffe
Torpedoed and sunk 2 miles SW of Antimilo, Greek Archipelago, 28 November 1917.
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered December 1911 (Yard No. 148)
Sunk by gunfire from submarine 70 miles SW of Lizard, 21 October 1915.
Built by Palmers Co., Newcastle.
Sold in 1903 to the Aberporth S.S. Co. (Dan Jenkins) renamed Aberporth
Wrecked.
The Jenkins Bros. were well known Cardiff
shipowners with a substantial fleet. One member of the family, Daniel (Bryntirion, Aberporth) broke away from the family group to establish the Aberporth S.S. Co. It was a failure and the firm was soon bankrupt and the ship wrecked.
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
(Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe was Henry Radcliffe's son)
Renamed Llancarvan - 13 March 1917
Torpedoed and sunk 370 miles E by N from San Miguel
, Azores
, 16 May 1918.
Built 1913 as Clarissa Radcliffe by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees, delivered April 1913 (Yard No. 155)
1917 - renamed W. I. Radcliffe
12 March 1918 - torpedoed by submarine in English Channel, but made port.
18 April 1935 - sold to N. Eusthattion & Co., Piraeus
, named Marietta
1939 - sold to Leonhardt & Blumsey - Karl Leonhardt
16 March 1946 - Scuttled with ammunition in Skaggerak.
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
.
Sold in June 1902 for £9,500 to L. Overgaard, Norway
- Nora.
Evan Thomas Radcliffe brand was sold to the Evan Reid Group of Cardiff
.
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
based shipowning companies was that of Messrs. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company, established in 1882 by a West Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
sea captain, Evan Thomas, and a Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
businessman, Henry Radcliffe. Prior to 1939 one of the principal activities of the company was the transportation of Welsh steam coal, this trade reaching its peak in the years immediately prior to the First World War. The company was finally wound-up in the 1980s.
Origins
In 1881, Evan Thomas, a Master MarinerMaster mariner
A Master Mariner or MM is the professional qualification required for someone to serve as the person in charge or person in command of a commercial vessel. In England, the term Master Mariner has been in use at least since the 13th century, reflecting the fact that in guild or livery company terms,...
from Aberporth
Aberporth
Aberporth is a community and small town in Ceredigion on the west coast of Wales. The population was 2,485 in 2001.- Location :The town lies at the southern end of Cardigan Bay about six miles north of Cardigan and ten miles south of New Quay approximately one mile west of the A487, on the...
in Cardiganshire who had served with Jones Bros. of Newport
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
an J. H. Anning of Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, went into partnership with Henry Radcliffe, a Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
businessman and they purchased their first ship together. The combination of master mariner and businessman as partners was not uncommon at this time in Cardiff.
It was not hard for the partners to raise money to buy their first ship, with most of the capital being raised in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The partners risked very little of their own money, instead purchasing the ship on mortgage. The capital being raised as shares in a single ship company.
Evan Thomas
CaptainCaptain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
Evan Thomas was a Master Mariner
Master mariner
A Master Mariner or MM is the professional qualification required for someone to serve as the person in charge or person in command of a commercial vessel. In England, the term Master Mariner has been in use at least since the 13th century, reflecting the fact that in guild or livery company terms,...
from the West Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
village of Aberporth in Cardiganshire. His family resided at Dolwen, a substantial house overlooking the beach. He was the son of Hezekiah Thomas (1805–1869) who owned a 47 ton ketch
Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
, Pheasant, and part-owner of a number of other vessels. From Aberporth coal and limestone was imported by coastal vessels from South Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
and Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales....
. Evan Thomas's brother, Thomas Thomas (1836–1911) was a part-time sailor, part-time farmer, and became secretary of the Aberporth Mutual Ship Insurance Society.
Capt. Evan Thomas obtained his master's certificate and after eight years as Master in Steam in the tramps of the Baltic
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
, Mediterranean, Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
, and United States of America proposed the setting up of a new ship-owning company in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, the booming coal metropolis.
Evan Thomas commanded the first vessel purchased by Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, namely the Gwenllian Thomas. By 1884 Evan Thomas gave up the sea, and upon his death at the age of 59 on the 14 November 1891 the company he had established less than ten years previously owned as many as 15 tramp steamers.
Evan Thomas had issue, a son and four daughters.
Henry Radcliffe
Henry Radcliffe (1857–1921) was a businessman from Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
an important Welsh industrial town. Upon the death of Evan Thomas in 1891, Henry Radcliffe took into partnership his younger brother Daniel. Henry Radcliffe died in 1921 at the age of 66 at his home in Druidstone, St Mellons
St Mellons
St Mellons is a district and suburb of eastern Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.-History:St Mellons began as a small commercial centre in the historic county of Monmouthshire, relying heavily on rural agriculture, farming and travel...
. He left issue, a son, Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe and two daughters, Clarissa Gwendoline Gwynne Maitland and Sarah Ethel Radcliffe. He was an extensive owned of land in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...
and included shareholdings in a large number of companies in South Wales including the Taff Vale Railway, Barry Railway Co., Vale of Glamorgan Railway Co., Tempus Shipping Co., Cardiff Port Iron & Coal Storage Co., North's Navigation Collieries Ltd., Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., P. & A. Campbell Ltd., Cambrian Railways, Alexandra Docks Newport and Guest Keen & Nettlefolds.
Upon the death of Henry Radcliffe, the chairmanship of the company passed on to his younger brother Daniel.
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe of Tal-y-werydd, PenylanPenylan
Penylan is a district in the east of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, known for its Victorian era period houses and spacious tree lined roads and avenues....
, Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, joined the company at the age of 24 in 1892 having previously worked for Cardiff shipowners J. H. Anning and the Turnbull Brothers. Upon joining the company he promoted rapid growth with the result that in 1900 the business owned a total of 24 ships.
Daniel Radcliffe died on 29 March 1933.
The Early Years
As Evan Thomas, Radcliffe's business succeeded, more and more ships were added to the fleet. As many as 31 single-ship companies were registered in the company's name. The Gwenllian Thomas went to sea under the command of Evan Thomas, his partner taking charge of the office at 4 Dock Chambers and all the chartering arrangements. In 1882, a second vessel, the Iolo Morgannwg (1,292 tons) was purchased from PalmersPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, often referred to simply as Palmers, was a British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Jarrow, in Northeast England and also had operations in Hebburn and Willington Quay on the River Tyne....
of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
who has already built the Gwenllian Thomas. In 1883 came the Kate Thomas (1,588 tons) and the Anne Thomas (1,419 tons) followed by the Wynnstay (1,542 tons) in 1884. Around this time Evan Thomas gave up the sea.
The Black Sea Trade
All the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessels were tramp steamers, sailing not along fixed routes but to whatever port in the world the charterers wished. Nevertheless, from 1882 when the company was established until about 1914 there was a pattern of trading with the vessels taking out cargoes of coal from the Tyne ports and South Wales to west European or Mediterranean ports, then proceeding in ballast to the Black Sea, to such ports as OdessaOdessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, Taranrog and Novorossisk, returning to British, but more likely a continental port, with grain. This became so much the normal pattern of trading that the annual reports of the company constantly refer to the Black Sea traffic.
This pattern of trading was repeated for almost all the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe ships with little variation until 1912-13 when there was a decline in the trade. Gradually the Black Sea trade declined and Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, in common with other Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
shipowners, had to look elsewhere for their trade. The Black Sea trade in its heyday was a very lucrative business and the carriage of coal from South Wales outwards and grain from southern Russia inwards really provided the basis of success for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe. Vessels rarely sailed in ballast except for short voyages from the points of discharge of coal to the Black Sea and from continental ports to Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
or Barry.
The Black Sea trade did continue until the early years of the First World War, but some of the vessels were making more frequent appearances in America and south east Asia. For example, the S.S. Washington, from its construction in 1907 until December 1912, was concerned exclusively with the carriage of coal from South Wales to the Mediterranean and the carriage of grain from the Black Sea ports to Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and Marseilles. In December 1912 she sailed from Barry with a cargo of coal from Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. She then returned from Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
to London with grain and left on another voyage from Barry to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
returning to Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
with general cargo from New Orleans. She then returned to the Black Sea trade for another five voyages before sailing in ballast after unloading coal at Taranto
Taranto
Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
for Pondicherry, returning with a cargo of ground nuts for Marseilles. She then sailed across the Atlantic to New Orleans returning to Marseilles in February 1914 with a cargo of wheat.
The S.S. Llangorse, to quote another example, was used exclusively for the normal Black Sea coal and grain trade from 1907 to 1912; she then crossed the Atlantic to Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
returning to Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
with grain. After six more voyages to the Black Sea the vessel visited Galveston, La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Philadelphia, Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, San Nicholas and Aguilas
Águilas
Águilas is a municipality and seaport of southeastern Spain, in the province of Murcia. It is situated at the southern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, otherwise known as the Costa Cálida, near the border with the Province of Almería....
being concerned with the transport of grain and iron ore, to Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
and Avonmouth
Avonmouth
Avonmouth is a port and suburb of Bristol, England, located on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon.The council ward of Avonmouth also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.- Geography :...
. Gradually, the trans-Atlantic trade was becoming more and more important in the activities of Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
shipowners.
The First World War
At the outbreak of war in 1914, Messrs. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe were the largest of the Cardiff shipowners owning a fleet of 28 vessels. During the First World War the company was to suffer considerable losses, a total of 20 ships being sunk.Post-War Depression
Although substantial sums of money were received in compensation for the vessels lost during the war, Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, unlike some other CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
shipowning companies, did not immediately enter the post-war market for very expensive ships and only one vessel, the Ethel Radcliffe, was purchased in 1920 as a replacement for the 20 vessels lost in the war. In 1919, the company owned nine vessels only, with a total gross tonnage of 41,254.
Luckily for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, no attempt was made in 1918 and 1919 to purchase extra ships, so that the company, unlike some others in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
was well able to weather the storm of the slump in the 1920s. The one new vessel, the Ethel Radcliffe, of 5,673 gross tons was built for the company by Craig Taylor & Co. of Stockton-on-Tees at a greatly inflated cost of £274,019 and she sailed on her maiden voyage under the command of Capt. M. Mathias of Cardigan
Cardigan, Ceredigion
Cardigan is a town in the county of Ceredigion in Mid Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Teifi at the point where Ceredigion meets Pembrokeshire. It was the county town of the pre-1974 county of Cardiganshire. It is the second largest town in Ceredigion. The town's population was 4,203...
with a cargo of coal for Port Said
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
; she then sailed in ballast to Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
returning to London with a cargo of sugar, then to Norfolk, Virginia in ballast to return to Immingham with a cargo of coal.
In 1919 and 1920 many of Evan Thomas, Radcliffe's vessels were time chartered to other companies, but 1921 saw the slump really biting with the result that many of the company's vessels were laid up for extended periods simply because no cargoes were available to them. Despite this, some of the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessels were fully occupied during the first few years of the 1920s, although substantial losses were made on many of the voyages. Despite the fact that some of the vessels were in constant employ in the early twenties, the golden era was obviously over and the annual reports of the various single ship companies that made up Evan Thomas, Radcliffe & Company reflect the general gloom and depression that seemed to have prevailed among the Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
shipowners in the early twenties.
In anticipation of those better times, Evan Thomas, Radcliffe surprisingly began to invest money in new vessels in 1925. The new vessels were considerably cheaper than the Ethel Radcliffe of 1920, built when the prices of new and old ships were greatly inflated. Nevertheless, in the 1920s substantial losses were made in the trading of all the vessels.
The Second World War
The Second World War was as disastrous for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe as the First for an appreciable proportion of the fleet was lost. No fewer than 11 vessels were sunk:27 June 1940 - Llanarth - torpedoed off Lands End 47.30ºN 10.30ºW on voyage from Melbourne with flour.
11 August 1940 - Llanfair - torpedoed on a voyage from Mackay and Bowen (Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
) to U.K. with sugar 54.48ºN 13.46ºW.
23 August 1940 - Llanishen - bombed and sunk SE of Wick 58.17ºN 2.27ºW on voyage from Three Rivers (Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) to Leith
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
with maize.
26 February 1941 - Llanwern - bombed by aircraft off south west coast of Ireland. 54.67ºN 17.06ºW on voyage from Sorel (Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) with grain and timber for Avonmouth
Avonmouth
Avonmouth is a port and suburb of Bristol, England, located on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon.The council ward of Avonmouth also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.- Geography :...
.
17 April 1941 - Ethel Radcliffe - torpedoed by E. Boat off East Anglian coast on a voyage from St. John's New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
to Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
with maize. Beached on Yarmouth sands, but bombed and made total loss on 14 May 1941.
12 May 1942 - Llanover - torpedoed in North Atlantic 52.50ºN 29.04ºW on voyage from New York and Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
for London with wheat, apples and tanks.
2 November 1942 - Llandilo - torpedoed south of St. Helena on voyage from New York. 27.03ºS 02.59ºW.
17 February 1943 - Llanashe - torpedoed off Port Elizabeth 34.00ºS 28.30ºE on voyage from New York.
10 March 1943 - Clarissa Radcliffe - torpedoed with loss of all hands, 42.00ºN 62.00ºW on voyage from Pepel
Pepel
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. - Railway :Pepel is connected by a gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at Marampa....
with iron ore.
30 May 1943 - Llancarfan - bombed and sunk 2 miles south of St. Vincent while on a voyage from Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and Melitta
Melitta
Melitta is a Germany-based company selling coffee, paper coffee filters, and coffee makers, part of the Melitta Group, which also has Melitta branches in other countries world-wide...
with coal and coke.
30 March 1944 - Vera Radcliffe - handed over to the Ministry of War Transport for use as a blockship on Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
beaches.
This left the company with a greatly depleted fleet, for only 5 vessels came through the war unscathed. They were Llanberis, Llangollen, Peterston, Flimston and Llandaff. British sips were being lost much faster than they could possibly be replaced and the Government decided that it would be impossible to back a new shipbuilding programme entirely in this country which was so vulnerable to enemy attack. With this in mind a British Merchant Shipbuilding Mission left for the U.S.A. in September 1940 and the terms of their brief was to endeavour to obtain at the earliest possible moment the delivery of merchant tonnage...of vessels of the tramp type of about 10,000 tons deadweight.
A total of 354 'Fort Type' vessels were also delivered from Canadian yards in addition to the 'Ocean' and 'Liberty' ships obtained from U.S. yards. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe obtained 6 of these vessels together with the Samskern a vessel lent to the Ministry of War Transport under the Lease-Lend system at a charter rate of a dollar a year.
With the great depletion in the fleet as a result of war, the company was forced to look elsewhere for extra tonnage. American and Canadian standard vessels of the 'Fort' type were obtained.
The Latter Years
The period after 1945 was a period of reconstruction and rebuilding, although Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, in common with all other South Wales shipowners, was never to enjoy the prosperity of the pre First World War period. Cardiff was to witness a gradual decline in the fortunes of its docks as the export of coal diminished, for Cardiff, above all, was a coal exporting port and its fortunes had been built on the export of that one single commodity. Many of the Cardiff tramp steamers were concerned in the coal trade and the vessels owned by Evan Thomas, Radcliffe were principally designed for transporting coal. The company, therefore, had to look elsewhere for its freight and with the change of ownership to the Evans and Reid group, as a fully integrated company within the group after some years in partnership with Evans and Reid, the Radcliffe fleet was principally an oil tanker fleet.In 1946 the company possessed only 5 ships of its own: Llanberis (built 1928); Llangollen (built 1928); Peterston (built 1925); Flimston (built 1925) and Llandaff (built 1937). It was operating another eight standard vessels on behalf of the Ministry of Transport or on charter.
The pattern of trading had changed considerably; the tankers were of course mainly concerned with the carriage of oil from the Persian Gulf, Sumatra and elsewhere to European ports, but the other steamers - the Llanover and Llanwern were concerned with world-wide tramping, rarely visiting their home port of Cardiff.
In 1950 and 1951 too, the Llandaff and Llangollen of pre-war vintage were disposed of which left the company with one vessel only, the tanker Llanishen of 1945 with a new motor vessel, the Llantrisant, a freighter of 6,140 tons built at Bartram's yard in Sunderland. The vessel was launched on 27 March 1952 and delivered to its owners on 5 September 1952. This vessel was destined to remain in the fleet for only five years for in 1957 she was sold to a Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
company as the Lake Burnaby. While she was an Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessel, the Llantrisant was concerned with world-wide tramping.
In the early 1950s the company had few ships, so a number were chartered. Following the delivery of the Llantrisant in 1952, another new vessel, the oil tanker Llandaff was built by Lithgow's of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. She remain in the fleet until 1960, for much of the time being chartered to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Ltd. but on 16 February 1960 she was sold to the Island Shipping Company of Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
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In 1957 a new motor vessel, the freighter Llantrisant was delivered by Bartram's of Sunderland while in the following year the oil tanker Llanishen was delivered from Swan Hunters yard at Wallsend-on-Tyne. In 1960 the tanker Hamilton, built at Tamise, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, was delivered on time charter and the tanker Llangorse built by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Haverton Hill was delivered. In October 1962 the freighter Llanwern was delivered by Bartrams of Sunderland.
In 1964-5 therefore, the Evan Thomas, Radcliffe fleet consisted of five vessels. By 1970 the Llanwern and the Llantrisant had been sold and in 1971 the last vessel to be built especially for the company the Stolt Llandaff was delivered by S.A. Boelwerf of Tamise, Belgium. She was a specialised oil and chemical tanker and remained as an Evan Thomas, Radcliffe vessel on charter to the company from the Stolt Corporation of Monrovia until December 1981. With the sale of the Hamilton, Llangorse and Llanishen, the Stolt Llandaff was to remain the sole vessel in the fleet until 1980 when two small coastal vessels - the Radcliffe Trader and the Radcliffe Venturer were purchased.
Evan Thomas Radcliffe Ships
- Aden 1908 (GRT 2482) 313.5x43.8x13.3
b. 1905 W. Rodgers & Co., Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow is the second largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16617 persons...
as Craigmore for Craig Line S.G.Co.
Purchased by ETR in 1908
1915 - sold to Colonial Coal & Shipping Co. as Thysa: renamed Kostis
1934 - sold as Azbassein
1936 - sold to USSR as Georgi Dimitrov
- Alex 1914 (GRT 3907) 380x51.5x22.1
Built by J. Priestland, Sunderland as Constantinos XII; then Ionia, then Nicos
Purchased by ETR in 1938 and named Alex
1943 - sold to S. Casteli & Co. - no change of name
1946 - renamed Noemi
5 June 1958 - scrapped at Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
- Alma 1896 (GRT 2863)
Built by J. Priestland, Sunderland. Managed on behalf of Shipping Controller 1919-26
- Anne Thomas 1882 (GRT 1418) 260x35.3x17.8
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Jarrow
Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...
Sold Grogstad & Co., Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
- Lord
- Anthony Radcliffe 1893 (GRT 2865) 315x42x20'11"
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Newcastle
1908 - renamed Bonvilston
Attacked three times in 1916 and 1917 and was finally sunk by torpedo 17 October 1918, 9.5 miles NW by W of Corsewall Point
Corsewall Lighthouse
Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea. The definition of the name Corsewall is the place or well of the Cross.-History:In 1814, a Kirkman...
- Asgard 1906 (GRT 4181) 360x48x20
Built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Managed on behalf of Shipping Controller 1919-20
- Bala 1884 (GRT 2013) 280x35.7x20.1
Built by William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
Sold in December 1903 to the Glanhowny S.S. Co. (Bartlett & Owen) as the Glanhowny. Like Evan Thomas, Capt. Thomas Owen was a native of Aberporth and H. A. Bartlett was a Cardiff businessman. The vessel was sold for £8,750 and sailed under the command of Thomas Owen, who died aboard the vessel on her third voyage to the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
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- Balingdale (Managed Vessel) 1949
Purchased Societo al Navigazione Tomei, Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, 29 April 1949.
- Boverton 1910 (GRT 2958) 325x46x23.4
Built by John Blumer & Co., North Dock, Sunderland for £26,500
3 May 1928 - name changed to Llangorse
20 February 1930 - sold to Tallinn Shipping Co. of Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
for £17,244 - Maret
1941 - U.S.M.C. named Sysonby
28 September 1951 - Broken up
- Catherine Radcliffe 1925 (GRT 5589) 415x55x28
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £99,439
23 February 1935. Abandoned after stranding off coast of Japan (Master - T. Owens, Aberporth, Cardiganshire) Insured for £70,868
- Clarissa Radcliffe 1889 (GRT 2544) 296x40.2x20.6
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
On a voyage from Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
to Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
with a cargo of grain, the vessel met a gale off Cape St. Vincent
Cape St. Vincent
Cape St. Vincent , next to the Sagres Point, on the so-called Costa Vicentina , is a headland in the municipality of Sagres, in the Algarve, southern Portugal.- Description :This cape is the southwesternmost point in Portugal...
on 30 December 1897. The cargo shifted and the vessel sank with the loss of 16 lives.
- Clarissa Radcliffe 1904 (GRT 4703) 351.5x53.1x27.6
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
, Stockton-on-Tees (Yard No. 410) A trunk-decked vessel
Renamed Llanover 1913, Llangorse 1917
1926 - Sold to Watts, Watts & Co. as Laleham for £17,758
1930 - Sold to A. A. Kyrtaras, Andros as Marionga D. Thermiotis
1947 - Sold to Ciu de Nav. Ponanza Ltd., Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
- Antonios K.
25 May 1952 - scrapped at Milford Haven
Milford Haven
Milford Haven is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was founded in 1790 on the north side of the Waterway, from which it takes its name...
- Clarissa Radcliffe 1917 (GRT 6042) 415x55.5x28.7
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees in 1915 as the Windsor. Cost £251,000
Renamed Gwent in 1916 and Clarissa Radcliffe in 1917.
On 5 March 1943 the ship left New York for Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
with a crew of 41 and 10 gunners. She was never heard of again and was presumably torpedoed on 10 March 1943 in position 42°0′N 62°0′W.
- Douglas Hill 1890 (GRT 2171) 285x37.8x20
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Newcastle
March 1908 - name changed to Iolo
August 1909 - sold to Frederick Childs - Selworthy
Lost March 1910.
- Dunraven 1896 (GRT 3333) 338x46x27
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
of Stockton-on-Tees, launched 2 October 1896.
The name of the vessel was changed to Sarah Radcliffe on delivery of a new Dunraven in 1910.
Sunk 11 November 1916 by submarine 170 miles SW of Ushant
Ushant
Ushant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
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- Dunraven 1910 (GRT 3117) 341x48x24'41.5"
Built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Willington Quay
Willington Quay
Willington Quay is an area in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear in northern England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, facing Jarrow, and between Wallsend and North Shields. It is served by the Howdon Metro station in Howdon. The area from 2006 onwards has been an...
on Tyne.
1917 - Transferred to Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
as Q. ship
10 August 1917 - sunk by torpedo and guns in Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish...
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- Empire Eddystone (Managed Vessel) 1945 (GRT 7318) 431x56x38
Built by W. Gray, West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
- Empire Prospect (Managed Vessel) 1945 (GRT 7331) 431x38x38
Built by Walker Shipyard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Ethel Radcliffe 1920 (GRT 5673) 415x55x28.9
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £274,019
17 April 1941. Damaged by E-boat and put into port at Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
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The vessel was bombed and sunk at that port on 16 May 1941.
- Euston 1898 (GRT 2728) 330x44x24.3
Built by Ropner & Son
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 19 July 1898
1910 - name changed to Gileston
1926 - sold to Greek owners for £8,400 as Haralampos P.
1929 sold to W. G. Walton, Cyprian Shipping Co. Ltd. as Danubian
18 February 1954 - stranded in fog off Kilyos
Kilyos
Kilyos, also Kumköy, is a village located in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is also a well-known seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of the European side of Istanbul Province, famous with its beaches.-Places to see:...
in Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
on voyage in ballast from Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
to Constanza
Constanza
Constanza may refer to:*Constanţa, a Romanian seaport on the Black Sea*Constanza, Dominican Republic in the province of La Vega*R. v. Constanza , an English legal case in 1997*José Constanza, Dominican baseball player...
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- Flimston 1916 (GRT 5751) 415x55.5x26.7
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees.
18 December 1916 - captured and scuttled by a German submarine 21 miles NE by E from Ushant
Ushant
Ushant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
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- Flimston 1925 (GRT 4674) 385x52x26
Built by Bartram, South Dock, Sunderland.
1948 - sold to Woodham S.S. Co. Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
as Woodham Rover
1950 - sold to Schulte & Bruns as Konsul Schulte
14 January 1960 scrapped at Tamise.
- Fort La Traite (Managed Vessel) 1942 (GRT 7134) 424x57x37.5
Built by West Coast Shipbuilding, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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- Fort Miami (Managed Vessel) 1942 (GRT 7134) 424x57.2x37.5
Built by Vancouver Ship Repairers Ltd., Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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- Fort Richelieu (Managed Vessel) 1943 (GRT 7150) 424x57.2x37.5
Built by Marine Industries Ltd., Soull, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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- Fort Remy (Managed Vessel) 1942 (GRT 7127) 424x57x37.5
Built by United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
In fleet 1942-49
- Fort Rupert (Managed Vessel) 1942 (GRT 7141) 424x57x37.6
Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Development Co. Ltd. Prince Rupert, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
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In fleet 1946-49
- Fort Saleesh (Managed Vessel) 1943 (GRT 7167) 424x57.2x37.5
Built by North Vancouver Shiprepairers Ltd.
- Granton Glen 1918 (GRT 2485) 257x43.8x20
Built by Manitoba S. B. Co., Wis. ex. Catherine, Stratford, Lake Greenwood.
Owned by Culliford Shipping Co. Ltd., liquidated 1947, management of vessel taken over by ETR for 1 year.
- Gwenllian Thomas 1882 (GRT 1082) 233x31.2x17
Built by Palmers Co. Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne.
Delivered Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
24 June 1882 and sailed with a cargo of coal for St. Nazaire, returning to Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
with iron ore from Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
. She was commanded by Capt. Evan Thomas.
Sold December 1905 as Richard
- Gwent 1909 (GRT 3344) 330x48x23
Built 1901 as Evangeline by R. Thomson, Sunderland
Purchased from Anglo-Grecian S.S. Co. 1909 for £17,350
1912 - sold for £22,589 to London-Piraeus S.S. Co. Sain Dimitrios
2 March 1918 - sunk
- Hamilton 1960 (GRT 13,186) 560x72x30.9
Tanker built by C. Boel et Fils, Tamise, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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Launched 28 January 1960. Still in service as Feoso Sun.
- Hanley 1902 (GRT 3331) 326x48x23
Built by J.L. Thompson and Sons
J.L. Thompson and Sons
J.L. Thompson and Sons was a shipyard on the River Wear, Sunderland, which produced ships from the mid-18th century until the 1980s. The world-famous Liberty Ship was among the designs to be created, produced and manufactured at the yard's base at North Sands....
, Sunderland, for Woodruff Shillito & Co., Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
in 1902. Purchased immediately by Evan Thomas Radcliffe
April 1912 - sold to Tom Lewis & Co.
30 May 1917 - sunk off Irish coast by torpedo, 95 miles west of Bishops Rock - 1 life lost.
- Helemar 1957 (GRT 544) 187x29x12
Charter by ETR 6 March 1957 (Owners Velmont S.S. Co.)
Sold to Pieter Hougerverff, Deest
Deest
Deest is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Druten, and lies about 9 km south of Wageningen.In 2001, the town of Deest had 1497 inhabitants...
(Holland) 23 July 1958
Still sailing as Hamnfiord
- High Park (Managed Vessel) 1943 (GRT 7143) 424x57x37
Built by Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon-Levis, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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- Iolo Morgannwg 1882 (GRT 1241) 251x33.25x18'
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Sold December 1905 as Pontus, later Held (Swedish flag)
- Jane Radcliffe 1890 (GRT 1830) 271x37x18
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
, Stockton-on-Tees
August 1911 - sold to Otto Weens of Malmo
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
, named Hjalma
- Kate Thomas 1884 (GRT 1557) 269x36.4x18
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Lost near Ceuta
Ceuta
Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta along with the other Spanish...
21 October 1895 on voyage from Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
to Brindisi
Brindisi
Brindisi is a city in the Apulia region of Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Historically, the city has played an important role in commerce and culture, due to its position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city...
with coal.
- Lady Palmer 1889 (GRT 2752) 322x40x24
Built by Palmers of Jarrow for Hall Bros., Newcastle
Chartered by Daniel Radcliffe 1890-91
Sunk in Dover Straits 1891.
- Llanberis 1890 (GRT 2269) 290x38x22.4
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
, Stockton-on-Tees for £34,000
Jan 1910 - name changed to Badminton
10 February 1912 - sold for £8,500 to Coroniadis Bros. - Coroniadis
1914 - sold as Malgas
1916 - sold as Georgios Markettos
- Llanberis 1928 (GRT 5055) 400x53x28
Built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...
, Wallsend-on-Tyne for 86,573
Launched 12 October 1927
1950 (17 February) sold to Basil J. Mauros, Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
as Theoskepasti
1956 - sold as Valente
- Llancarfan 1937 (GRT 4910) 401x53x26.6
Built by White's Marine Engineering Company
White's Marine Engineering Company
White's Marine Engineering Company was a British shilpbuilder located at Hebburn on Tyneside. During the Second World War, White's built vessels for the Royal Navy, including several Bangor class minesweepers. The shipyard closed in 1959....
, Hebburn-on-Tyne as Biddlestone for White Shipping Co., Newcastle.
1940 - Purchased and renamed Llancarfan.
30 May 1943 - Bombed and sunk 2 miles south of St. Vincent.
- Llandaff 1937 (GRT 4826) 417x56x251
Built Bartram, Sunderland.
First voyage to Port Said
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
- Poti
Poti
Poti is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the ancient Greek colony of Phasis, the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century. It is also...
- Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
under the command of J. R. Jenkins, Aberporth.
1 October 1951 - sold to K. G. Bornhofen of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
as Max Bornhofen
1959 - sold to Greek owners as Pilastassios
Ran aground Esbjerg
Esbjerg
Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party...
20 February 1959, refloated 7 March 1959.
Scrapped at Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
10 September 1959.
- Llandaff 1953 (GRT 12501) 556x73x31
Built at Lithgows
Lithgows
Lithgows Limited, was a British shipbuilding company based in Kingston, Port Glasgow, on the River Clyde in Scotland.-Founding:The Company was established by Joseph Russell and his partners Anderson Rodger and William Lithgow who leased the Bay Yard in Port Glasgow from Cunliffe & Dunlop and...
of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. Launched 26 January 1952
17 February 1960 - sold to Island Shipping Co., Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
as Wheat King.
- Llandilo 1928 (GRT 4966) 400x53x26
Built by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland. Delivered 6 February 1928. Maiden voyage Tyne
River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England in Great Britain. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers: the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.The North Tyne rises on the...
- Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
(Coal) - Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
- La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
- Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
(grain) under the command of T. Jones, Aberarth
Aberarth
Aberarth, Ceredigion, Wales is a small seaside village situated towards the southern end of Cardigan Bay between Aberystwyth and Cardigan.As its name suggests it is at the mouth of the River Arth and is on the A487 coastal road.- History & Amenities :...
, Cardiganshire. (Twm Cadno)
2 November 1942 Torpedoed south of St. Helier in position
27°3′N 2°59′W
- Llandrindod 1900 (GRT 3841) 351x48x28.4
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co
Richardson, Duck and Company
Richardson, Duck and Company was a shipbuilding company in Thornaby-on-Tees, England that traded between 1855 and 1925.-History:The yard was founded as the South Stockton Iron Ship Building Co in 1852. Its premises were the former yard of engine builders Fossick of Stockton and its first vessel was...
, Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the south bank of the River Tees, three miles southeast of Stockton-on-Tees, and four miles southwest of Middlesbrough town centre and has a...
18 May 1917 - sunk by torpedo 165 miles NW by W of Fastnet
Fastnet
Fastnet can refer to:*Fastnet International Schools Regatta, a regatta held in County Cork, Ireland*Fastnet Line, a passenger ferry service operating between Wales and Ireland...
.
- Llandudno 1897 (GRT 4074) 350x46.6x27.3
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
& Son, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 26 July 1897
1910 - renamed Llanberis
1927 - sold to Richards, Longstaff & Co., London as Yorkminster.
- Llandudno 1910 (GRT 4186) 362x50x27
Built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co., Willington Quay-on-Tyne.
1 August 1917 - Captured and sunk by submarine 110 miles SW of Porquerolles
Porquerolles
Porquerolles , also known as the Île de Porquerolles, is an island in the Îles d'Hyères, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its population was about 200 inhabitants in 2004 and occupies ....
Island, Gulf of Lyons. 1 lost life.
- Llanfair 1928 (GRT 4966) 400x53.4x26
Built by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland.
Maiden voyage to Port Said
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
with coal, Cuba to Liverpool with sugar (Master Samuel H. Mathias, Newport
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Newport is a town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on the River Nevern in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.- History :The town was founded by the Norman William FitzMartin about 1197...
, Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
)
11 October 1940 - torpedoed 54°48′N 13°46′W.
- Llangollen 1900 (GRT 3842) 351x48x28.4
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £49,371
Sold 4 October 1926 to Greece as Issidoro for £13,500. The vessel completed 81 voyages for Evan Thomas Radcliffe.
- Llangollen 1928 (GRT 5055) 400x53x26
Built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Wallsend-on-Tyne Cost £86,990
(1st Master - D. G. Evans, New Quay, Cardiganshire).
8 February 1950 - sold to Nicholas A Simbouras, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, as Aretis
1952 - sold as Maria Christina
1960 - sold as Kettara II
7 February 1960 - scrapped as Nagoya.
- Llangorse 1900 (GRT 3841) 351x48x28.4
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £45,114
8 September 1916 - torpedoed 48 miles WSW off Cape Matapan
Cape Matapan
Cape Tainaron , also known as Cape Matapan , is situated at the end of the Mani, Laconia, Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece. It separates the Messenian Gulf in the west from the Laconian Gulf in the east.-History:...
. Insured for £120,450.
- Llangorse 1960 (GRT 21,840)
Tanker built, Furness Shipbuilding Co., Haverton Hill. Delivered August 1960. In fleet until c. 1966
- Llanishen 1901 (GRT 3836) 340x48x26
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
9 August 1917 - torpedoed and beached 8 miles N by E of Cape of Crevs, Gulf of Lyon. Total loss.
- Llanishen 1929 (GRT 5052) 400x54x25.9
Built by Bartram, Sunderland for £82,568. Delivered 29 April 1929 and left on maiden voyage from the Tyne to Santos with coal (Master R. Roberts, Aberdovey, Merionethshire
Merionethshire
Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.The administrative county of Merioneth, created under the Local Government Act 1888, was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1974...
)
23 October 1941 - Bombed and sunk south east of Wick. 58°17′N 2°27′W.
- Llanishen 1944 (GRT 10,735) 506x68x39
Tanker built as Rye Cove. Purchased from Ministry of War Transport in 1947.
31 May 1956 - sold to Panama as Anna O.
25 December 1962 - arrived Castellon
Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana or Castelló de la Plana is the capital city of the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain, in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea...
, Spain for scrapping.
- Llanishen 1957 (GRT 20,976_ 635x64x34
Tanker built Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Wigham Richardson
The Wigham Richardson shipbuilding company was named after its founder, John Wigham Richardson , the son of Edward Richardson, a tanner from Newcastle upon Tyne, and Jane Wigham from Edinburgh.-History:...
, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Delivered 17 January 1958. Renamed Petrola 19.
- Llanover 1899 (GRT 3840) 351x48x28.4
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
Renamed Paddington February 1913
Renamed Iolo February 1917
Torpedoed and sunk 42 miles SW of Fastnet
Fastnet
Fastnet can refer to:*Fastnet International Schools Regatta, a regatta held in County Cork, Ireland*Fastnet Line, a passenger ferry service operating between Wales and Ireland...
17 February 1917. 2 dead.
Master, Chief Engineer and 2 gunners made prisoner.
- Llanover 1917 (GRT 4240) 390x53x23
Built by Pickersgill, Sunderland
1917 - sold to Johnston Line as Linmore
1920 - sold to Dr. T. G. Adams as Shannonmede
1924 - sold to Edw. Nichol & Co. as Littleton
1932 - sold to Heirs of L. Z. Cambanis, Andros as Leonidas Z. Cambanis
3 April 1941 - torpedoed SE of Cape Farewell
Cape Farewell
Cape Farewell can mean:* Cape Farewell, New Zealand, northernmost point of the South Island.* Cape Farewell, Greenland, southernmost point in the territory of Greenland....
.
- Llanover 1928 (GRT 4959) 400x53x26.
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (Launched 4 November 1927 Master John James, Aberporth, Cardiganshire.
12 May 1942 - torpedoed North Atlantic 52°50′N 29°4′W.
- Llanover 1944 (GRT 7281) 424x57x35
Built by Brunswick, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, USA by J. A. Jones Construction Inc. as Samlorian and sold in 1944 to Strath S. S. Co. of Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
as Helmspey.
27 October 1949 - Purchased by ETR - renamed Llanover.
19 November 1951 - sold to Liberian Shipping Inc as Capestar
1960 - Resold as Athlos
- Llantrisant 1952 (GRT 6140) 460x62x30
Motor vessel built by Bartram, Sunderland. Delivered 5 September 1952
1957 - sold to Western Canadian S.S. Co., Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
as Lake Burnaby
3 November 1958 - stranded on Bancorran Reef, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
- total loss.
- Llantrisant 1957 (GRT 6171) Motor Vessel 477.6x62x30.8
Built by Bartram, Sunderland. Delivered March 1958.
Transferred to Elenmaris Corp. Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
as Eleni M
- Llanwern 1928 (GRT 4966) 400x53x26
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (launched 1 September 1928)
Maiden voyage to Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
-Santos (coal)-Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
-Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
-Avonmouth
Avonmouth
Avonmouth is a port and suburb of Bristol, England, located on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon.The council ward of Avonmouth also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.- Geography :...
(grain and wheat). Master G. Clark, Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
.
26 February 1941 - bombed and sunk west of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in position 54°57′N 17°6′W.
- Llanwern 1937 (GRT 4993) 420x56x28
Built as Nailsea Moor for Nailsea S.S. Co. by Bartram of Sunderland.
Purchased by ETR 11 June 1949, renamed Llanwern
21 September 1957 Sold to Inui Kisen Kabushlui of Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Japan as Kenkon Maru.
1961 - resold as Fujisan Maru (to become fish factory)
- Llanwern 1962 (GRT 9229) 498x61'11"x26'11.25"
Built by Bartram, Sunderland (launched 19 July 1962)
Renamed Captain Michael later Agios Penteleimon.
- Manchester 1890 (GRT 2072) 285x37.2x20
Built by William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
.
February 1912 - sold to Artaza & Co., Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
- Arcotis later L. C. Stensland; Hitteroy Browton and lastly as the Russian Voikov.
- Maria N. Roussos 1909 (GRT 3129) 346x50x23
Built by William Gray of Hartlepool
Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...
Chartered from 28 July 1925 to 21 November 1929
- Mary Thomas 1889 (GRT 2159) 275.5x37.8x20.1
Built by Palmers & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne
May 1908 - sold to the Glanhowny Steamship Company (H. A. Bartlett) as Barto
October 1909 - sold to Samuel Rowe as Jane Rowe
- Novasli 1920 (GRT 3204) 342.2x48x21.9
Built by R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland
Norwegian vessel owned by A. Skibs.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-46
Sunk by German submarine U-1302 on 2 March 1945 at position 52°4′N 5°42′W
- Paddington 1898 (GRT 3903) 350x46.6x27.3
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
& Sons, Stockton-on-Tees.
Name changed to Iolo March 1913
11 October 1916 - sunk by submarine 153 miles N of Vardo
Vardo
Vardo can refer to:*Vardø, a municipality in Norway*Vårdö, a municipality in Finland*Vardo , the traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the English Romani Gypsies...
, off north coast of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
- Patagonia 1906 (GRT 5084) 392x50x30
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees.
Renamed Swindon 1913
Renamed Paddington 1917
21 July 1917 - torpedoed and sunk 250 miles west of Fastnet
Fastnet
Fastnet can refer to:*Fastnet International Schools Regatta, a regatta held in County Cork, Ireland*Fastnet Line, a passenger ferry service operating between Wales and Ireland...
.
- Patagonia 1913 (GRT 6011) 430x55.28x28.8
Built by Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees (Yard No. 154)
Torpedoed 15 September 1915, 10.5 miles NE of Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
.
- Penistone 1913 (GRT 4139) 370x40x25.9
Built by Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-Tees
11 October 1918 - torpedoed and sunk 145 miles SW by S of Nantucket.
- Peterston 1892 (GRT 2768) 321x40x21
Built by Thomas Turnbull, Whitehall Dockyard, Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
. Daniel Radcliffe received his early training with the Turnbull Brothers who were also shipowners in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
where he was for some time a clerk. Evan Thomas Radcliffe in the early days of the company had their offices at Philip and Lewis Turnbull's premises.
1913 - sold to Artaza & Co., Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
named Arpillao
- Peterston 1925 (GRT4680) 385.45x52x26
Built by Bartram & Co., South Dock, Sunderland. Cost £84,647
Delivered 23 February 1925
1948 - sold to Gowan shipping Co. as Burhaven
1950 - sold A. G. Tsauliris as Andrew T.
1953 - sold Shamrock Shipping Co. as Raloo
1957 - sold to Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
as Paraporti
27 July 1959 - scrapped at Antwerp.
- Picton 1906 (GRT 5084) 392x52x30
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £48,939
23 May 1927 - sold to Williams & Mordey Ltd., Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
for £24,132 as Seven Seas Transport
1927 - sold to German owners W. Kunstmann - named Heinz W Kunstmann
1937 - renamed Herta Engelin Fritzen (same owners)
25 October 1941 - lost off Hook of Holland.
- PLM 17 (Managed Vessel) 1922 (GRT 4008) 345x45x27
Built Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
for French owners.
- Possidon 1909 (GRT 3744) 346.3x50.8x23.1
Built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
for Greek owners.
Chartered 1921-1933
- Radcliffe Trader 1956 (GRT 622)
ex Silloth Trader (1980), ex Rosemary D. (1974), ex Valerie B (1973), ex Sarsfield (1970), ex Edgefield (1965), ex Spolesto (1956).
Built by Noord Nederlandse Scheepswerven N.V., Groningen. Purchased by ETR from Gillie & Blair Ltd. (Stag Line).
- Radcliffe Venturer 1964 (GRT 504)
ex Bea (1980), ex Hattstedt (1974), ex Henriette (1972), ex Tilly (1969).
Built by N. V. Bodewes Schps., Martenshoek
Martenshoek
Martenshoek is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, about 2 km west of the town of Hoogezand.-References:...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
Purchased from Baltic Schooner Association, Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
June 1980.
- Samskern (Managed Vessel) 1944 (GRT 7210) 423x59x34.8
Built by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
.
- Sarah Radcliffe 1889 (GRT 1440) 272x32.10x21'11"
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
, Stockton-on-Tees
April 1910 - renamed Iolo
May 1914 - Sold to Constantine Hadjipateras of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
as Archimedes; renamed Olteria then sold to Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
as Latium.
1930 - sold to D. B. Georgiades, Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
as Margarita
3 June 1952 - Broken up.
- Senta 1919 (GRT 3785) 340x48.2x26
Built by Union Ironworks, Alameda
Alameda
Alameda is a Spanish word that means "A place full of poplars", and may refer to:-Colleges and universities:* College of Alameda, a two-year community college located in Alameda, California, in the United States-Music:...
, California, USA
Norwegian vessel owned by Skibs A.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-45
- Stolt Llandaff 1971 (GRT 15,585) 560'1"x79'2"x34'6.7"
Tanker built by N.V. Boelwerf S.A., Tamise, for Anthony Radcliffe S.S. Co. Ltd.
The company was taken over by the Stolt Corporation and the vessel was leased back to ETR until December 1981.
- Swindon 1899 (GRT 3847) 351x48x28.4
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
Named Badminton 1912
1914 - sunk by submarine gunfire 63 miles NE by N of Cape Carbon, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
(23 July)
- Swindon 1917 (GRT 4240) 390x53.3x23.5
Built by W. Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland
1917 - sold to Johnston Line as Cottesmore
1920 - sold to D.&T.C. Adams as Avonmede
1924 - sold to J.&.C. Harrison as Harpalion
1931 - sold to N.G. Livanos, Chios as Theofano
1937 - sold to V.J. Pateras, Chios as Dirphys
8 June 1941 - torpedoed NE of St. Johns, Newfoundland
- Torvanger 1920 (GRT 6568) 420.1x54.0x34.4
Built W. Doxford, Sunderland
Owned by Westfal-hausen & Co. Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1942
- Varangberg 1915 (GRT 2842) 282.8x43.6x25.2
Built by Great Lakes Eng. Works, Ashtabula, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, USA
Norwegian vessel owned by A/S Malmfart.
Chartered from Ministry of War Transport 1941-46
- Vera Radcliffe 1925 (GRT 5587) 415x55.5x36.3
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees.
Delivered 6 January 1925 for £99,393
June 1944 - sold to government for £75,000. Sunk as blockship on Normandy beaches.
- Walter Thomas 1884 (GRT 2213) 296x37.4x24.5
Named after Captain Evan Thomas's only son Walter Hezekiah Thomas.
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Sunk 12 July 1901 after collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth
Penarth
Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
to Derindje.
- Washington 1907 (GRT 5079) 378x52x30
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees. Cost £52,392
3 May - torpedoed and sunk off Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(Rapallo Bay) while on time charter to Italian State Railways.
- Wimborne 1898 (GRT 3466) 339x46x27.3
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees for £35,556
On 7 November 1910 she was lost at Tolpedu off Polperro
Polperro
Polperro is a village and fishing harbour on the south-east Cornwall coast in South West England, UK, within the civil parish of Lansallos. Situated on the River Pol, 4 miles west of the neighbouring town of Looe and west of the major city and naval port of Plymouth, it is well-known for...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, while on voyage in ballast from Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
to Barry. There were no casualties.
- Wimborne 1911 (GRT 6078) 415x55x28.8
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Cost £54,011
1936 - sold Halcyon Lign, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, named Stad Schiedam for £16,006
16 September 1940 - sunk after explosion, believed sabotage 37ºN by 64ºW on voyage from Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
to Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
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- Windsor 1897 (GRT 4074) 370x46.6x27.3
Built by Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....
& Son, Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered 21 July 1897
27 November 1911 - name changed to Jane Radcliffe
Torpedoed and sunk 2 miles SW of Antimilo, Greek Archipelago, 28 November 1917.
- Windsor 1911 (GRT 6055) 430x55.6x28.7
Built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees. Delivered December 1911 (Yard No. 148)
Sunk by gunfire from submarine 70 miles SW of Lizard, 21 October 1915.
- W. I. Radcliffe 1886 (GRT 2076) 280x35x20
Built by Palmers Co., Newcastle.
Sold in 1903 to the Aberporth S.S. Co. (Dan Jenkins) renamed Aberporth
Wrecked.
The Jenkins Bros. were well known Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
shipowners with a substantial fleet. One member of the family, Daniel (Bryntirion, Aberporth) broke away from the family group to establish the Aberporth S.S. Co. It was a failure and the firm was soon bankrupt and the ship wrecked.
- W. I. Radcliffe 1904 (GRT 4748) 383x50.9x30.3
Built by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees
(Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe was Henry Radcliffe's son)
Renamed Llancarvan - 13 March 1917
Torpedoed and sunk 370 miles E by N from San Miguel
San Miguel
San Miguel, Spanish for Saint Michael, describes numerous locations.-Argentina:*San Miguel Partido*San Miguel, Buenos Aires*San Miguel Arcángel , a Volga German colony in Adolfo Alsina Partido, Buenos Aires Province...
, Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
, 16 May 1918.
- W. I. Radcliffe 1917 (GRT 6042) 430x55.6x28.7
Built 1913 as Clarissa Radcliffe by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees, delivered April 1913 (Yard No. 155)
1917 - renamed W. I. Radcliffe
12 March 1918 - torpedoed by submarine in English Channel, but made port.
18 April 1935 - sold to N. Eusthattion & Co., Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, named Marietta
1939 - sold to Leonhardt & Blumsey - Karl Leonhardt
16 March 1946 - Scuttled with ammunition in Skaggerak.
- Wynnstay 1884 (GRT 1541) 209x36.4x18
Built by Palmers of Jarrow
Jarrow
Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...
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Sold in June 1902 for £9,500 to L. Overgaard, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
- Nora.
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- Capt. W. R. Burgess of CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
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- Capt. J. Davies of Aberporth
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- Capt. J. James of Aberporth
- Capt. J. R. Jenkins of Aberporth
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- Capt. John Jones of Rhoshirwaun
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- Capt. T. Jones of Blaenporth
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- Capt. B. T. Morris - Marine Superintendent for Evan Thomas Radcliffe
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- Capt. R. Roberts of HolyheadHolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
- Capt. J. Thomas of CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
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- Capt. John Williams of CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
- Capt. T. Wood of CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
Evan Thomas Radcliffe brand was sold to the Evan Reid Group of Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
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