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My Father's Ships

Below is the record of service in the British Merchant Navy (1938 - 1960) including active service in World War II, of my late father AB & QM Malcolm "Calum" MacLean MN, R171920.

My Father's Ships from 1938 - 1960
No Date Joined Date Left Ship Built Official Number Company Fate/Comments
1 29/04/1938 Unknown ss CALIFORNIA 1923 147871 Anchor Line Sunk by German aircraft on 11th July 1943.
2 16/06/1938 Unknown mv PACIFIC PRESIDENT 1928 160376 Furness, Withy & Co Torpedoed and sunk by U-43 on 2nd December 1940. Part of convoy OB 251.
3 07/10/1938 Unknown ss INGOLA 1925 147950 MacLea & McIntyre Broken up Mukaishima, Japan 10.1.61.
4 07/01/1939 Unknown ss OLIVEGROVE 1929 160236 Grove Line Torpedoed and sunk by U-33 on 7th September 1939.
5 30/03/1939 Unknown ss AELYBRYN 1938 166427 Brynymor SS Co Torpedoed and sunk by U-160 on 11th March 1943.
6 16/11/1939 Unknown ss CITY OF GUILDFORD 1919 140630 Ellerman Hall Line Torepdoed and sunk by U-593 on 27th March 1943.
7 03/01/1940 26/05/1940 ss BLACKHEATH 1936 164668 Watts, Watts & Co - Britain SS Co Torpedoed and damaged by U-870 on 10th January 1945, and became a Constructive Total Loss (CTL).
8 18/06/1940 21/01/1941 ss CAPE NELSON 1929 145656 Lyle Shipping Co Torpedoed and sunk by U-95 on 24th February 1941. Part of convoy OB 288.
9 14/06/1941 05/12/1941 mv LAURELWOOD 1929 161261 John I Jacobs & Co Broken up Hamburg, Germany 31.5.1959.
10 28/05/1942 06/11/1942 ss CITY OF CAIRO 1915 137423 Ellerman Hall Line Torpedoed and sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) on 6th November 1942 in posn 23°30S 05°30W. 13 days in open boat (No.5). Rescued by SS Clan Alpine. Landed at St Helena.
11 9/12/1942 30/12/1942 ss CLAN COLQUHOUN 1918 142741 Clan Line Passenger from St Helena to South Africa for onward repatriation to UK. (Scrapped Osaka, Japan 1956).
12 10/04/1943 22/04/1943 HMT QUEEN MARY 1936 164282 Cunard White Star Line Repatriated, passenger from CapeTown to Gourock. (1967 sold to City of Long Beach, California as a museum ship).
13 22/07/1943 18/10/1943 ss CRAGSMAN 1924 147922 J Kennedy & Sons Glasgow Broken up Preston, England 15.2.1953.
14 01/11/1943 28/02/1944 ss EMPIRE SHEARWATER 1920 167632 MOWT/Douglas & Ramsay Scrapped Istanbul, Turkey 1959.
15 07/03/1944 11/08/1944 ss SAMOTA 1943 169654 MOWT/Elder Demster Sick Bombay, India.------(Scrapped Aviles, Spain 14.9.1971).
16 19/09/1944 18/11/1944 ss HARPALYCE 1942 168334 Hain SS Company Declared fit to sail (Passenger)-----(Scrapped Valencia, Spain Oct, 1966).
17 23/12/1944 30/12/1944 ss EMPIRE SUMMER 1941 168670 MOWT/Turnbul & Scott Broken up China 1985.
18 01/03/1945 10/08/1945 ss EMPIRE ORKNEY 1942 169433 MOWT/FT Everard & Sons Scrapped Bruges, Belgium 3.5.1969.
19 27/08/1945 16/09/1945 ss FORT SANDUSKY 1945 180649 MOWT/Ellerman Scrapped Castellon 1973.
20 16/09/1945 23/06/1947 ss FORT SANDUSKY 1945 180649 MOWT/Ellerman Ditto.
21 23/06/1947 02/10/1947 ss FORT CONSTANTINE 1944 169996 MOWT/Ellerman Scrapped Hamburg, Germany 24.10.1969.
22 21/02/1948 23/03/1948 ss SALACIA 1937 165910 Donaldson Line Broken up Dalmuir, Scotland 3.3.1960.
23 25/03/1948 20/05/1948 ss SALACIA 1937 165910 Donaldson Line Ditto.
24 03/06/1948 04/08/1948 mv BRITISH RANGER 1948 181916 British Tanker Company Scrapped Faslane, Scotland 1.3.1963.
25 05/08/1948 06/11/1948 mv BRITISH RANGER 1948 181916 British Tanker Company Ditto
26 06/11/1948 21/01/1949 mv BRITISH RANGER 1948 181916 British Tanker Company Ditto
27 25/01/1949 07/02/1949 ss RATHLIN 1936 164098 Clyde Shipping Co Broken up Passage West 30.12.1963.
28 04/03/1949 31/07/1949 ss PORT MACQUARIE 1944 169750 Port Line Broken up Kaohsiung, Taiwan 13.9.1968.
29 13/08/1949 18/10/1949 ss VALLDEMOSA 1935 164046 Gow/Harrison & Co Broken up Savona 11.5.1955.
30 01/11/1949 12/05/1950 mv AUSTRALIND 1944 169961 Australind Shipping Co Broken up Santander, Spain 13.3.1972.
31 02/06/1950 26/08/1950 RFA WAVE GOVERNOR 1944 180489 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Scrapped Rosyth, Scotland 9.8.1960
32 28/09/1950 30/10/1950 mv BISCOE 1949 183120 Hektor Whaling Company Scrapped Mexico 1968.
33 07/11/1950 20/02/1951 mv CALEDONIA 1948 182083 Anchor Line Scrapped Hamburg, Germany 1970.
34 21/02/1951 23/05/1951 mv CALEDONIA 1948 182083 Anchor Line Ditto
35 24/05/1951 02/09/1951 mv CALEDONIA 1948 182083 Anchor Line Ditto
36 30/09/1951 02/01/1952 ss CITY OF PERTH (4) 1949 182127 Ellerman City Line Beached near Alexandria, Egypt 3.1.1968.
37 02/01/1952 23/01/1952 ss CITY OF PERTH (4) 1949 182127 Ellerman City Line Ditto
38 25/02/1952 28/08/1952 ss RHODESIA STAR 1943 181945 Blue Star Line Broken up Kaohsiung, Taiwan 5.1.1974.
39 10/10/1952 09/04/1953 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Scrapped Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2.7.1975.
40 22/04/1953 07/05/1953 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
41 08/05/1953 29/10/1953 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
42 30/10/1953 23/11/1953 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
43 24/11/1953 22/04/1954 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
44 23/04/1954 19/05/1954 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
45 26/05/1954 16/11/1954 ss CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 184717 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto
46 21/12/1954 18/01/1955 ss CITY OF LIVERPOOL 1949 182485 Ellerman Hall Line Broken up Shanghai, China, Feb, 1973.
47 02/02/1955 23/04/1955 ss CITY OF YORK 1953 185966 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Sold to Greece 1971.
48 24/04/1955 10/05/1955 ss CITY OF YORK 1953 185966 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Ditto.
49 25/05/1955 01/09/1955 mv CALEDONIA 1948 182083 Anchor Line Scrapped Hamburg, Germany 1970.
50 02/10/1955 07/11/1955 ss CITY OF PARIS (3) 1922 146256 Ellerman City Line Broken up Newport 24.2.1956.
51 08/11/1955 19/01/1956 ss CITY OF PARIS (3) 1922 146256 Ellerman City Line Ditto.
52 01/02/1956 25/02/1956 ss CITY OF PARIS (3) 1922 146256 Ellerman City Line Ditto.
53 28/03/1956 18/04/1956 mv CITY OF NEWCASTLE (2) 1956 187125 Ellerman Hall Line Broken up Chittagong, Bangladesh 23.10.1980.
54 19/04/1956 09/07/1956 mv CITY OF NEWCASTLE (2) 1956 187125 Ellerman Hall Line Ditto.
55 10/07/1956 17/07/1956 mv CITY OF NEWCASTLE (2) 1956 187125 Ellerman Hall Line Ditto.
56 11/08/1956 12/08/1956 ss DELPHIC 1949 183574 Shaw/Saville Line Scrapped Kaohsiung, Taiwan 14.8.1971.
57 17/08/1956 06/10/1956 mv CRANE 1937 165376 General Steam Navigation Co Sold to Greece 1964. Broken up 1981
58 29/10/1956 03/12/1956 ss CITY OF KIMBERLEY 1925 148579 Ellerman & Bucknall Line Broke tow & wrecked 22°45N 115°02E on 5.9.64
59 18/12/1956 28/12/1956 ss MAHANADA 1943 168867 Brocklebank T & J Broken up Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 3.1968.
60 08/01/1957 13/05/1957 ss CITY OF OXFORD (3) 1948 182105 Ellerman City Line Scrapped Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1978.
61 14/05/1957 05/06/1957 ss CITY OF OXFORD (3) 1948 182105 Ellerman City Line Ditto.
62 13/06/1957 20/09/1957 ss CITY OF OXFORD (3) 1948 182105 Ellerman City Line Ditto.
63 21/09/1957 09/10/1957 ss CITY OF OXFORD (3) 1948 182105 Ellerman City Line Ditto.
64 06/11/1957 21/12/1957 ss MOUNTPARK 1946 181223 Denholm Shipping Co Sunk in Agean Sea 12.12.1967.
65 06/01/1958 15/01/1958 None N/A N/A N/A Unpaid Leave - Domestic.
66 27/01/1958 14/02/1958 ss CITY OF MADRAS (2) 1945 168893 Ellerman Hall Line Broken up Kaohsiung, Taiwan Dec, 1963.
67 16/02/1958 24/02/1958 ss CITY OF MADRAS (2) 1945 168893 Ellerman Hall Line Ditto.
68 28/02/1958 27/05/1958 ss CITY OF MADRAS (2) 1945 168893 Ellerman Hall Line Ditto.
69 28/05/1958 27/06/1958 ss CITY OF MADRAS (2) 1945 168893 Ellerman Hall Line Ditto.
70 01/07/1958 30/07/1958 RFA SPABECK 1943 169593 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Broken up Willebroek 14.5.1966.
71 25/08/1958 20/09/1958 mv SAINT RONAN 1958 300202 Gardiner J & A Sunk after collision with mv MOUNT ATHOS, 11th July 1959.
72 07/10/1958 25/11/1958 ss ALPERA 1939 182112 John Bruce Scrapped Piraeus, Greece 15th January 1970.
73 19/12/1958 31/12/1958 mv SAINT ANGUS 1936 164072 Gardiner J & A Wrecked of Limasol 23.2.1981.
74 22/01/1959 30/01/1959 mv ASSIOUT 1949 183749 Moss Hutchison Broken up Gadani Beach 19.11.1981.
75 31/01/1959 01/04/1959 mv ASSIOUT 1949 183749 Moss Hutchison Ditto.
76 02/04/1959 18/05/1959 mv ASSIOUT 1949 183749 Moss Hutchison Ditto.
77 19/05/1959 17/07/1959 mv ASSIOUT 1949 183749 Moss Hutchison Ditto.
78 30/07/1959 04/08/1959 mv FULHAM IX 1948 182844 Clarke/Stephenson Scrapped after collision in Suez 7.7.1978.
79 05/08/1959 17/08/1959 mv FULHAM IX 1948 182844 Clarke/Stephenson Ditto.
80 21/08/1959 05/10/1959 mv LAIRDS BEN 1949 182122 Burns & Laird Shelled Tripoli, Lebanon 19.11.1983 & broken up.
81 16/10/1959 13/11/1959 ss TURQUOISE 1947 183432 Robertson W.M. Sold to Greece 1967.
82 14/01/1960 02/05/1960 ss BEN WYVIS (3) 1945 169521 Ben Line Broken up Hong Kong 8.2.1972
83 19/05/1960 11/07/1960 mv SCOTTISH COAST 1957 187159 Burns & Laird Broken up Mumbai, India 24.12.2002.
84 20/07/1960 27/07/1960 mv SCOTTISH COAST 1957 187159 Burns & Laird Ditto.
85 01/08/1960 12/08/1960 mv PENTLAND FIRTH 1955 186838 G.T. Gillie & Blair Sold to Greece 1967, grounded and abandoned on 11th June 1998 whilst on a voyage from Dubai to Port Sudan


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