List of ships built by William Denny and Brothers explained

This is a list of ships built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland.

Ships

LaunchedShip's name
at launch
Tonnage
(GRT)
Notes
1846Yard number 6. Built for the Dumbarton Steamboat Co. Moved to Weymouth in 1852. Cosens & Co Ltd pleasure steamer for several decades. Scrapped 1938.
1853William Denny596[1] First steamship to link Auckland and Sydney.[2] Aground near Murimotu Island in 1857[3] and abandoned in 1858.[4]
1858SS Nova ScotianBuilt for the Allan Line. Served for 34 years. Scrapped 1893.[5]
1862SS City of Cork 1,547Built for the Inman Line.[6]
1869Cutty Sark Completed by Denny's after the liquidation of her contracted builders, Scott & Linton. Preserved in a dry dock at Greenwich, London
1870 Yard number 148. Built for Cunard Line. Served for 86 years; scrapped 1956.[7]
18823,075 Yard number 261. Built for the Compagnie Nationale de Navigation as a passenger ship, especially for immigrants to the USA. Converted into a troop ship for French soldiers in the Sino-French War. Wrecked off Panama in 1902.[8]
1884LucindaGovernment yacht, ordered by the Queensland Government by letter dated 30 January 1883, delivered 20 December 1884. Connected to the drafting of the Australian Constitution.
1889SS Aramac2,114 Yard number 415. Built for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company
1889SS Arawatta2,114 Yard number 416. Built for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company
1893546Yard number 463. Veteran steamship on Lake Titicaca, Peru, now a floating restaurant
1895SS Vladimir5,331Yard number 507. Built for Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa. Purchased in 1915 by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1899115 Yard Number 623. Veteran steamship still on Loch Katrine, Scotland
1901562 Yard Number 651. Excursion steamer, the first commercial vessel to be driven by steam turbines
1902665Yard Number 670. Destroyed by fire 1911; sold to Canada
19036,953 Yard Number 671. Australian United Steam Navigation Company passenger liner requisitioned as a troop ship and then a hospital ship. Foundered 1929.
1903SS Kyarra6,953 Yard number 672. Australian United Steam Navigation Company passenger liner requisitioned as a hospital ship. Sunk by torpedo 1918
1905TSS Arahura1607 Yard Number 755. Passenger and cargo ship (also schooner rigged) built for the Union Steam Ship Company and operated in New Zealand coastal waters until May 1949. Hulk sunk as a target in 1952.
19055282Yard Number 746. Passenger ship owned by Union Company of New Zealand. Washed ashore on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia while under tow to be scrapped in July 1935.
1906583Yard Number 770. 3 direct drive steam turbines, 21.6 knotsLMS/CSP Passenger Vessel for the Ardrossan - Arran service; later on the Stranraer - Larne service; Scrapped 1970
1907TSS 1689 Yard Number 789. 2 direct drive steam turbines, 21.75 knotsSE&CR Cross-channel ferry; later Isle of Man Steam Packet Co; Scrapped 1957
19087,420Yard number 835. New Zealand Shipping Company refrigerated cargo liner; sunk 1917
190910,870Yard number 880. New Zealand Shipping Company liner; later Italian-flagged; scrapped 1957
191011,130Yard number 915. New Zealand Shipping Company liner; sunk 1917
1910700Commonwealth Naval Forces Destroyer; struck 1928
1912SS Indarra9,735 Yard number 966. Australian United Steam Navigation Company passenger liner, in 1920 Lloyd Royal Belge Pays de Waes and from 1923 Osaka Shosen KK Horai Maru. Japanese troopship in World War 2, sunk 1942.
191210,348 Yard number 969. Compañía Transatlántica Española passenger liner, renamed Uruguay in 1931, prison ship from 1934. Sunk by a Nationalist air raid on Barcelona in 1939. Raised and scrapped.
1912785/827Yard Number 970. 1935 renamed Saint Columba and took over Glasgow to Ardrishaig until scrapped in 1958.
1912Newhaven to Dieppe ferry.
1913Newhaven to Dieppe ferry. Sister ship to TSS Brighton. First ship to be fitted with the Michell Tilting Pad Thrust Bearing.
1924Yard Number 1167. Built for P Henderson & Company's Shaw, Savill & Albion Line as a passenger and cargo ship. Severely damaged by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Easter Sunday Raid on Trincomalee Harbour in 1942. Hulk sunk in 1943.
1925Delta King Yard Number 1168. Stern Wheel Paddle Steamer
1925Delta Queen Yard Number 1169. Stern Wheel Paddle Steamer
1925690Yard Number 1170. 3 shaft, single reduction Parsons geared turbines, triple screws, 21.5 knotsLMS/CSP Passenger Vessel for the Ardrossan-Arran service; Scrapped 1954
1926985 Yard number 1182. Pioneering turbine steamer built for Turbine Steamers Ltd.
1930806 Yard number 1245 Turbine steamer built for CSP, operated until 1964. The first single-class Clyde vessel.
1931656 Yard Number 1256. David MacBrayne passenger vessel. First British-built diesel-electric passenger ship. Re-engined 1953 with British Polar diesels. Withdrawn from service 1969. Scrapped after attempted restaurant conversion in 1974.
1933871 Yard Number 1262. Turbine steamer built for Williamson-Buchanan, operated until 1977. The largest (though not the longest) excursion turbine on the River Clyde. Converted into a floating pub in 1987 and moored in London. Returned to the Clyde in 2016 and now being restored.
1934623 Yard Number 1266. CSP Paddle Steamer. Latterly, a floating pub in London until destroyed by fire in 1980.
19355,954 Yard Number 1276. Booth Steamship Co cargo and passenger liner. Converted into troop ship 1940; sunk by torpedo 1941
1936573Yard Number 1273. David MacBrayne (1928) Ltd diesel-electric passenger vessel; Scrapped 1974
1936106Yard Number 1294. CSP for Loch Awe service, later Clyde, then Loch Lomond; Scrapped 1999
1937 Yard Number 1306. Paddle steamer built for the Southern Railway. Ryde was the last coal-fired sea-going paddle steamer in the world when taken out of service in 1969.
1938Yard Number 1322. Isle of Wight ferry which as MV Sound of Sanda became a Clyde ferry in 1974
193850 Yard Number 1327 Former Denny-owned tug / tender on the River Clyde
19392,061Yard Number 1330. Thames Estuary / Continent day excursion for Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London; Scrapped Feb 1967
1939603Yard Number 1341. David MacBrayne Mailboat on Islay, Port Askaig and other routes; Scrapped Dec 1995
19472,694Yard Number 1399. LMS ferry based in Stranraer; Sank Jan 1953
19471,090 Yard Number 1404. David MacBrayne mailboat Mallaig - Kyle of Lochalsh - Stornoway; Scrapped June 1973
1948986Yard Number 1411. Portsmouth – Ryde ferry for British Transport Commission. In service until 1986, then in reserve until 1997. Latterly owned in part by the Southsea Preservation Society in association with the Avon River Historic Vessel & Navigation Trust in 2002. Scrapped in 2005 in Denmark.
19481,851 Yard Number 1413. General Steam Navigation Company. Originally summer excursions from Thames to Continent; 1967 Townsend Car Ferries Ltd
1948460 Yard Number 1418. River passenger & cargo Paddle Steamer built for India General Navigation & Railway Company
1948460 Yard Number 1419. River passenger & cargo Paddle Steamer built for India General Navigation & Railway Company
1951MV Tofua5,299 Yard Number 1447. Union Steam Ship Company ferry.
1950 Yard Number 1448. Former Mersey ferry, now berthed at Woolwich, London
195153Yard Number 1458. CSP Passenger Car Ferry
195124Yard Number 1459. CSP Passenger Car Ferry for Lochalsh-Kyleakin ferry
1953994Yard Number 1456. Former Passenger Ferry, now a museum ship in Istanbul, Turkey
1953568Yard Number 1470. CSP Passenger Car Ferry
1953Yard Number 1483. CSP Passenger Car Ferry built for British Railways Board
1957MV Bardic2,550Built for the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd made her maiden voyage on 2 September 1957 on the Preston to Larne route.
1957MV Ionic2,557Built for the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd made her maiden voyage on 10 October 1958 on the Preston to Larne route.
1957 2,560 Yard Number 1476. Leopard class frigate. Last frigate built by Dennys. Now BNS Ali Haider in Bangladesh Navy
19613,630 Yard Number 1501. Irish Sea/English Channel car ferry; later Tuxedo Princess nightclub on the Tyne.
19614,160 Yard Number 1502. Final ship completed by the yard. The first Interislander road/rail ferry used between Picton and Wellington by New Zealand Government Railways. Scrapped 1994.
Denny D2 Hoverbus
1964Yard Number 1504. Cargo ship; completed by Alexander Stephen at Linthouse (yard number 685) after Denny's closure[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Denny . 2020-09-12 . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
  2. News: 29 July 1854 . Steam Communication Accomplished . New Zealander . Papers Past. 2020-09-12.
  3. News: 17 March 1857 . Later intelligence respecting the William Denny . Daily Southern Cross . Papers Past . 2020-09-12.
  4. News: 22 Jun 1858 . The William Denny . Daily Southern Cross . Papers Past . 2020-09-12.
  5. Web site: Nova Scotian . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . Scottish Built Ships . 7 November 2019.
  6. Web site: S/S City of Cork. Norway Heritage. Scottish Built Ships . 19 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Parthia . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . Scottish Built Ships . 7 October 2013.
  8. News: . Chilian Steamer Wrecked . New York City . 2 May 1902 . 1 . . 13 August 2015.
  9. Web site: Melbrook . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . Scottish Built Ships . 17 April 2011.