GLENAVON (2) was also built by London & Scottish as the
sister of the Glenfruin with a tonnage of 2985grt, a length
of 360ft 4in a beam of 43ft 3 in and a service speed of 13.5
knots. On 30 th December 1881 during a passage from Hong Kong
to Liverpool she was wrecked on Lintang Rock, Sa Mun, China
when four people drowned and one died after swimming ashore.
GLENOGLE (1) was built in 1882 by London
& Glasgow at Govan with tonnage of 3749grt, a length of
420ft 5in, a beam of 45ft 1in and a service speed of 15 knots.
She cost £90,000 and was great advance on her predecessors
with twin funnels and a considerable turn of speed. Her fastest
tea runs were reduced to around 30 days but she was expensive
to run consuming five times as much as Alfred Holt's Agamemnon
Class. Although she was successful she was considered too large
and it wasn't until the Glenlogan was built in 1896 that the
length was matched. During the 'Russian Scare' of 1885 she was
chartered as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, flew the white ensign
and was present at the taking of Port Hamilton in Korea. In
1904 she was sold to Seang, Taik & Co. of Rangoon, retaining
her name and port of registry as Glasgow and in 1906 she was
sold on to Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon, again, retaining her name
and was broken up in 1920.
GLENGARRY (1) was the first of five
similar ships built by London & Glasgow at Govan which were,
in effect, a longer version of the Glenfruin pair with a corresponding
increase in passenger accommodation. With a tonnage of 3034grt,
a length of 360ft 2in and a beam of 43ft 3in she had a service
speed of 11 knots. In 1904 she was sold to Nipon Shosen K.K.,
renamed Koto Maru and was finally broken up in 1909.
GLENELG was the second of the five built
in 1883 by London and Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage of 3034grt,
a length of 360ft 2in, a beam of 43ft 3in and a service speed
of 11 knots. On 29th July 1884, during her fourth voyage, she
was wrecked off Ushant during a passage from London to Penang
with a general cargo.
GLENGYLE (2) ,the third of the class,
was built in 1886 by London & Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage
of 3455grt a length of 370ft, a beam of 45ft 1in and was the
first ship in the fleet with a steel hull and triple expansion
engines. She was sold to Hiroumi Nisaburo of Segoshi, Japan
in 1904 and renamed Miyoshino Maru being laid up in 1930 until
finally being scrapped.
GLENSHIEL (1), the fourth ship was built
in 1887 by London & Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage of 3455grt,
a length of 360ft 2in and a beam of 43ft 3in. On 19th May 1887
she rescued the crew of the Messageries Maritimes vessel, Menzaleh,
which had foundered during a passage from Shanghai to Yokohama.
She was sold to K. Matsugata of Kobe in 1904 who renamed her
the Ktohira Maru. In 1917 she was sold on to Gingiro Katsuda
of Kobe as a requirement of war and registered at Tarumi with
the same name and then sold for scrap in 1918.
GLENFARG , the last ship of the group,
was built in 1894 by London & Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage
of 3647grt, a length of 360ft and a beam of 44ft. On 14th August
she struck a rock one mile off Shirose, Japan during a passage
from Kuchinotsu to the UK via Shanghai and sank without loss
of life.
GLENESK was built by R Stephenson &
Co at Newcastle with a tonnage of 3524grt, a length of 340ft
5in, a beam of 43ft and a service speed of 12 knots. In December
1912 she was sold to Japanese interests, renamed Kenkon Maru
and was wrecked in January 1914.
GLENLOCHY (1) was built in 1896 by London
& Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage of 4696grt, a length fo
400ft, a beam of 49ft 2in and a service speed of 12 knots. In
1912, when some 600 miles east of Eden, she came across a lifeboat
containing six men from the Star of Australia. The Star of Australia
had broken down and the men were attempting to find help. The
Glenlochy diverted and proceeded to tow the stricken ship to
Aden. She was sold to D.Anghelatos of Argostoli, Greece in 1919
and renamed Olympia. After 1921 there was no further mention
of her in Lloyds Register.
GLENTURRET was built in 1896 by London
and Glasgow at Govan with a tonnage of 4694grt, a length of
400ft, a beam of 49ft 2in, a service speed of 12 knots and was
similar to the Glenlochy. On 6th July 1917 she was attacked
by U-155 east of the Azores and managed to escape after returning
gunfire. She was attacked again on 25th August and, once more,
escaped. In July 1918 she stranded near Nantes and became a
total loss.
GLENROY (2) was the third ship of the
class built in 1901 by London & Glasgow with a tonnage of
4901grt, a length of 400ft, a beam of 49ft 2in and a service
speed of 12 knots. On 7th April 1915, during a voyage from Portland,
Oregon to London via Vladivostock and Singapore she was wrecked
on Falloden Hall Shoal in the Strait of Singapore.
GLENARTNEY (2) was built in 1889 by
J Laing at Sunderland with a tonnage of 3062grt, a length of
339ft 5ins, a beam of 41ft and a service speed of 11 knots.
In 1904 she was acquired by Mitsui Busan Gomei Kaisha and renamed
Taikosan Maru as a result of the demand for shipping during
the Russo-Japanese war. When Mitsui modernised their fleet in
1909 she was sold on to K Hashimoto of Nishinomiya and 1917
saw her in the ownership of Inui Gomei Kaishya of Takesago with
the same name. After her wartime commitments she was broken
up in Japan during 1920.
GLENLOGAN (1) was built in 1896 by Workman,
Clark & Co. in Belfast as the Denton Grange for Houlder
Bros. She was 5723grt with a length of 420ft, a beam of 54ft
1in and a service speed of 11 knots. Before being acquired by
McGregor, Gow & Co. in 1901 she was used to carry remount
horses to South Africa during the Boer War. In November 1899
she grounded in the entrance to Las Palmas harbour during fog
as, it was said, the marker buoy had shifted its position. The
pilot led the ship in from a rowing boat shouting orders to
to an officer standing in the bows. In 1900 the ship took Australian
servicemen back home and then British troops to Berbera to quell
an invasion in British Somaliland when the 'Mad Mullah', Mohammed
ibn Abdallah proclaimed himself Mahdi. On 31st October 1916
the Glenlogan was torpedoed by U-21 10 miles south-east of Stromboli
whilst on passage from Yokohama to London with a general cargo.
GLENSTRAE (1) was built in 1905 by Hawthorne,
Leslie & Co. in Newcastle with a tonnage of 4718grt, a length
of 400ft, abeam of 49ft 3in and a service speed of 10 knots.
On 28th July 1917 she was torpedoed by UC-62 66 miles from Bishop
Rock whilst on a passage from Dakar to London via Dunkirk with
the loss of 1 life.
GLENAVON (3) was built in 1904 by Swan,
Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle as the Branksome
Hall for Ellerman Hall Line. She had the distinction of telescopic
masts and a detachable funnel top to enable a passage up the
Manchester Ship Canal. In 1906 she was loaned to Glen Line and
renamed Glenavon so that the company could operate its share
of the Far East Conference. When Glen Line withdrew from the
pool in October 1908 the ship remained on charter and it wasn't
until 1910 that she reverted to Ellerman Hall Line and her former
name. On 17th June1916 she narrowly missed a torpedo in the
English Channel and on 2nd November of the same year limped
back to port after being hit by a torpedo from UC-65 in the
same area. She was finally sunk on 18th July 1918 68 miles from
Marsa Susa in North Africa after a torpedo attack by UB-105.
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