TAMH: Source Material
Fleet of Sir Charles Barrie

SHIPPING COMPANIES
Charles Barrie & Sons Castle ships all bought from Donald Currie.
Vessel Type Tonnage Built Date Bought Notes
Adelaide Baker 1881
London Barque 1229 Greenock 1863 1883 Bought as Roslin Castle. Wrecked Key West 27.12.1892
Dacca Barque 1057 Greenock 1865 1853 Bought as Tantallon Castle. Sold 1898
Chittagong Ship 1042 Greenock 1864 1883 Bought as Arundel Castle. Sold Norway 1896. Scrapped 1922
Glasgow Ship 1171 Greenock 1863 1883 Bought as Pembroke Castle. Sold 1893. Abandoned North Atlantic 25.12.1893
Errol Ship 1415 Glasgow 1868 1889 Bought as Carisbrooke Castle. Sold Norway, 1900. Wrecked Middleton Reef 18.6.1909
Calcutta Barque 984 Glasgow 1860 1881 Bought as City of Calcutta. Abandoned near Cape Horn, 17.9.1895
Dudhope Ship 1986 Clyde 1894 New Sold Liverpool, 1905. Torpedoed, Fastnet, 15.7.1917
Dundee 4m Ship 2063 Dundee 1882 New Sold Finland, 1907; Italy, 1920. Scrapped Rotterdam, 1925
Juteopolis 4m barque 2651 Dundee 1891 New Sold 1899 (with sister ship, Lawhill). 1900 to Anglo American Oil
Lawhill 4m barque 2749 Dundee 1892 New Sold 1899 (with sister ship, Juteopolis). Broken up 1959, Lourenço Marques
Invertay Steamer 1289 Dundee 1883 New Sold Japan, 1896 Bushiu Maru). Scuttled Port Arthur, 26.3.1904
Rook Steamer 275 1882 Sold 1884

Den Line
Vessel Type Tonnage Built Date Bought Notes
Den of Airlie (I) Steamship 3511 Glasgow New New Sold Norway, 1911 as Vasco da Gama. Torpedoed WWI.
Den of Airlie (II) Steamship 5364 Port Glasgow 1911 New Sold 1912 as Archimedes; 1932 as Ben Cruachan. Mined 5.6.1941
Den of Airlie (III) Steamship 5865 Port Glasgow 1913 New Sold Cunard, 1916 as Valeria. Beached on fire 3.1918, Mersey. Total loss.
Den of Airlie (IV) Steamship 5536 Bremen 1914 1922 Sold Germany, 1923, as Ulanga. Damaged by fire 5.9.1931. Scrapped Antwerp.
Den of Crombie (I) Steamship 4221 Glasgow 1905 New Sold Hamburg-America Line 1905. Captured 1914. Torpedoed 1918
Den of Crombie (II) Steamship 4948 Glasgow 1907 New Torpedoed Cape Martello, 8.11.1915.
Den of Ewnie Steamship 5948 Sunderland 1913 New Sold Furness, 1915; then Cardiff, Holland, Greece. Sunk U-Boat, North Sea 24.10.1939
Den of Glamis Steamship 5191 Old Kilpatrick 1910 New Sold Furness Line, 1915 as Tamaqua; sold Japan; Wrecked Ryuku WWII
Den of Kelly (I) Steamship 4306 Dundee 1905 New Sold Hamburg-America, 1905 as Illyria; Captured 1919; Scrapped 1930
Den of Kelly (II) Steamship 4430 Port Glasgow 1905 1915 Sold Kitson, 1914 as Oak Branch. Scrapped 1932
Den of Kelly (III) Steamship 4662 Greenock 1906 1915 Sold Furness Line 1915. Torpedoed 28.3.1917
Den of Mains (I) Steamship 1904 New Sold as Lulu
Den of Mains (II) Steamship 4467 Dundee 1905 New Sold Kitson, 1914 as Maple Branch.Sunk by cruiser Karlsruhe, 1914
Den of Ogil (I) Steamship 3929 Port Glasgow 1899 New Sold Norway, 1911 as Capella . Torpedoed WWI
Den of Ogil (II) Steamship 5689 1913 New Sold Cunard, 1914 as Volodia. Torpedoed off Scilly, 21.8.1917
Den of Ruthven Steamship 5153 Whiteinch 1907 New Sold Furness 1915 as Wincote. Finally as Munisa abandoned Simoe, Liberia 28.4.1972
Den of Seaton Steamship 3892 Glasgow 1901 New Sunk, collision, Bristol Channel, 22.5.1904

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