BRITISH STEAM SHIPPING CO.LTD.
(JOHN CORY & SON LTD.)
NAME OF SHIP OWNED BUILT BUILDER G TONS NOTES
RUBY 1874-78 1874 Humphreys, Hull 301 Wrecked
ROTHESAY 1874-77 1874 Humphreys, Hull 330 Foundered
ROATH 1875-79 1872 Eltringham, S Shields 308 Sold to Waterford
RAVENSHOE 1876-83 1876 Palmers, Jarrow 403 Wrecked
RAPID 1877-1911 1877 Palmers, Jarrow 581 Sold as Mariatta Constanze
RAGLAN 1877-82 1877 Palmers, Jarrow 833 Wrecked
RUPERRA 1877-80 1877 Palmers, Jarrow 1285 Wrecked
FIFTY-NINE 1878-81 1878 Turnbull, Whitby 1818 Sold to Pinkney, Sunderland
RADNOR 1879-1908 1879 Palmers, Jarrow 1256 Sold as Audaci
ROCHEFORT 1879-92 1879 Palmers, Jarrow 874 Sold to Rocheford SS Co
ROKEBY 1879-88 1879 Palmers, Jarrow 1435 Wrecked
ROSSLYN 1879-99 1879 Palmers, Jarrow 846 Sold as Mercure
RHIWABON 1880-83 1880 Palmers, Jarrow 1364 Wrecked
RHYL 1880-89 1880 Palmers, Jarrow 1363 Collision
RUMNEY 1880-83 1880 Doxford, Sunderland 812 Foundered
REDBROOK 1880-90 1880 Palmers, Jarrow 1112 Collision Aug 1890
ROSS 1881-1906 1881 Palmers, Jarrow 1356 Wrecked Nov 1906
RESOLVEN 1882-93 1882 Palmers, Jarrow 1705 Wrecked Feb 1893
RESTORMEL 1882-99 1882 Palmers, Jarrow 2107 Sold as Leros
RHEUBINA 1882-98 1882 Milford Haven Sbldg 1158 Collision Sep 1898
ROUGEMONT 1882-93 1882 E Finch, Chepstow 1525 Collision June 1893
RHIWDERIN 1883-93 1883 Milford Haven Sbldg 1156 Wrecked Sep 1893
RAGLAN(2) 1883-1900 1883 Palmers, Jarrow 1121 Sold to A Rowland
RUPERRA(2) 1883-1900 1883 Palmers, Jarrow 2117 Sold as San Miguel
RADYR 1883-1907 1883 E Finch, Chepstow 1145 Sold as Arena
READING 1883-1913 1883 Palmers, Jarrow 2135 Wrecked Nov 1913
MARK LANE 1887-1912 1887 Palmers, Jarrow 2095 Wrecked June 1912
RAVENSHOE(2) 1889-95 1889 C Mitchell, Newcastle 1977 Foundered 4 Jan 1895
REDRUTH 1889-1923 1889 Palmers, Jarrow 2433 Sold
GOIMUNDING 1890-1898 1890 Blyth Sbldg, Blyth 1264 Wrecked May 1898
ROTHESAY(2) 1891-1916 1891 W Gray, Hartlepool 2007 War Loss 5 Mar 1916 - torpedoed
RUABON 1891-1916 1891 W Gray, Hartlepool 2004 War Loss 2 May 1916 - torpedoed
JAMES TUCKER 1893-1901 1893 W Gray, Hartlepool 2580 Renamed ROSSLYN(2)
ROSSLYN(2) 1901-02 1893 W Gray, Hartlepool 2580 Previously JAMES TUCKER - Sold
RAMILLIES 1892-1917 1892 W Gray, Hartlepool 2935 War Loss 21 July 1917 - sunk
IRONOPOLIS 1894-98 1894 R Dixon, Middlesboro' 2360 Sold as Max
ROATH(2) 1894-1900 1894 Palmers, Jarrow 2707 Sold as Menelaus
CHARING CROSS 1898-1918 1898 Palmers, Jarrow 2534 War Loss 1 July 1918 - torpedoed
KILDONAN 1898-1917 1898 W Pickersgill, Sund. 2118 War Loss 29 Sep 1917 - sunk
KILMAHO 1898-1917 1898 Priestman, Sunderland 2155 War Loss 17 May 1917 - sunk
RAVENSHOE(3) 1899-1919 1899 Northumberland Sbldg 3592 Wrecked Dec 1919
RHODESIA 1899 1899 Northumberland Sbldg 3560 Sold to G W F Brock
ROSALIE 1900-05 1900 Northumberland Sbldg 4303 Wrecked Oct 1905
RHODESIA(2) 1900-17 1900 Northumberland Sbldg 4313 Sold to Olivier & Co, Cardiff
RUPERRA(3) 1901-17 1901 Northumberland Sbldg 4232 War Loss 21 June 1917 - tprpedoed
ROSSLYN(3) 1902-16 1902 Northumberland Sbldg 3679 Marine casualty Feb 1916
RESTORMEL(2) 1901-15 1901 Greenock & Grangemouth 2118 Marine casualty 26 Aug 1915 - torpedoed
ROATH(3) 1901-27 1901 Northumberland Sbldg 4306 Sold as Senatore D'Ali
ADAMTON 1905-16 1905 Northumberland Sbldg 2304 War Loss 8 Apr 1916 - sunk by shellfire
HILLHOUSE 1905-25 1905 Northumberland Sbldg 3034 Sold to Prague as Arna
LADYKIRK 1905-32 1905 Northumberland Sbldg 2300 Sold to Norway as Wiioas
ROSEMOUNT 1905-17 1905 Northumberland Sbldg 3044 War Loss 12 Aug 1917 - torpedoed
ROSS(2) 1907-16 1907 Northumberland Sbldg 2666 War Loss 22 Apr 1916 - torpedoed
CRAIGSTON 1911-15 1911 W Gray, Hartlepool 2617 War Loss 4 Oct 1915 - torpedoed
READING(2) 1914-34 1914 W Gray, Hartlepool 3801 Sold as Stamos
ROSALIE(2) 1914-15 1914 W Gray, Hartlepool 4243 War Loss 10 Aug 1915 - torpedoed
HOCKING 1914-24 1895 W Gray, Hartlepool 2554 Sold as Fina Saglimbene
RELILIO 1916-32 1909 J L Thompson, Sund. 2398 Sold as Wilke
RHIO 1916-32 1903 J L Thompson, Sund. 2365 Sold as Wirma
ROCIO 1916-32 1915 J L Thompson, Sund. 3729 Sold as Ioulia Nicolaou
REFUSIO 1916-17 1905 J L Thompson, Sund. 2642 War Loss 12 May 1917 - sunk
ROSARIO 1916-17 1900 Blyth Sbldg, Blyth 1821 War Loss 18 Aug 1917 - torpedoed
RUBIO 1916-18 1909 R Thompson, Sund. 2395 War Loss 25 Feb 1918 - torpedoed
MURIEL 1916-18 1898 Grangemouth Dockyard 1831 War Loss 17 Sep 1918 - torpedoed
ENFIELD 1922-32 1897 Priestman, Sunderland 2077 Sold to Constant, Cardiff
RAVENSHOE(4) 1922-34 1916 Irvines, Hartlepool 4129 Sold as Elengo A Kydoniefs
ESPERIA 1924-27 1898 Anderson, Roger, Clyde 3593 Sold to V Saglimbene as Ciscato
RUPERRA(4) 1925-40 1925 W Gray, Hartlepool 4548 War Loss 19 Oct 1940 - torpedoed
RAMILLIES(2) 1927-41 1927 W Gray, Hartlepool 4553 War Loss 8 May 1941 - torpedoed
CORYTON 1928-41 1928 W Gray, Hartlepool 4553 Total Loss after beaching 16 Feb 1941
START POINT 1942 1919 Sunderland Sbldg Co 5293 War Loss 10 Nov 1942 - torpedoed
RAMILLIES(3) 1948-55 1942 Todd-Bath, USA 7174 Ex Ocean Vigour; Sold to A Crawford as Galavale
RAVENSHOE(5) 1954-59 1945 Short Bros, Sunderland 7295 Ex Empire Nairobi; Sold as Plate Clipper
RAMILLIES(4) 1955-66 1951 W Gray, Hartlepool 5890 Ex Seawall; Sold to Pakistan as Surma
RESTORMEL(3) 1959-64 1944 Doxford, Sunderland 7368 Ex Brockleymoor; Sold to Waterloo Shipping, Cardiff
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