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Name

Built

Service

Owner

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Scotstoun

1925

1939-40

Anchor Line (Henderson Bros) Ltd, Glasgow

On 30 Aug, 1939 the passenger ship Caledonia of the Anchor Line (Henderson Bros) Ltd, Glasgow was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser HMS Scotstoun.

19 Oct 1939: The German tanker Biscaya (6386 BRT) is intercepted and captured off Reykjavik, Iceland by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Scotstoun.

21-22 Oct 1939: The German merchant Poseidon (5864 BRT) is intercepted in the Denmark Strait (66⁰27'N - 22⁰09'W) by the British armed merchant cruisers HMS Transylvania and HMS Scotstoun. However before she can be captured the German crew attempted to scuttle their ship but this failed. The damaged ship was taken in tow but sinks in bad weather on the 26th or 27th.

13 Jun, 1940; ship was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-25 (Beduhn), 200 miles west of Inishtrahull, Ireland (57⁰00'N - 09⁰57'W)