Wilson's & North Eastern Railway Shipping Co. Ltd
Ship Launched Tonnage ( GRT ) Notes and references
Dynamo 1884 594 Built by Earle 's Shipbuilding for Thos . Wilson . Re-boilered in 1903 . Scrapped in 1926
Bruno 1892 841 Built by Earle 's for Thos . Wilson . Sold in 1910 to Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company in Prince Rupert , British Columbia was renamed Prince Albert and operated from Prince Rupert - Vancouver - Victoria . The Grand Trunk became part of Canadian National Railways in 1920 . The vessel changed hands within Vancouver in 1928 , 1930 and again in 1938 being renamed J.R. Morgan in 1938 by the Badwater Towing Co . Sank in 1950 when owned by Tahsis Company when a cargo of logs shifted during a storm
Hero 1895 775 Built by Earle 's for Thos . Wilson . During World War I in 1916 she was transferred to the General Steam Navigation Co . ( G.S.N . ) in London . Chartered out to Ellerman Lines in 1923 but operated by Ellerman 's Wilson Line . Reverted to G.S.N . in 1926 and finally scrapped in 1933
Otto 1898 836 Built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee for Thos . Wilson . Broken up in Scotland in August 1935
Truro 1898 836 Sister of Otto built for Thos . Wilson . Captured and then torpedoed in June 1915 whilst on passage from Cristiania ( Oslo ) to Grimsby carrying timber
Cito 1899 819 Built by Earle 's for Thos . Wilson . Intercepted and sunk by gunfire from a German torpedo boat on 17 May 1917 with the loss of 11 lives
Juno 1900 905 A sister of Cito , again built by Earle 's . Broken up at Preston by Thos . Ward in 1926
SS Hull 1907 1,132 Built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Dundee . The first ship built for the new entity ; her name was railway rather than Wilson and set a trend for the future . Ownership transferred to LNER in 1923 and joined AHL in 1935 . Sold to Algerian interests and renamed Ville de Djidjelli in 1937 who converted her number 3 hold for wine carriage . Scrapped in 1955
SS York 1907 1,132 A sister of Hull with similar history being renamed Ville de Bougie when also sold in 1937 with her sister . Withdrawn in 1956 when owners replaced her with a new ship of the same name
SS Darlington 1910 1,076 Built by Earle 's and launched the Hull - Antwerp route . Was in collision with Antwerp of the LNER in the River Scheldt and both vessel had to be beached to avoid sinking . Was surplus to requirements when AHL formed in 1935 and returned to Ellerman 's Wilson Line as the Castro . Sold in 1937 to Stanhope SS Co. and renamed Stanrock to be used as a blockade runner in the Spanish Civil War . Sold again after one voyage and renamed Lydia . The vessel changed her name a further 3 times in 1938 and 1939 to Ocu , Hona and then Ilona and continued her blockade running operations . Sold into the Greek trades in 1940 and was seized by Germany in August of that year when Greece was conquered . Operated under German licence in Greek inter-island trades until April 1941 when bombed and sunk off Milos by an Allied aircraft
SS Harrogate 1911 1,168 A sister to Darlington and entered service alongside her sister . However , on 20 February 1918 , whilst on passage from Hull to Bergen with a cargo of coke , she foundered and sank in a storm , off the Norwegian coast
SS Selby 1922 1,039 Built by J. Duthie Torry SB Co. , of Aberdeen . Transferred to LNER in 1923 and joined AHL . in 1935 . Scrapped at Odense in 1958
SS Harrogate 1925 1,029 A sister of Selby except built at Leith by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd . Delivered for Hull-Hamburg route but also served Rotterdam and Antwerp when traffic required . Scrapped in 1958
Passenger / cargo vessels operated
Wilson's & North Eastern Railway Shipping Co. Ltd was formed in March 1906 by the family who controlled Wilson Line of Hull and the North Eastern Railway Company.