# Gourlay Brothers

Gourlay Brothers was a marine engineering and shipbuilding company based in Dundee, Scotland. It existed between 1846 and 1908.

## Company history

The company had its origins in the Dundee Foundry, founded in 1791. By 1820 the foundry was manufacturing steam engines, building engines and boilers for the steam tug William Wallace in 1829, and in the 1830s building locomotives for the Dundee and Newtyle and the Arbroath and Forfar Railways. James Stirling (1800–1876) was manager of the Dundee Foundry until 1846.
In 1846 the Foundry was taken over and renamed Gourlay, Mudie & Co. This company was dissolved in 1853, and then operated as Gourlay Brothers & Co., with four brothers – Alexander, William, Gershom, and Henry Gourlay – as partners.
In May 1854, Gourlay's turned to shipbuilding, leasing land at the east end of Marine Parade to use as a slipway. Their first vessels were built for the coastal trade, but they went on to build a number of cargo ships for the Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company. The business prospered, largely due to the efforts of Henry Gourlay, a member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and of the Institution of Naval Architects. By 1866 Gourlay's had become the largest of the five shipbuilding firms in Dundee, employing about 300 men, and building 14,000 tons of shipping between 1861 and 1867. In 1867 they launched the Dundee of 1,295 tons, at that time the largest ship built on the Tay. In 1869 Gourlay's leased more land downriver from their yard, which they named Camperdown Dock, enabling even larger ships to be built. In 1871 five vessels were launched, all of more than 1,000 tons. In 1876 seven of the twenty-three ships built in Dundee were launched from Gourlay's yard. However, a serious slump in shipbuilding occurred in the mid-1880s, with Gourlay's building only three ships totalling 4,000 tons in 1885 and 1886. The recovery came with the resumption of international orders; in 1890, Gourlay's built 11,616 tons of shipping, with orders coming from South Africa, South America, India, Russia, Australia, Finland, Turkey and France.
Gershom Gourlay, the last of the original partners, retired in 1889, and his sons, Henry Garrett and Charles Gershom Gourlay, with James Gordon Lyon, became the directors of the company. Another slump occurred in the mid-1890s, with 1894 the worst year for orders yet, with only three small paddle-boats built. Ship repairing and refitting helped to provide some employment, but it was not until 1897 that orders begin to rise. Although Gourlay's were pioneers in the use of the screw propeller, they now gained a reputation for building paddle steamers. British railway companies became regular customers, and of the thirty vessels built between 1902 and 1908, nine were for the Great Eastern, the Great Central, and the London and South Western Railways.
Unfortunately, labour relations soured, and between 1902 and 1904 the yard experienced a three-week strike by joiners, a demarcation dispute, a 14-week strike by engineers, and various minor disputes. In 1904 the yard had been virtually closed, its total output being a 364-ton ship and two tugs. The same year it became a private joint stock company under the name of Gourlay Brothers & Company (Dundee) Ltd. with Charles Gershom Gourlay holding the controlling majority of shares, with Henry, Fanny, Kenneth and William Gourlay, James Lyon and William Fyffe holding lesser amounts.
Output for 1905 reached a total of nearly 12,000 tons, and that year also saw the completion of a modernisation programme, with new machinery and complete electrification of the yard. In 1906 Gourlay's launched over 12,600 tons of shipping, its most productive year yet. However the following year output sank to only 6,276 tons. The lack of orders and the expensive modernisation programme led the company into serious debt. This, along with higher prices of raw materials, pushed up the cost of building, shortening profit margins. Demand for new shipping continued to fall and by the end of 1907 orders were few.
On 8 June 1908, the company was finally wound up. In May 1909 the equipment of the Yard and Foundry were sold at public auction, and on 23 June 1910, the company was formally dissolved. In its time Gourlay's launched over 200 ships.

## Ships constructed

| Ship | Yard No. | GRT | Owners | Type | Date of launch |
| Alma | 1 | | For Australian owners. | Three masted iron schooner | 29 November 1854 |
| Pavo | 2 | | | Iron Screw Steamer | 18 July 1855 |
| London | 3 | 785 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company | Iron screw steamer | 7 April 1856 |
| Mexicana | 4 | 300 tons | Liverpool Owners | Full rigged brig | 15 October 1856 |
| Hamburg | 5 | 600 tons | Dundee and London Steam Shipping Company | | 8 June 1857 |
| Ydun | 8 | | Paterson of Randers for services between Copenhagen and Jutland | Iron Screw Steamer | 17 March 1859. |
| Princess Alice | | 440 tons | | | 30 March 1860 |
| Mendoza | 9 | | | | 12 January 1861 |
| Dalhousie | 10 | | | | 9 February 1861 |
| Scotia | 11 | 800 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Steam Shipping Company | Screw Steamer | 21 September 1861 |
| Forfarshire | 12 | | | | 20 June 1861 |
| Arauco | 13 | 604 tons | Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool | Iron screw steamer | 29 March 1862 |
| Scotia (II) | 14 | | Dundee and London Shipping Company | | 9 October 1862 |
| Rangatara | 15 | 300 tons | | | 21 January 1863 |
| Shooey Leen | 17 | | | | 6 May 1863 |
| Anglia | 18 | | Dundee and London Steam Shipping Company | | 15 September 1863 |
| Wangania | 19 | 170 tons | | | 30 July 1863 |
| The Cohen | | 774 tons | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company | | 12 December 1863 |
| Tararua | | | | | 1864 |
| Grampian | 20 | | Panama and New Zealand Mail Boat Company | | 21 April 1864 |
| Stork | 23 | 950 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | | 20 July 1864 |
| Unknown Tug | | | | | 12 October 1864 |
| Hibernia | 22 | 830 tons | Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company | | 12 January 1865 |
| Dundee | 25 | 1300 tons | Gilroy Brothers | Iron Sailing Ship | 25 January 1865 |
| Brage | 27 | 209 tons | | Iron | 8 June 1865 |
| Gallia | 26 | 440.5 tons | | Iron | 10 August 1865 |
| Vesper | 29 | 476 tons | | Iron | 2 December 1865 |
| Eider | 28 | 581 tons | | | 1 March 1866 |
| Niord | 31 | 247 tons | | | 1866 |
| Granton | 30 | 1000 tons | | | 1866 |
| Curfew | 34 | | | | 1867 |
| Mary | 32 | | | | 1867 |
| Dundee | | | | | 1867 |
| Unknown | | 548 tons | | Iron Screw Steamer | 8 February 1868 |
| Cambria | 35 | 680 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company | | 7 May 1868 |
| Lebu | 36 | 800 tons | Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool | | 21 July 1868 |
| La Escossesa | 37 | 998 tons | Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool | | 16 October 1868 |
| Viking | 38 | 860 tons | consortium of Dundee merchants | Iron Screw Steamer | 28 January 1869 |
| Chacabuco | 39 | 1008 tons | Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool. Intended for voyages to Sydney | Iron Screw Steamer | 27 April 1869 |
| Libra | 41 | 617 tons | General Steam Navigation Company | Steamer | 10 July 1869 |
| Asturias | 42 | 260 tons | | | 22 September 1869 |
| Lota | 40 | 762 tons | Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool | Iron screw steamer | 6 November 1869 |
| Maormer | 43 | 881 tons | | | 17 February 1870 |
| Agrigento | 44 | 995 tons | | | 1870 |
| Virgo | 46 | 1000 tons | | Iron Screw Steamer | 8 November 1870 |
| Jose A. Morene | 45 | 535 tons | | | 30 May 1870 |
| Covadonga | 47 | 590 tons | | Iron Screw Steamer | 24 September 1870 |
| Strathtay | 48 | 1081 tons | William Thomson, Dundee | | 8 March 1871 |
| Thane | 49 | 1074 tons | R. A. Mudie and Company, Dundee | | 22 April 1871 |
| Ariel | 50 | 1107 tons | Blythe Brothers, London to trade between London and Brazil | | 17 June 1871 |
| Chesapeake | 52 | 1215 tons | J.A. Dunkerley, Hull | Iron Screw Steamer | 8 April 1872 |
| Rainbow | 53 | 1088 tons | General Steam Navigation Company | Iron Screw Steamer | 28 October 1871 |
| Shannon | 51 | 1210 tons | Dunkerley, Hull | | 19 August 1871 |
| Selinunte | 54 | 1290 tons | Built for Italian owners for the Mediterranean trade | | 27 January 1872 |
| Kenilworth | 55 | 2537 tons | Williamson, Milligan and Company, Liverpool | | 20 August 1872 |
| Malaga | 57 | 1007 tons | Malcolm and Company, London for the Mediterranean iron ore trade | Steamer | 18 September 1872 |
| Pelayo | 58 | 700 tons | | Steamer | 13 January 1873 |
| SS Abbotsford | 56 | 2537 tons | Williamson, Milligan and Company of Liverpool | | 29 March 1873 |
| Taormina | 60 | 1570 tons | Trinacria Steam Navigation Company | Schooner rigged Iron Screw Steamer | 13 May 1873 |
| Butuam | 61 | 463 tons | Pickford of Manilla | Iron Screw Steamer | 7 August 1873 |
| Thibet | 62 | 2600 tons | Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company | Steamer | 29 August 1874 |
| Teheran | 59 | 2690 tons | For the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company | Steamer | 20 March 1874 |
| Honfleur | 64 | | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway | Steamer | 1875 |
| Piles | 63 | 300 tons | Gijon Steam Navigation Company | Steamer | 1 July 1874 |
| Zampa | 66 | | United Steam Ship Company of Copenhagen. Cattle carrier | Iron Paddle Steamer | 1875 |
| Riberhuus | 67 | 840 tons | United Steam Ship Company of Copenhagen. Cattle carrier | Iron Paddle Steamer | 20 May 1875 |
| Strathearn | 68 | 1160 tons | William Thomson, Dundee | Iron Ship | 3 August 1875 |
| Tern | 69 | | | Iron Screw 3 mast Steamer | 16 August 1875 |
| Curlew | 65 | | R. A. Mudie | Screw steamer | 8 February 1875 |
| Condor | 71 | 500 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Iron Screw Steamer | 14 December 1875 |
| Hawk | 72 | | | Iron Screw Steamer | 23 October 1875 |
| Oaklands | 73 | 1000 tons | | Iron Ship | 28 March 1876 |
| Gijon | 70 | 736 tons | Senor Polo of Gijon | Iron Screw Steamer | 2 August 1875 |
| Stracathro | 75 | 1200 tons | | Iron "Clipper" Ship | 21 August 1876 |
| Arthurstone | 76 | | | Iron Clipper Ship | 18 October 1876 |
| Aurora | 77 | | | Screw Steamer | 25 July 1876 |
| Strathtay | 78 | 1300 tons | William Thomson of Dundee | Steam Ship | 13 January 1877 |
| Britannia | 79 | 950 tons | London Shipping Company | Iron Screw Steamer | 17 March 1877 |
| SS Bonnie Dundee | 80 | 300 tons | | Screw Steamer | 2 March 1877 |
| Barcelona | 81 | 1850 tons | William Thomson, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 21 March 1878 |
| John O’Groat | 82 | | | Screw Steamer | 28 May 1877 |
| Mayfield | 83 | | | Screw Steamer | 28 July 1877 |
| Curfew | 84 | 800 tons | R. A. Mudie and Sons, coal merchants, Dundee | Screw Steamer | 8 September 1877 |
| Diamond | 85 | 620 tons | P.M. Duncan, coal merchant | Screw Steamer | 25 October 1877 |
| Emerald | 86 | 620 tons | P.M. Duncan, coal merchant | Steam Ship | 6 December 1877 |
| Kestrel | 87 | 950 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Iron Screw Steamer | 5 March 1878 |
| Loch Leven | 88 | 560 tons | | Screw Steamer | 20 April 1878 |
| Loch Awe | 89 | 560 tons | Ireland, Leitch and Company | Screw Steamer | 3 July 1878 |
| Richmond | 90 | | George Nicoll, Sydney | | 8 June 1878 |
| Loch Earn | 91 | | | Screw Steamer | 26 September 1878 |
| Balmuir | 92 | 1531 tons | John Machan, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 25 January 1879 |
| Lapwing | 93 | 1214 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Iron Screw Steamer | 6 March 1879 |
| Amethyst | 94 | 933 tons | P.M. Duncan, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 8 May 1879 |
| Aranco | 95 | 800 tons | Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool | Iron Screw Steamer | 24 April 1879 |
| Puchoco | 96 | 800 tons | Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool | Iron Screw Steamer | 18 June 1879 |
| Carlos | 97 | 846 tons | A. C. de Freitas and Company, Hamburg | Iron Screw Steamer | 22 July 1879 |
| Australian | 98 | 362 tons | G.B. Nicoll and Company, Sydney | Iron Screw Steamer | 4 September 1879 |
| Loch Garry | 99 | 949 tons | Ireland, Leitch and Company, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 13 January 1880 |
| Loch Maree | 100 | 947 tons | Ireland, Leitch and Company, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 25 February 1880 |
| Avlona | 101 | 1953 tons | William Thomson, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 27 April 1880 |
| Lismore | 102 | 339 tons | G. and B. Nicoll, Sydney | Iron Screw Steamer | 10 February 1880 |
| Garnet | 103 | 1004 tons | P.M. Duncan, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 22 May 1880 |
| Spey | 104 | 1004 tons | George Armistead and Company, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 22 June 1880 |
| Loch Rannoch | 105 | 1642 tons | Ireland, Leitch and Company, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 21 September 1880 |
| Ganges | 106 | 2360 tons | David Bruce and Company, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 17 November 1880 |
| Carmona | 107 | 3715 tons | William Thomson, Dundee | Iron Screw Steamer | 28 April 1881 |
| Waverley | 108 | 3096 tons | Williamson, Milligan and Company, Liverpool | Iron Screw Steamer | 28 July 1881 |
| Merton Hall | 109 | 4140 tons | Alexander and Radcliffe’s Hall Line, Liverpool | Steel Screw Steamer | 22 December 1881 |
| Casino | 110 | 425 tons | B.B. Nicoll, Sydney | Iron Screw Steamer | 21 February 1882 |
| Mallard | 111 | 1296 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Iron Screw Steamer | 4 May 1882 |
| Helen Nicoll | 112 | 284 tons | George Nicoll, Brisbane | Iron Screw Steamer | 21 February 1882 |
| Aston Hall | 113 | 3568 tons | Alexander and Radcliffe’s Hall Line, Liverpool | Iron Screw Steamer | 13 September 1882 |
| Isla | 114 | 1130 tons | North Sea Steamship Company, Dundee | | 19 June 1883 |
| Loch Tay | 115 | 1310 tons | Loch Line Company, Dundee | Steamship | 12 December 1882 |
| Eden Hall | 116 | 3610 tons | Alexander and Radcliffe’s Hall Line, Liverpool | Iron Screw Steamer | 25 April 1883 |
| Dundee | 117 | 1565 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 23 May 1883 |
| Peverill | 118 | 3036 tons | Williamson, Milligan and Company, Liverpool | Steel Screw Steamer | 9 February 1883 |
| Invertay | 119 | 1289 tons | Charles Barrie, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 15 September 1883 |
| Cygnet | 120 | 1272 tons | General Steam Navigation Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 20 September 1883 |
| Martos | 121 | 1503 tons | Senor Lister, Valencia | Iron Screw Steamer | 1 November 1883 |
| Indus | 122 | 2486 tons | David Bruce and Company, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 10 April 1884 |
| Dracona | 123 | 1903 tons | William Thomson and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 27 May 1884 |
| Escalona | 124 | 1904 tons | William Thomson and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 10 July 1884 |
| Abden | 135 | 376 tons | London and Kirkcaldy Shipping Company | | 2 October 1884 |
| Richmond | 126 | 628 tons | Messrs B. B. Nicoll and Company of Sydney | | 19 May 1885 |
| Loch Etive | 127 | 2315 tons | Dundee Loch Line Shipping Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 21 January 1886 |
| Dundee (III) | 128 | 1305 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 7 November 1885 |
| Dean | 129 | 1310 tons | North Sea Steam Shipping Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 21 May 1887 |
| Theodora | 130 | 477 tons | Mr. Morton, London | Steel Screw Steamer Yacht | 7 May 1887 |
| Grebe | 131 | 814 tons | General Steam Navigation Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 8 July 1887 |
| Fremona | 132 | 2900 tons | William Thomson and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 15 November 1887 |
| Gerona | 133 | 3100 tons | William Thomson and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 9 August 1888 |
| Ardle | 134 | 1390 tons | North Sea Steam Shipping Company, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 17 October 1888 |
| Dean | 135 | 1476 tons | George Armistead and Company, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 17 January 1889 |
| Oceana | 136 | 311 tons | William Watkins and Company, London | Iron Twin Screw Tug Steamer | 27 March 1889 |
| Loch Katrine | 137 | 1476 tons | Dundee Loch Line Steam Ship Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 3 April 1889 |
| Parkmore (or Queensmore?) | 138 | 3800 tons | William Johnston and Company, Liverpool | Steel Screw Steamer | 9 November 1890 |
| Circassie | 139 | 2241 tons | N. Pacquet and Company, Marseilles | Steel Screw Steamer | 19 February 1890 |
| Burrawong | 140 | 391 tons | John See, Sydney | Twin Screw Steamer | 12 September 1889 |
| Heron | 141 | 879 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Iron Screw Steamer | 21 December 1889 |
| America | 142 | 5020 tons | National Steamship Company, Liverpool. Largest vessel built in Dundee to date | Steel Hull 4 mast Steamer | 26 November 1890 |
| Hirondelle | 143 | 1610 tons | General Steam Navigation Company, London | Steel Screw Steamer | 7 May 1890 |
| Bullarra | 144 | 1725 tons | Adelaide Steamship Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 11 September 1890 |
| Massilia | 145 | 2965 tons | French Steam Navigation Company to trade between Marseille and New York | Steel Screw Steamer | 10 January 1891 |
| Ptarmigan | 146 | 780 tons | General Steam Navigation Company | Iron Screw Steamer | 28 January 1891 |
| Richard King | 147 | 327 tons | | Iron Twin Screw Tug Steamer | 22 June 1891 |
| Assistance | 148 | 214 tons | | Steel Screw Tug | 1891 |
| Mustang | 149 | 387 tons | Robert Thomson, Fenchurch Avenue, London | Steel Screw Steamer | 20 August 1891 |
| Athenai | 150 | 2404 tons | Companie Navigation a Vapeur Panhellenique, Piraeus | Steel Screw Steamer | 17 October 1891 |
| Sparti | 151 | 2404 tons | Companie Navigation a Vapeur Panhellenique, Piraeus | Steel Screw Steamer | 19 November 1891 |
| Byzantion | 152 | 2404 tons | Companie Navigation a Vapeur Panhellenique, Piraeus | Steel Screw Steamer | 14 January 1892 |
| London | 153 | 1737 tons | Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company | Steel Screw Steamer | 15 March 1892 |
| Dungeness | 154 | 1201 tons | Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow | Iron Screw Steamer | 12 May 1892 |
| Iona | 155 | 3343 tons | William Thomson and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 7 September 1892 |
| Matim | 156 | 3900 tons | R.A. Mudie and Sons, Dundee | Steel Screw Steamer | 3 April 1893 |
| Villam | 157 | 650 tons | Leopold Schwarz | Steel Screw Steamer | 15 August 1893 |
| Nour-el-Bahr | 158 | | Thomson and Campbell, London for Turkish owners | Steel Screw Steamer | 25 November 1893 |
| Scotia | 159 | 223 tons | Dundee Pleasure Boat Company | Paddle Steamer | 17 March 1894 |
| Fenerbahce | 160 | 286 tons | Joseph Constant of London for the Turkish Government | Paddle Steamer | 6 June 1894 |
| Haydarpascha | 161 | 286 tons | Joseph Constant of London for the Turkish Government | Paddle Steamer | 6 July 1894 |
| Juno | 162 | 760 tons | Straits Steamship Company, Singapore | Steel Screw Steamer | 24 May 1895 |
| Sardinia | 163 | 1100 tons | James Currie and Company, Leith | Steel Screw Steamer | 19 July 1895 |
| Oratios Couppas | 164 | 2550 tons | Nicolas Couppa, Marseilles | Single Screw Steel Steamer | 19 September 1895 |
| Puri | 165 | 936 tons | India Steam Navigation Company intended to trade between Calcutta and Chanballi | Twin Screw Steamer | 19 October 1895 |
| Progress | 166 | 68 tons | John P Bruce of Dundee | Screw Tug | 25 June 1895 |
| Pas De Carvalho | 167 | 459 tons | Amazon Steam Navigation Company of South America | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 18 December 1895 |
| Antonia Olyntho | 168 | 459 tons | Amazon Steam Navigation Company, Paraguay | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 11 January 1896 |
| Daniel Erno | 169 | 644 tons | Leopold Schwartz, Buda-Pesth | Steel Screw Steamer | 30 March 1896 |
| Rotterdam | 170 | 1091 tons | James Rankine and Son, Glasgow and Grangemouth | Steel Screw Steamer | 11 August 1896 |
| Hesperus | 171 | 570 tons | Commissioners of Northern Lights | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 22 October 1896 |
| Excelsior | 172 | 290 tons | G. Nicoll of Sydney | | 17 February 1897 |
| Fenchurch | 174 | 3290 tons | David Bruce and Company, Dundee and London | Screw Steamer | 16 July 1897 |
| Euro | 175 | 235 tons | David Bruce and Company, London for the Adelaide Steam Tug Company | Steel Screw Tug | 22 April 1897 |
| SS Batavier II | 176 | 1140 tons | Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Netherlands Steamboat Company), Rotterdam | Steel Screw Steamer | 17 August 1897 |
| SS Batavier III | 177 | 1140 tons | Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Netherlands Steamboat Company), Rotterdam | Steel Screw Steamer | 14 September 1897 |
| Sir John | 178 | 400 tons | Government of Natal | Iron & Steel Twin Screw Tug | 1 June 1897 |
| Wellamo | 179 | 1035 tons | Finska Steamship Company, Helsingfors | Steel Screw Steamer | 25 November 1897 |
| Oihonna | 180 | 1025 tons | Finska Steamship Company, Finland | Steel Screw Steamer | 23 February 1898 |
| Eagle | 181 | 620 tons | General Steam Navigation Company of London. For passenger traffic on the Thames | Paddle steamer | 6 April 1898 |
| Coburg | 182 | 930 tons | James Currie and Company | Steel Screw Steamer 3 mast | 2 July 1898 |
| SS Arcturus | 183 | 2050 tons | Finska Steamship Company, Helsingfors, Finland | Steel Screw Steamer | 1 October 1898 |
| Polaris | 184 | 2050 tons | Finska Steamship Company, Helsingfors | Screw Steamer | 15 December 1898 |
| Zealandia | 185 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 29 March 1899 |
| Minto | 186 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 12 July 1899 |
| Belvoir Castle | 187 | | | Steel Screw Ketch | 27 February 1899 |
| Dreadnought | 188 | | | Trawler | 24 March 1899 |
| Marwarri | 189 | | | | 16 December 1899 |
| Defender | 190 | | | Steel Screw Trawler | 24 March 1899 |
| Taymouth | 191 | | | Trawler, Steel Screw Ketch | 1899 |
| Tayside | 192 | | | Trawler | 27 May 1899 |
| Ngapuhi | 193 | 680 | Northern Steamship Company | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 18 April 1900 |
| Norfolk | 194 | | | Paddle steamer | 25 April 1900 |
| Lady North | 195 | | | Twin Screw Steamer | 18 May 1900 |
| Bengali | 196 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 20 December 1900 |
| Monte Video | 197 | | | Single Screw | 3 July 1901 |
| Ingerid | 198 | | | Single Screw | 19 April 1901 |
| Kuranda | 199 | | | | 11 October 1901 |
| Harry Escombe | 200 | | | Steel & Iron Twin Screw Steamer | 14 November 1901 |
| SS Cromer | 201 | | | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 1902 |
| SS Brussels | 202 | | | Twin Screw Passenger Steamer | 26 March 1902 |
| Victoria | 203 | | | | 21 June 1902 |
| SS Batavier IV | 204 | | | | 17 October 1902 |
| SS Batavier V | 205 | | | | 28 November 1902 |
| Kirkcaldy | 206 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 13 December 1902 |
| Rarawa | 207 | 1072 | Northern Steamship Company | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 30 April 1903 |
| Yarmouth | 208 | | | Twin screw | 24 July 1903 |
| Cleethorpes | 209 | | | Paddle Steamer | 6 October 1903 |
| Alice | 210 | | | | 31 October 1903 |
| Neptune | 211 | | | Single Screw | 13 February 1904 |
| No 1 | 212 | | Great Central Railway | Tug | 1904 |
| No 2 | 213 | | Great Central Railway | Tug | 1904 |
| Den of Kelly | 214 | | | Single Screw | 3 February 1905 |
| Den of Mains | 215 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 5 June 1905 |
| SS Ada | 216 | | London and South Western Railway | Steel Screw Steamer | 4 April 1905 |
| Lismore | 217 | | | | 30 September 1905 |
| Rio Mar | 218 | | | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 19 September 1905 |
| SS Bertha | 219 | | London and South Western Railway | Screw Steamer | 9 November 1905 |
| Londres | 220 | | | Triple Screw Steamer | 7 April 1906 |
| Woodcock | 221 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 7 June 1906 |
| Phrygie | 223 | | Paquet and Co, Marseilles | | 15 November 1906 |
| Emanuel N. Underdown | 225 | | | Double ended ferry for Havana Harbour | 4 October 1906 |
| SS Princess Ena | 224 | 1198 | London and South Western Railway | Steel Twin Screw Steamer | 25 May 1906 |
| Registan | 222 | | | | 21 August 1906 |
| Ulimaroa | 226 | | | | 11 July 1907 |
| Atalanta | 227 | | | Twin Screw | 26 April 1907 |
| Titania | 228 | | | Steel Screw Steamer | 19 March 1908 |
| Baron Gautsch | 229 | | | Steel Triple Screw Steamer | 3 May 1908 |
| Prinz Hohenlohe | 230 | | | Triple Screw Steamer | 30 April 1908 |