Cameron-class steamship
The Cameron-class steamships were a class of UK cargo twin-screw steamships. They were designed for Clan Line and were also used by Scottish Shire Line and the Royal Navy. The Greenock Dockyard Company built all members of the class except "Ocean Courier", which the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation built in Maine, USA. Most members of the class had two triple-expansion engines, each coupled to a low-pressure exhaust steam turbine. The exceptions were "Lanarkshire", which was built with six turbines and no reciprocating engines, and "Ocean Courier", which was built with two reciprocating  engines but no turbines. Clan Line ships. 15 ships: 9 sunk, Shire Line ships. Two members of the class were built for Scottish Shire Line, which was closely associated with Clan Line: Royal Navy ships. The Admiralty requisitioned three members of the class for the Royal Navy in 1942 while they were being built: