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Armed Merchant Cruisers

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Introduction

During WW1, the problem of providing ships to man a blockade of the "gap" between the UK, Iceland and Greenland had been solved using armed merchant cruisers (AMCs). The same approach was followed during WW2 and many merchant ships were requisitioned for this purpose.

This page provides a list of these ships.

Maintaining this list

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Table of AMCs in WW2

AMCs in WW2

Name Type Name Type
Alaunia Oil fired - steam Alcantara Oil fired - steam
Andania Oil fired - steam Antenor Oil fired - steam
Arawa Oil fired - steam Ascania Oil fired - steam
Asturias Oil fired - steam Aurania Oil fired - steam
Ausonia Oil fired - steam California Oil fired - steam
Canton Oil fired - steam Carinthia Oil fired - steam
Carthage Oil fired - steam Cathay Oil fired - steam
Chitral Oil fired - steam Cormorin Oil fired - steam
Corfu Oil fired - steam Esperance Bay Oil fired - steam
Forfar Oil fired - steam Hector Oil fired - steam
Jervis Bay Oil fired - steam Laconia Oil fired - steam
Letitia Oil fired - steam Maloja (2) Oil fired - steam
Monowai Oil fired - steam Montclare Oil fired - steam
Mooltan Oil fired - steam Moretan Bay Oil fired - steam
Prince David Oil fired - steam Prince Henry Oil fired - steam
Prince Robert Oil fired - steam Queen of Bermuda Oil fired - steam
Rajputana Oil fired - steam Ranchi Oil fired - steam
Ranpura Oil fired - steam Rawalpindi Oil fired - steam
Scotstoun Oil fired - steam Transylvania Oil fired - steam
Voltaire Oil fired - steam Wolfe Oil fired - steam
Laurentic Coal fired - steam Aurentic Coal fired - steam
Patrpclus Coal fired - steam Bulolo Diesel engined
Carnavon Castle Diesel engined Cheshire Diesel engined
Cilicia Diesel engined Circassia Diesel engined
Derbyshire Diesel engined Dunnottar Castle Diesel engined
Dunvegan Castle Diesel engined Kanimbla Diesel engined
Manoora Diesel engined Pretoria Castle Diesel engined
Salopian Diesel engined Westralia Diesel engined
Worcestershire Diesel engined


References

  1. Article by Arnold Hague - exact origin is not known


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