LACONIA passenger 19680/1922 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
LACYDON see as TOURS
LADY CHARLOTTE freighter 3874/1915 in early 1930s
LADY DENISON PENDER cable steamer 1984/1920 in 1928, early '30s, '34 & '40 (1963 scrapped)
LADY ELIZABETH tug 165/1927 in 1920s & '32 (1970 wrecked)
LADY ESTHER yacht small motor ocean-going, at Miami in abt 1978
LADY OF THE ISLES tug 166/1875 in 1931
LADY PLYMOUTH see as RECINA
LADY SHARON see as LAURA
LAEVELD freighter 629/1918 in 1946 & '49 (1964 wrecked)
LAFAYETTE see as DRYDEN
LAFAYETTE see as NORMANDIE
LAFJORD see as TORLYN
LAFONIA see as SOUTHERN COAST
LAFONTAINE PARK freighter 7131/1943 in abt 1947 (1971 scrapped)
LAGANBANK freighter 5583/1930 in 1936 (1938 wrecked)
LAGO see as CONCORDIA LAGO
LAGUARDIA see as EMERALD SEAS
LAHNECK see as GIL EANES
LAHNSTEIN see as SUVERIC
LAKE ATLIN freighter 7163/1944 in 1947 (1969 wrecked)
LAKE CANIM freighter 7163/1944 in 1947 (1968 scrapped)
LAKE FALAMA see as HERISLE
LAKE KAMLOOPS freighter 7165/1944 in 1947 (1967/8 scrapped)
LAKE LILLOOET freighter 7159/1944 in 1947
LAKE MANITOU see as MOUNT ROBSON PARK
LAKESIDE see as LAKESIDE PARK
LAKESIDE PARK freighter 7149/1945 in 1945 (1958 wrecked)
LAKONIA see as SAMTRUSTY
LAKONIA see as JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
LALANDE see as SAMNID
LALANDE see as EMPIRE VOICE
LALANDE freighter 7453/1920 in 1945 (1959 scrapped)
LALANDIA passenger 4913/1927 in 1946 (1961 scrapped)
LALANDIA container ship 23972/1973 in 1980
LALI see as DANVIG
LAMMER LAW see as NAIRN
LAMONT HMS see as CLAN LAMONT
LANARKSHIRE HMT freighter 9816/1940 in 1940 (1963 scrapped)
LANCASHIRE (name uncertain) freighter in 1941
LANCASHIRE COAST freighter 1104/1920 in 1941
LANCASTER freighter 7516/1918 in 1937 & '41 (1942 wrecked)
LANCING whale-factory ship 7866/1898 in early 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
LAND'S END yacht, slg, with aux motor, on rnd wld cruise, at C.T. 1936
LANDANES see as SUDEROY III
LANDBREEZE see as STANWELL
LANDSDOWNE see as WILDENFELS
LANDVARD see as FORAFRIC
LANGEBAAN sv 100/pre 1915 in early 1930s (1933 wrecked)
LANGHOLM see as MADRAS CITY
LANGLAAGTE HMSAS see as ALBERT HULETT
LANGLAAGTE T.41 HMSAS minesweeper 250/1929 in 1941
LANGLAND see as GLADSTONE
LANGLEEBROOK freighter 4246/1930 in 1937
LANGLEECRAG freighter 4909/1929 in 1946
LANGLEEFORD freighter 4622/1925 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
LANGLEEMERE see as CREEMUIR
LANGLEETARN freighter 4908/1929 in 1937 (1960 wrecked)
LANGTON HALL see as CITY OF CARDIFF
LANGVIN see as GOS IX
LANIKAI see as MIDNIGHT
LAODAMAS see as AFGHANISTAN
LAPPLAND see as PEGASUS
LAPPLAND passenger 18565/1908 in abt 1931 (1934 scrapped)
LAPSEKI freighter small ro ro m.v. new in 1941
LARCHBANK freighter 5151/1925 in early 1930s, '36 & '41 (1943 torpedoed)
LARENBERG freighter 3713/1941 in 1947
LARGS BAY HMS armed merchant cruiser 14182/1921 in 1940 & '41 (1957 scrapped)
LARPOOL freighter 3872/1924 in late 1920s (1941 torpedoed)
LARRIVET see as P.L.M.14
LARS KRUSE freighter 1807/1923 in 1931 (1943 explosion)
LARS RIISDAHL sailing vessel 142/1904 in abt 1929, early, mid & late '30s (1942 sunk by gunfire))
LARVIKSFJORD see as KAAPAREN
LAS VEGAS see as ILLINOIS
LASKARA trawler 1479/1968 in 1981
LASSI see as LEOPOLD L.D.
LASTA see as SENGA
LATERNA trawler 1435/1973 in 1981
LATO see as LOMMAREN
LAURA see as ROTHESAY CASTLE
LAURA freighter 1471/1933 in early 1930s (1966 scrapped)
LAURA freighter 7213/1960 in 1980 (1980 scrapped)
LAURA DAN see as LAURA
LAURA LAURO freighter 5787/1912 in early 1930s (1950 scrapped)
LAUREL see as DERRYCLARE
LAUREL tanker 9770/1930 in 1933 (1959 scrapped)
LAURENTIC passenger 18724/1927 in 1930s (1940 torpedoed)
LAUTARO freighter 6240/1915 in 1932
LAUTERFELS freighter 6310/1921 in early 1930s (1942 mined)
LAUWERZEE tug 262/1930 in 1938
LAVADARA see as LAKE KAMLOOPS
LAVINGTON COURT freighter 5372/1940 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
LAVINIA see as SLOYNE
LAWBEATH see as BUCCARI
LAWHILL sailing vessel 2816/1892 in 1946 & '47 (1957 scrapped)
LE COQ tanker 3431/1895 in 1932
LE MAIRE passenger 3271/1908 in late 1920s/early '30s (1942 torpedoed)
LE NORVEGIEN see as CARABAO
LE TESTERAIN see as SACIP 1
LEA see as MASSALIA
LEANDROS see as CRAGPOOL
LEAPAUL see as PHOEBUS
LEASIDE PARK see as LAKE LILLOOET
LEDA tanker 8546/1925 in 1936 (1942 torpedoed)
LEDAAL see as THORSCAPE
LEDSUND see as HESPERIA
LEEUKOP fishing vessel/1947 in 1949
LEFKIPOS see as WEARPOOL
LEFTRIC see as JACOB H. GALLINGER
LEGATION see as PORT JACKSON
LEGATIONSRATH see as ENTERPRISE
LEICESTERSHIRE see as BRITISH EXHIBITOR
LEICESTERSHIRE passenger 8299/1909 in abt 1931 (1941 sunk by raider)
LEIGHTON freighter 7412/1921 in 1931
LEILA freighter 13543/1969 in 1985
LEILANI see as EMERALD SEAS
LEISE MAERSK freighter 3136/1921 in late 1920s (1940 torpedoed)
LEJEUNE see as WINDHUK
LEKSVEER see as KARIN
LEME freighter 8059/1925 in early 1030s (abt1962 scrapped)
LEO DAWSON see as ROSEDEN
LEON see as KING CITY
LEON DE NERVO see as BARRINGTON COURT
LEON FALK JR see as WINTER HILL
LEONARDO DA VINCI ltn battleship 22380displacement/1911 in 1916 upside down (1916 explosion)
LEONIDAS freighter 4373/1928 in 1941 (1959 scrapped)
LEONIDAS POLK freighter 7191/1943 in 1946 (1964 scrapped)
LEOPOLDT L.D. freighter 5267/1933 in 1937 (1970 scrapped)
LEOPOLDVILLE HMT passenger 11509/1929 in 1941 (1944 torpedoed)
LEPANTO see as CITY OF RIPON
LEPANTO freighter 6394/1915 in late 1920s/early '30s (1942 torpedoed)
LEROS see as BRITISH SAILOR
LETITIA LYKES freighter 6115/1944 in 1947 (1970 scrapped)
LETO see as ATHENS EXPRESS
LETO freighter 4712/1929 in early & late 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
LEUNA freighter 6856/1928 in 1928 (1970 scrapped)
LEUTNANT see as INCOMATI
LEVENBRIDGE freighter 4310/1928 in early 1930s (1958 foundered)
LEVENPOOL freighter 4844/1911 in early 1930s (1934 scrapped)
LEVENSAU see as FRONTIER
LEVERNBANK freighter 5150/1925 in early 1930s (1958 scrapped)
LEVIATHAN US Navy transport 59956/1914 in 1920s (1938 scrapped)
LIANA see as GIEKERK
LIANA freighter 6400/1914 in early 1930s (1949 scrapped)
LIBERAL freighter 333/1904 in 1938
LIBERTADOR see as NATICA
LIBERTAS fishing vessel 287/1980 in 1983
LIBERTE see as EUROPA
LIDINGO see as SKAGERN
LIDINGO see as BELLONA
LIDVARD see as DUNAFRIC
LIEGE passenger sternwheel steamship on Congo River in 1942
LIEUTENANT DE LA TOUR freighter 5700/1917 in 1939 (1952 wrecked)
LIEUTENANT J. LE MEUR freighter 7240/1943 in late 1940s (1966 scrapped)
LIEUTENANT JEAN LAURENT see as COGANDALE
LIEUTENANT ST. LOUBERT BIE freighter 6126/1911 in late 1930s
LIGHTER No. 11 in 1938 at Mossel Bay
LIGHTFOOT freighter 1894/1922 in abt 1931 (1962 scrapped)
LIKODYN trawler 1481/1969 in 1982 (1989 sunk in storm)
LIKOMUR trawler 1485/1970 in 1980
LILIAN see as KOOKABURRA
LILLE see as THOR MINOR
LILLOIS see as STUDENT
LIMOUSIN see as NORE
LIMPOPO freighter 647/1930 in 1930 & mid '30s
LINA L.D. see as MICHAEL J. GOULANDRIS
LINA L.D. freighter 6590/1921 in 1932 (1944 wrecked)
LINARIA trawler 360/1961 in 1980 & '81
LINDA see as KING S. WOOLSEY
LINDA GIOVANNA see as BRACONDA
LINDA MARIE CTA 136 mfv at Cape Town 1985
LINDENBANK freighter 5057/1930 in early 1930s (1939 wrecked)
LINDENFELS see as MANGKALIHAT
LINDENFELS freighter 8457/1928 in early & late 1930s (1943 torpedoed)
LINGA I see as LOBO
LINGA II see as HAVORN II
LINGESTROOM see as GRIQUA
LINGFIELD freighter 1002/1917 in 1938 (1941 sunk in collision)
LINGUIST see as UNISOL
L'INTERPECHE see as KOSMOS V
LIONHEART freighter 5940/1960 in abt 1978
LIPSCOMB LYKES freighter 7855/145 in 1945 (1972 scrapped)
LIPSOS see as OVID
LISBOA see as CITY OF LUCKNOW
LISBOA passenger 7459/1910 in 1910 (1910 wrecked)
LISE see as BELNOR
LISE tanker 6826/1931 in early 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
LISITA tanker 8484/1945 in 1947 (1972 scrapped)
LISS tanker 5932/1921 in 1940 & '41 (1964 scrapped)
LITA see as OTAVI
LITIOPA tanker 5356/1917 in 1933 (1943 sunk by gunfire)
LITVA passenger 5035/1960 in 1980 (1989 sunk in storm)
LIU O see as DUCHESSA D'AOSTA
LIVENZA freighter 5343/1922 in late 1920s/early '30s (1944 war loss)
LIVERPOOL MARU see as WILDENFELS
LIVIA freighter 7176/1943 in 1950 (1968 scrapped)
LIVINGSTONE freighter liquid gas 1270/1968 in 1985
LIVNO see as LUCIJANA
LJESTERO see as MALMEN
LLANASHE freighter 4836/1936 in 1938 (1943 torpedoed)
LLANBERIS freighter 5055/1928 in 1936
LLANDAFF freighter 4825/1937 in 1938 & '40 (1959 scrapped)
LLANDAFF CASTLE passenger 10799/1926 in abt 1929, early & late '30s (1942 torpedoed)
LLANDILO freighter 4966/1928 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
LLANDOVERY CASTLE passenger 10640/1925 in early & late 1930s, '40 & as HMHS in '41 (1953 scrapped)
LLANGIBBY CASTLE passenger 11951/1929 in 1929, early, mid & late '30s (1954 scrapped)
LLANGOLLEN freighter 5056/1928 in 1937
LLANSTEPHAN CASTLE passenger 11348/1914 in 1928, '29 early '30s, '39, '40 & as HMT in '41 (1952 scrapped)
LLANWERN freighter 4966/1928 in 1937 (1941 bombed)
LLOYD JACKSONVILLE see as NEPTUNE
LOANDA passenger 5139/1900 in late 1930s
LOANNA see as SKUDD 2
LOBELIA trawler 812/1971 in abt 1975, '80 & '83
LOBITO see as SUDEROY 1
LOBNITZ see as ROCKBREAKER NO. 2
LOBO small whale catcher 155/1912 in 1928
LOBO small steamboat at Funchal in 1933
LOCH ARD HMS see as TRANSVAAL HMSAS
LOCH BOISDALE HMS see as GOOD HOPE HMSAS
LOCH CREE HMS see as NATAL HMSAS
LOCH RANZA freighter 4958/1934 in 1937 (1942 bombed)
LOCH RYAN sailing vessel 210/1913 in 1933
LOCH TAY see as JOSE DE LARRINAGA
LOCHEE freighter 964/1937 in 1938
LOCHYBANK see as EMPIRE HONDURAS
LOCKSLEY HALL see as CITY OF AGRA
LOGICIAN freighter 5983/1928 in early 1930s & '39 (1941 bombed)
LOHENGRIN see as SHEARWATER BAY
LOMAS freighter 5256/1919 in 1932
LOMBARDIA see as RESOLUTE
LOMBARDIER see as CHISWICK MANOR
LOMMAREN freighter 3880/1952 in 1952
LONA see as JULIA
LONDON ARTISAN see as COOMBE HILL
LONDON BREEZE see as QUEEN ADELAIDE
LONDON BREEZE see as GOLDEN BRIDGE
LONDON CITY coal hulk 3712/1896 in abt 1930 & '33 (1942 bombed)
LONDON COMMERCE see as COLLEGIAN
LONDON CORPORATION see as BENLOMOND
LONDON EXCHANGE freighter 6640/1921 in 1938 (1954 scrapped)
LONDON MARU freighter 7191/1921 in early 1930s (1944 bombed)
LONDON SHIPPER see as STATESMAN
LONDONDERRY HMS sloop 990displacement/1935 in 1939 (1948 scrapped)
LONE STAR freighter 5101/1919 in 1941 (1953 scrapped)
LONE STAR STATE see as PRESIDENT HARDING
LONGFORD see as FORT ST.PAUL
LOPPERSUM see as SKY
LOPPERSUM see as HARPALYCE
LORD BRENTFORD see as ORANJEZICHT
LORD CHURCH see as KINDAT
LORD CROMER see as HALESIUS
LORD DEVONPORT see as MOLLY MAWK
LORD GLENTORAN see as DALDORCH
LORD GUILFORD see as JENNY MOLLER
LORD O'NEILL see as DALHANNA
LORD RITCHIE see as DUYKER
LORD SEFTON see as ESSEX ABBEY
LORENTZ BRUUN see as POL V
LORIGA freighter 6665/1919 in 1932
LORNA see as BARON TWEEDMOUTH
LORNASTON freighter 4934/1925 in 1940 (1945 torpedoed)
LORRAINE see as ARGUS
LOS ANGELES see as ACT 2
LOSINJ see as HELMSTRATH
LOSINO see as HELMSTRATH
LOSNA freighter, wreck, 4187/1904 in 1921 & '22 (1921 wrecked)
LOSSIEBANK freighter 5627/1930 in 1937, '41 & early '50s (1962 scrapped)
LOTHAIR ycht, small local sailing at Cape Town in 1933
LOTHIAN HMS see as CITY OF EDINBURGH
LOTHRINGEN see as SOUTHERN KING
LOUDON HILL see as GULLMARN
LOUIE ROSE freighter 1596/1924 in 1932
LOUIS L.D. 5796/1936 in 1948
LOUISBOURG PARK freighter 7160/1944 in 1946 (1960 scrapped)
LOUISE MOLLER see as RAPIDOL HMS
LOUISIANA see as SULTAN
LOUISIANA see as EVERENE
LOULA NOMIKOS freighter 7176/1943 in 1948 & '51 (1963 scrapped)
LOURENCO MARQUES passenger 6298/1905 in abt 1928, early '30s & '49 (1951 scrapped)
LOURENS MULLER tug 430/1979 in 1981 & '82 & '85
LOUVAIN see as EVERENE
LOVERSUN see as SKY
LOVIMA see as STAR XIV
LOWENBURG see as TENBURY
LOWLANDER see as LEME
LOYOLA see as NORLYS
LUCAS BOLS 1 see as IOANNIS P.
LUCELLUM tanker 9425/1938 in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
LUCERIC freighter 6681/1919 in late 1920s/early '30s (1938 wrecked)
LUCERNA tanker 6556/1930 in 1939 ((1959 scrapped)
LUCIA HMS sub depot shp 3899/1907 in abt 1931 (1951 scrapped)
LUCIE DELMAS container shp 20394/1978 in 1985
LUCIE WOERMANN see as AVIATEUR ROLAND GARROS
LUCIJANA freighter 4062/1928 in 1941
LUCILINE tanker 3788/1899 in 1930
LUCISTON freighter 5017/1924 in 1938 (1942 torpedoed)
LUCKY see as ANGLO INDIAN
LUCRINO see as AFGHANISTAN
LUCULUS tanker 6546/1929 in 1940
LUDENDORFF see as MECKLENBURG
LUDWIG WIENER HM armed tug 658/1913 in 1914 & in commercial service in late 1920s, early, mid & late '30s, early, mid & late '40s & early '50s (1965 scrapped)
LUGELA see as DORTMUND
LUGELA freighter 5224/1926 in 1946
LUISE BERGMANN sailing vessel 282/1918 in 1932
LUISE BORNHOFFEN freighter 3126/1924 in 1953
LUKOELA Congo River cargo steamship at Leopoldville in 1942
LULCA see as KABINGA
LUMANE passenger 854/1939 in 1939
LUMEN tanker 6483/1925 in 1931 (1943 torpedoed)
LUNA freighter 172/1893 in late 1920s, '37 & as wreck in 1940s (1945 wrecked)
LUNDBY see as SAGA
LUNEBURG freighter 5828/1914 in early 1930s & '37 (1946 scrapped)
LURLINE see as RADNIK
LUSITANIA passenger 31550/1907 in pre WW1 (1915 torpedoed)
LUSO freighter 6207/1912 in 1928 (1955 scrapped)
LUSTROUS tanker 6156/1927 in late 1930s (1941 sunk by raider)
LUXMI passenger 4148/1924 in late 1920s/early 1930s (1961 scrapped)
LUXOR see as NICOLAOU ZOGRAFIA
LUXOR tanker 6554/1930 in 1940 (1965 scrapped)
LUXPALILE see as WOLVERINE
LYCAON freighter 7350/1913 in 1940 (1952 scrapped)
LYCIA freighter 2364/1924 in 1937 (1941 scrapped)
LYDIA see as DUNTROON
LYKAVITOS see as CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
LYLEPARK freighter 5186/1929 in early 1930s (1942 sunk by raider)
LYMINGE see as GEORGE J. GOULANDRIS
LYNGENFJORD freighter 5627/1913 wreck in 1938 (1938 wrecked)
LYNGHAUG freighter 2829/1919 in 1940 (1944 scuttled)
LYRA see as CETRA LYRA
LYRAS see as AVON BRIDGE & BRADCLYDE
LYRAS freighter 5685/1918 in 1946 (1953 scrapped)
Where known, the fate of the ship is shown in brackets