John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre

John H Marsh Maritime Collection

A catalogue of a collection of 18000 photographs of 9200 ships taken in South Africa
mainly between 1921 and 1953

Prints from the original negatives are available for purchase

Information in order of Name,Type,Displacement in tons,Date of launch,Date of photographs,Fate where known

Ships with names beginning with the letter "L"

  1. L.71 submarine 960displacement/1919 in 1929 (1938 scrapped)
  2. L.A. CHRISTENSEN freighter 4362/1925 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  3. L.A. DICKINSON pilot bt 107/1976 in 1985
  4. L.H. MCNELLY see as ZEEMAN
  5. L.R. WARREN drgdr 835/1976 in 1985
  6. LA BRETONNIERE see as GREETINGS
  7. LA CORDILLERA frt 6330/1947 in 1948 (1972 scrapped)
  8. LA GRANDE VICTORY see as WATERMAN
  9. LA GRANDIERE Fr cruiser 2156dis fl/1937 in 1953 (1959 scrapped)
  10. LA GUAYRA see as WINSTON-SALEM
  11. LA HABRA see as ESTURIA
  12. LA LAGUNA see as BETELGEUSE & JEAN L.D.
  13. LA LIGURA see as INVERBANK
  14. LA LOMA see as AEGEAN SUN
  15. LA PAMPA freighter 4149/1938 in 1953 (1968 scrapped)
  16. LA PEROUSSE see as TROJAN STAR
  17. LA PLATA MARU passenger 7267/1926 in early 1930s & '36 (1944 torpedoed)
  18. LA PRIMAVERA freighter 25552/1979 in 1980
  19. LA QUINTA see as LOUIS L.D.
  20. LA RIOJA freighter 7236/1976 in 1980
  21. LA SALLE PARK see as TRILAND
  22. LA VALETTA see as CLAN RANALD
  23. LABRINCHA see as JOHANNES
  24. LABRUS drgr 2097/1911 in 1935, '37, '38, '39 & '40s (1949 scrapped)
  25. LABUAN BAY see as CLAN MACKINNON
  26. LACERTA trawler 2691/1969 in 1980
  27. LACKLAN see as VACUOLINE
  28. LACONIA passenger 19680/1922 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
  29. LACYDON see as TOURS
  30. LADY CHARLOTTE freighter 3874/1915 in early 1930s
  31. LADY DENISON PENDER cable steamer 1984/1920 in 1928, early '30s, '34 & '40 (1963 scrapped)
  32. LADY ELIZABETH tug 165/1927 in 1920s & '32 (1970 wrecked)
  33. LADY ESTHER yacht small motor ocean-going, at Miami in abt 1978
  34. LADY OF THE ISLES tug 166/1875 in 1931
  35. LADY PLYMOUTH see as RECINA
  36. LADY SHARON see as LAURA
  37. LAEVELD freighter 629/1918 in 1946 & '49 (1964 wrecked)
  38. LAFAYETTE see as DRYDEN
  39. LAFAYETTE see as NORMANDIE
  40. LAFJORD see as TORLYN
  41. LAFONIA see as SOUTHERN COAST
  42. LAFONTAINE PARK freighter 7131/1943 in abt 1947 (1971 scrapped)
  43. LAGANBANK freighter 5583/1930 in 1936 (1938 wrecked)
  44. LAGO see as CONCORDIA LAGO
  45. LAGUARDIA see as EMERALD SEAS
  46. LAHNECK see as GIL EANES
  47. LAHNSTEIN see as SUVERIC
  48. LAKE ATLIN freighter 7163/1944 in 1947 (1969 wrecked)
  49. LAKE CANIM freighter 7163/1944 in 1947 (1968 scrapped)
  50. LAKE FALAMA see as HERISLE
  51. LAKE KAMLOOPS freighter 7165/1944 in 1947 (1967/8 scrapped)
  52. LAKE LILLOOET freighter 7159/1944 in 1947
  53. LAKE MANITOU see as MOUNT ROBSON PARK
  54. LAKESIDE see as LAKESIDE PARK
  55. LAKESIDE PARK freighter 7149/1945 in 1945 (1958 wrecked)
  56. LAKONIA see as SAMTRUSTY
  57. LAKONIA see as JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
  58. LALANDE see as SAMNID
  59. LALANDE see as EMPIRE VOICE
  60. LALANDE freighter 7453/1920 in 1945 (1959 scrapped)
  61. LALANDIA passenger 4913/1927 in 1946 (1961 scrapped)
  62. LALANDIA container ship 23972/1973 in 1980
  63. LALI see as DANVIG
  64. LAMMER LAW see as NAIRN
  65. LAMONT HMS see as CLAN LAMONT
  66. LANARKSHIRE HMT freighter 9816/1940 in 1940 (1963 scrapped)
  67. LANCASHIRE (name uncertain) freighter in 1941
  68. LANCASHIRE COAST freighter 1104/1920 in 1941
  69. LANCASTER freighter 7516/1918 in 1937 & '41 (1942 wrecked)
  70. LANCING whale-factory ship 7866/1898 in early 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
  71. LAND'S END yacht, slg, with aux motor, on rnd wld cruise, at C.T. 1936
  72. LANDANES see as SUDEROY III
  73. LANDBREEZE see as STANWELL
  74. LANDSDOWNE see as WILDENFELS
  75. LANDVARD see as FORAFRIC
  76. LANGEBAAN sv 100/pre 1915 in early 1930s (1933 wrecked)
  77. LANGHOLM see as MADRAS CITY
  78. LANGLAAGTE HMSAS see as ALBERT HULETT
  79. LANGLAAGTE T.41 HMSAS minesweeper 250/1929 in 1941
  80. LANGLAND see as GLADSTONE
  81. LANGLEEBROOK freighter 4246/1930 in 1937
  82. LANGLEECRAG freighter 4909/1929 in 1946
  83. LANGLEEFORD freighter 4622/1925 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
  84. LANGLEEMERE see as CREEMUIR
  85. LANGLEETARN freighter 4908/1929 in 1937 (1960 wrecked)
  86. LANGTON HALL see as CITY OF CARDIFF
  87. LANGVIN see as GOS IX
  88. LANIKAI see as MIDNIGHT
  89. LAODAMAS see as AFGHANISTAN
  90. LAPPLAND see as PEGASUS
  91. LAPPLAND passenger 18565/1908 in abt 1931 (1934 scrapped)
  92. LAPSEKI freighter small ro ro m.v. new in 1941
  93. LARCHBANK freighter 5151/1925 in early 1930s, '36 & '41 (1943 torpedoed)
  94. LARENBERG freighter 3713/1941 in 1947
  95. LARGS BAY HMS armed merchant cruiser 14182/1921 in 1940 & '41 (1957 scrapped)
  96. LARPOOL freighter 3872/1924 in late 1920s (1941 torpedoed)
  97. LARRIVET see as P.L.M.14
  98. LARS KRUSE freighter 1807/1923 in 1931 (1943 explosion)
  99. LARS RIISDAHL sailing vessel 142/1904 in abt 1929, early, mid & late '30s (1942 sunk by gunfire))
  100. LARVIKSFJORD see as KAAPAREN
  101. LAS VEGAS see as ILLINOIS
  102. LASKARA trawler 1479/1968 in 1981
  103. LASSI see as LEOPOLD L.D.
  104. LASTA see as SENGA
  105. LATERNA trawler 1435/1973 in 1981
  106. LATO see as LOMMAREN
  107. LAURA see as ROTHESAY CASTLE
  108. LAURA freighter 1471/1933 in early 1930s (1966 scrapped)
  109. LAURA freighter 7213/1960 in 1980 (1980 scrapped)
  110. LAURA DAN see as LAURA
  111. LAURA LAURO freighter 5787/1912 in early 1930s (1950 scrapped)
  112. LAUREL see as DERRYCLARE
  113. LAUREL tanker 9770/1930 in 1933 (1959 scrapped)
  114. LAURENTIC passenger 18724/1927 in 1930s (1940 torpedoed)
  115. LAUTARO freighter 6240/1915 in 1932
  116. LAUTERFELS freighter 6310/1921 in early 1930s (1942 mined)
  117. LAUWERZEE tug 262/1930 in 1938
  118. LAVADARA see as LAKE KAMLOOPS
  119. LAVINGTON COURT freighter 5372/1940 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  120. LAVINIA see as SLOYNE
  121. LAWBEATH see as BUCCARI
  122. LAWHILL sailing vessel 2816/1892 in 1946 & '47 (1957 scrapped)
  123. LE COQ tanker 3431/1895 in 1932
  124. LE MAIRE passenger 3271/1908 in late 1920s/early '30s (1942 torpedoed)
  125. LE NORVEGIEN see as CARABAO
  126. LE TESTERAIN see as SACIP 1
  127. LEA see as MASSALIA
  128. LEANDROS see as CRAGPOOL
  129. LEAPAUL see as PHOEBUS
  130. LEASIDE PARK see as LAKE LILLOOET
  131. LEDA tanker 8546/1925 in 1936 (1942 torpedoed)
  132. LEDAAL see as THORSCAPE
  133. LEDSUND see as HESPERIA
  134. LEEUKOP fishing vessel/1947 in 1949
  135. LEFKIPOS see as WEARPOOL
  136. LEFTRIC see as JACOB H. GALLINGER
  137. LEGATION see as PORT JACKSON
  138. LEGATIONSRATH see as ENTERPRISE
  139. LEICESTERSHIRE see as BRITISH EXHIBITOR
  140. LEICESTERSHIRE passenger 8299/1909 in abt 1931 (1941 sunk by raider)
  141. LEIGHTON freighter 7412/1921 in 1931
  142. LEILA freighter 13543/1969 in 1985
  143. LEILANI see as EMERALD SEAS
  144. LEISE MAERSK freighter 3136/1921 in late 1920s (1940 torpedoed)
  145. LEJEUNE see as WINDHUK
  146. LEKSVEER see as KARIN
  147. LEME freighter 8059/1925 in early 1030s (abt1962 scrapped)
  148. LEO DAWSON see as ROSEDEN
  149. LEON see as KING CITY
  150. LEON DE NERVO see as BARRINGTON COURT
  151. LEON FALK JR see as WINTER HILL
  152. LEONARDO DA VINCI ltn battleship 22380displacement/1911 in 1916 upside down (1916 explosion)
  153. LEONIDAS freighter 4373/1928 in 1941 (1959 scrapped)
  154. LEONIDAS POLK freighter 7191/1943 in 1946 (1964 scrapped)
  155. LEOPOLDT L.D. freighter 5267/1933 in 1937 (1970 scrapped)
  156. LEOPOLDVILLE HMT passenger 11509/1929 in 1941 (1944 torpedoed)
  157. LEPANTO see as CITY OF RIPON
  158. LEPANTO freighter 6394/1915 in late 1920s/early '30s (1942 torpedoed)
  159. LEROS see as BRITISH SAILOR
  160. LETITIA LYKES freighter 6115/1944 in 1947 (1970 scrapped)
  161. LETO see as ATHENS EXPRESS
  162. LETO freighter 4712/1929 in early & late 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
  163. LEUNA freighter 6856/1928 in 1928 (1970 scrapped)
  164. LEUTNANT see as INCOMATI
  165. LEVENBRIDGE freighter 4310/1928 in early 1930s (1958 foundered)
  166. LEVENPOOL freighter 4844/1911 in early 1930s (1934 scrapped)
  167. LEVENSAU see as FRONTIER
  168. LEVERNBANK freighter 5150/1925 in early 1930s (1958 scrapped)
  169. LEVIATHAN US Navy transport 59956/1914 in 1920s (1938 scrapped)
  170. LIANA see as GIEKERK
  171. LIANA freighter 6400/1914 in early 1930s (1949 scrapped)
  172. LIBERAL freighter 333/1904 in 1938
  173. LIBERTADOR see as NATICA
  174. LIBERTAS fishing vessel 287/1980 in 1983
  175. LIBERTE see as EUROPA
  176. LIDINGO see as SKAGERN
  177. LIDINGO see as BELLONA
  178. LIDVARD see as DUNAFRIC
  179. LIEGE passenger sternwheel steamship on Congo River in 1942
  180. LIEUTENANT DE LA TOUR freighter 5700/1917 in 1939 (1952 wrecked)
  181. LIEUTENANT J. LE MEUR freighter 7240/1943 in late 1940s (1966 scrapped)
  182. LIEUTENANT JEAN LAURENT see as COGANDALE
  183. LIEUTENANT ST. LOUBERT BIE freighter 6126/1911 in late 1930s
  184. LIGHTER No. 11 in 1938 at Mossel Bay
  185. LIGHTFOOT freighter 1894/1922 in abt 1931 (1962 scrapped)
  186. LIKODYN trawler 1481/1969 in 1982 (1989 sunk in storm)
  187. LIKOMUR trawler 1485/1970 in 1980
  188. LILIAN see as KOOKABURRA
  189. LILLE see as THOR MINOR
  190. LILLOIS see as STUDENT
  191. LIMOUSIN see as NORE
  192. LIMPOPO freighter 647/1930 in 1930 & mid '30s
  193. LINA L.D. see as MICHAEL J. GOULANDRIS
  194. LINA L.D. freighter 6590/1921 in 1932 (1944 wrecked)
  195. LINARIA trawler 360/1961 in 1980 & '81
  196. LINDA see as KING S. WOOLSEY
  197. LINDA GIOVANNA see as BRACONDA
  198. LINDA MARIE CTA 136 mfv at Cape Town 1985
  199. LINDENBANK freighter 5057/1930 in early 1930s (1939 wrecked)
  200. LINDENFELS see as MANGKALIHAT
  201. LINDENFELS freighter 8457/1928 in early & late 1930s (1943 torpedoed)
  202. LINGA I see as LOBO
  203. LINGA II see as HAVORN II
  204. LINGESTROOM see as GRIQUA
  205. LINGFIELD freighter 1002/1917 in 1938 (1941 sunk in collision)
  206. LINGUIST see as UNISOL
  207. L'INTERPECHE see as KOSMOS V
  208. LIONHEART freighter 5940/1960 in abt 1978
  209. LIPSCOMB LYKES freighter 7855/145 in 1945 (1972 scrapped)
  210. LIPSOS see as OVID
  211. LISBOA see as CITY OF LUCKNOW
  212. LISBOA passenger 7459/1910 in 1910 (1910 wrecked)
  213. LISE see as BELNOR
  214. LISE tanker 6826/1931 in early 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
  215. LISITA tanker 8484/1945 in 1947 (1972 scrapped)
  216. LISS tanker 5932/1921 in 1940 & '41 (1964 scrapped)
  217. LITA see as OTAVI
  218. LITIOPA tanker 5356/1917 in 1933 (1943 sunk by gunfire)
  219. LITVA passenger 5035/1960 in 1980 (1989 sunk in storm)
  220. LIU O see as DUCHESSA D'AOSTA
  221. LIVENZA freighter 5343/1922 in late 1920s/early '30s (1944 war loss)
  222. LIVERPOOL MARU see as WILDENFELS
  223. LIVIA freighter 7176/1943 in 1950 (1968 scrapped)
  224. LIVINGSTONE freighter liquid gas 1270/1968 in 1985
  225. LIVNO see as LUCIJANA
  226. LJESTERO see as MALMEN
  227. LLANASHE freighter 4836/1936 in 1938 (1943 torpedoed)
  228. LLANBERIS freighter 5055/1928 in 1936
  229. LLANDAFF freighter 4825/1937 in 1938 & '40 (1959 scrapped)
  230. LLANDAFF CASTLE passenger 10799/1926 in abt 1929, early & late '30s (1942 torpedoed)
  231. LLANDILO freighter 4966/1928 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
  232. LLANDOVERY CASTLE passenger 10640/1925 in early & late 1930s, '40 & as HMHS in '41 (1953 scrapped)
  233. LLANGIBBY CASTLE passenger 11951/1929 in 1929, early, mid & late '30s (1954 scrapped)
  234. LLANGOLLEN freighter 5056/1928 in 1937
  235. LLANSTEPHAN CASTLE passenger 11348/1914 in 1928, '29 early '30s, '39, '40 & as HMT in '41 (1952 scrapped)
  236. LLANWERN freighter 4966/1928 in 1937 (1941 bombed)
  237. LLOYD JACKSONVILLE see as NEPTUNE
  238. LOANDA passenger 5139/1900 in late 1930s
  239. LOANNA see as SKUDD 2
  240. LOBELIA trawler 812/1971 in abt 1975, '80 & '83
  241. LOBITO see as SUDEROY 1
  242. LOBNITZ see as ROCKBREAKER NO. 2
  243. LOBO small whale catcher 155/1912 in 1928
  244. LOBO small steamboat at Funchal in 1933
  245. LOCH ARD HMS see as TRANSVAAL HMSAS
  246. LOCH BOISDALE HMS see as GOOD HOPE HMSAS
  247. LOCH CREE HMS see as NATAL HMSAS
  248. LOCH RANZA freighter 4958/1934 in 1937 (1942 bombed)
  249. LOCH RYAN sailing vessel 210/1913 in 1933
  250. LOCH TAY see as JOSE DE LARRINAGA
  251. LOCHEE freighter 964/1937 in 1938
  252. LOCHYBANK see as EMPIRE HONDURAS
  253. LOCKSLEY HALL see as CITY OF AGRA
  254. LOGICIAN freighter 5983/1928 in early 1930s & '39 (1941 bombed)
  255. LOHENGRIN see as SHEARWATER BAY
  256. LOMAS freighter 5256/1919 in 1932
  257. LOMBARDIA see as RESOLUTE
  258. LOMBARDIER see as CHISWICK MANOR
  259. LOMMAREN freighter 3880/1952 in 1952
  260. LONA see as JULIA
  261. LONDON ARTISAN see as COOMBE HILL
  262. LONDON BREEZE see as QUEEN ADELAIDE
  263. LONDON BREEZE see as GOLDEN BRIDGE
  264. LONDON CITY coal hulk 3712/1896 in abt 1930 & '33 (1942 bombed)
  265. LONDON COMMERCE see as COLLEGIAN
  266. LONDON CORPORATION see as BENLOMOND
  267. LONDON EXCHANGE freighter 6640/1921 in 1938 (1954 scrapped)
  268. LONDON MARU freighter 7191/1921 in early 1930s (1944 bombed)
  269. LONDON SHIPPER see as STATESMAN
  270. LONDONDERRY HMS sloop 990displacement/1935 in 1939 (1948 scrapped)
  271. LONE STAR freighter 5101/1919 in 1941 (1953 scrapped)
  272. LONE STAR STATE see as PRESIDENT HARDING
  273. LONGFORD see as FORT ST.PAUL
  274. LOPPERSUM see as SKY
  275. LOPPERSUM see as HARPALYCE
  276. LORD BRENTFORD see as ORANJEZICHT
  277. LORD CHURCH see as KINDAT
  278. LORD CROMER see as HALESIUS
  279. LORD DEVONPORT see as MOLLY MAWK
  280. LORD GLENTORAN see as DALDORCH
  281. LORD GUILFORD see as JENNY MOLLER
  282. LORD O'NEILL see as DALHANNA
  283. LORD RITCHIE see as DUYKER
  284. LORD SEFTON see as ESSEX ABBEY
  285. LORENTZ BRUUN see as POL V
  286. LORIGA freighter 6665/1919 in 1932
  287. LORNA see as BARON TWEEDMOUTH
  288. LORNASTON freighter 4934/1925 in 1940 (1945 torpedoed)
  289. LORRAINE see as ARGUS
  290. LOS ANGELES see as ACT 2
  291. LOSINJ see as HELMSTRATH
  292. LOSINO see as HELMSTRATH
  293. LOSNA freighter, wreck, 4187/1904 in 1921 & '22 (1921 wrecked)
  294. LOSSIEBANK freighter 5627/1930 in 1937, '41 & early '50s (1962 scrapped)
  295. LOTHAIR ycht, small local sailing at Cape Town in 1933
  296. LOTHIAN HMS see as CITY OF EDINBURGH
  297. LOTHRINGEN see as SOUTHERN KING
  298. LOUDON HILL see as GULLMARN
  299. LOUIE ROSE freighter 1596/1924 in 1932
  300. LOUIS L.D. 5796/1936 in 1948
  301. LOUISBOURG PARK freighter 7160/1944 in 1946 (1960 scrapped)
  302. LOUISE MOLLER see as RAPIDOL HMS
  303. LOUISIANA see as SULTAN
  304. LOUISIANA see as EVERENE
  305. LOULA NOMIKOS freighter 7176/1943 in 1948 & '51 (1963 scrapped)
  306. LOURENCO MARQUES passenger 6298/1905 in abt 1928, early '30s & '49 (1951 scrapped)
  307. LOURENS MULLER tug 430/1979 in 1981 & '82 & '85
  308. LOUVAIN see as EVERENE
  309. LOVERSUN see as SKY
  310. LOVIMA see as STAR XIV
  311. LOWENBURG see as TENBURY
  312. LOWLANDER see as LEME
  313. LOYOLA see as NORLYS
  314. LUCAS BOLS 1 see as IOANNIS P.
  315. LUCELLUM tanker 9425/1938 in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
  316. LUCERIC freighter 6681/1919 in late 1920s/early '30s (1938 wrecked)
  317. LUCERNA tanker 6556/1930 in 1939 ((1959 scrapped)
  318. LUCIA HMS sub depot shp 3899/1907 in abt 1931 (1951 scrapped)
  319. LUCIE DELMAS container shp 20394/1978 in 1985
  320. LUCIE WOERMANN see as AVIATEUR ROLAND GARROS
  321. LUCIJANA freighter 4062/1928 in 1941
  322. LUCILINE tanker 3788/1899 in 1930
  323. LUCISTON freighter 5017/1924 in 1938 (1942 torpedoed)
  324. LUCKY see as ANGLO INDIAN
  325. LUCRINO see as AFGHANISTAN
  326. LUCULUS tanker 6546/1929 in 1940
  327. LUDENDORFF see as MECKLENBURG
  328. 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)
  329. LUGELA see as DORTMUND
  330. LUGELA freighter 5224/1926 in 1946
  331. LUISE BERGMANN sailing vessel 282/1918 in 1932
  332. LUISE BORNHOFFEN freighter 3126/1924 in 1953
  333. LUKOELA Congo River cargo steamship at Leopoldville in 1942
  334. LULCA see as KABINGA
  335. LUMANE passenger 854/1939 in 1939
  336. LUMEN tanker 6483/1925 in 1931 (1943 torpedoed)
  337. LUNA freighter 172/1893 in late 1920s, '37 & as wreck in 1940s (1945 wrecked)
  338. LUNDBY see as SAGA
  339. LUNEBURG freighter 5828/1914 in early 1930s & '37 (1946 scrapped)
  340. LURLINE see as RADNIK
  341. LUSITANIA passenger 31550/1907 in pre WW1 (1915 torpedoed)
  342. LUSO freighter 6207/1912 in 1928 (1955 scrapped)
  343. LUSTROUS tanker 6156/1927 in late 1930s (1941 sunk by raider)
  344. LUXMI passenger 4148/1924 in late 1920s/early 1930s (1961 scrapped)
  345. LUXOR see as NICOLAOU ZOGRAFIA
  346. LUXOR tanker 6554/1930 in 1940 (1965 scrapped)
  347. LUXPALILE see as WOLVERINE
  348. LYCAON freighter 7350/1913 in 1940 (1952 scrapped)
  349. LYCIA freighter 2364/1924 in 1937 (1941 scrapped)
  350. LYDIA see as DUNTROON
  351. LYKAVITOS see as CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
  352. LYLEPARK freighter 5186/1929 in early 1930s (1942 sunk by raider)
  353. LYMINGE see as GEORGE J. GOULANDRIS
  354. LYNGENFJORD freighter 5627/1913 wreck in 1938 (1938 wrecked)
  355. LYNGHAUG freighter 2829/1919 in 1940 (1944 scuttled)
  356. LYRA see as CETRA LYRA
  357. LYRAS see as AVON BRIDGE & BRADCLYDE
  358. LYRAS freighter 5685/1918 in 1946 (1953 scrapped)

Where known, the fate of the ship is shown in brackets


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