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 "M"

  1. M 16 to M 18 540displacement/1915 in WW1
  2. MFV's, 6 unarmed, 50 tons, being built at Cape Town 1946
  3. MFV 251 in 1946
  4. MFV 335 in 1946
  5. MFV 337 in 1946
  6. MFV 338 naval minesweeper/1945 in 1945 & '46
  7. MFV 343 in 1946
  8. MFV 345/1946
  9. ML 1030 launch 45displacement/1940 in 1941
  10. ML 1203 HMSAS launch 45displacement/1943 in 1945 (1968 scrapped)
  11. ML 1204 HMSAS patrol launch 45displacement/1941 in late 1940s
  12. MLC 80 HMS mechanised landing craft 36displacement/1940 in 1941
  13. MAAS LLOYD freighter 9706/1956 in late 1940s
  14. MAASRIX tanker 318754/1975 in 1980
  15. MAASTAD see as KARIN
  16. MABAHISS trawler 317/1930 in early 1930s
  17. MABRITON freighter 6694/1920 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
  18. MACGREGOR see as BARON GARIOCH
  19. MACHAON see as GLENAFFARIC
  20. MACHAON passenger 7782/1920 in 1948 (1951 scrapped)
  21. MACHAVA/L.M. 129 launch in 1938
  22. MACHICO see as LUSO
  23. MACLAREN see as SINGLETON ABBEY
  24. MACLOCK see as CLAN MACGILLIVRAY
  25. MACUBA tanker 8249/1931 in 1940 & '41 (1957 scrapped)
  26. MADALI see as RIALTO
  27. MADOERA freighter 7166/1922 in 1937 & '46 (1958 scrapped)
  28. MADONNA see as OCEAN GLORY
  29. MADRAS CITY freighter 5461/1911 in late 1920s/early '30s (1959 scrapped)
  30. MADRAS MARU freighter 3802/1919 in early 1930s (1944 torpedoed)
  31. MADURA passenger 9032/1921 in 1940 (1953 scrapped)
  32. MADURA see as CHULMLEY
  33. MAERSK CADET bulk carrier 15871/1972 in 1980
  34. MAESTRALE see as ANNIK
  35. MAFIA freighter 531/1910 in 1928 (1930 wrecked)
  36. MAGDALA see as CHELATROS
  37. MAGDALA tanker 8248/1931 in 1941 (1943 torpedoed)
  38. MAGDALENE VINNEN see as CLAN MACILWRAITH
  39. MAGDALENE VINNEN sailing vessel 3476/1921 in early 1930s
  40. MAGDEBURG freighter 6128/1925 in early 1930s & '37 (1944 bombed)
  41. MAGEOLIA see as BISCAYA
  42. MAGGIE O'REGAN see as KARIN
  43. MAGICIAN freighter 5105/1925 in early 1930s (1944 wrecked)
  44. MAGNAR see as SIGRID
  45. MAGNOLIA HMS see as ORANJEZICHT
  46. MAGUL tug 399/1898 in early 1930s & '38
  47. MAGUL Pilot houseboat 459/1940 in early 1950s
  48. MAGUNKOOK see as NIKOLINA MATKOVIC
  49. MAHANA passenger 8740/1917 in abt 1931 & '40 (1953 scrapped)
  50. MAHANADA freighter 7181/1914 in 1940 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  51. MAHFRUZ see as BIAFRA
  52. MAHIA freighter 7926/1917 in 1936
  53. MAHMOUD freighter 10934/1953 in 1980 (1984 scrapped)
  54. MAHOUT freighter 7921/1925 in 1939 (1961 scrapped)
  55. MAHRONDA see as UNIWALECO & FRATERNITAS
  56. MAHRONDA freighter 7926/1925 in 1931 & '41 (1942 torpedoed)
  57. MAHSUD freighter 7540/1917 in 1931 & '41
  58. MAIDAN freighter 7908/1925 in 1939 (1940 sunk by raider)
  59. MAIELLA freighter 5524/1913 in late 1920s/early '30s (1942 torpedoed)
  60. MAIHAR freighter 7563/1917 in 1936 (1962 scrapped)
  61. MAIMOA passenger 10123/1920 in early 1930s & '37 (1940 sunk by raider)
  62. MAINE freighter 6032/1917 in 1939 & '40 (1942 torpedoed)
  63. MAITLAND see as SUDEROY II & QUOIN
  64. MAJA see as PAKURA
  65. MAJALA see as SUDEROY IX
  66. MAJESTIC see as COCKEREL
  67. MAJESTIC freighter 3034/1904 in 1936
  68. MAJESTIC passenger 56551/1914 in 1920s & '32 (1940 scrapped)
  69. MAKALLA freighter 6677/1918 in abt 1931 (1940 bombed)
  70. MAKIKI freighter 5924/1917 in 1952
  71. MALABAR freighter 7976/1938 in 1939 (1939 torpedoed)
  72. MALAKAND freighter 7649/1919 in 1940 (1941 explosion)
  73. MALAKUTA freighter 7205/1914 in 1932
  74. MALANCHA freighter 8124/1937 in 1940
  75. MALAREN freighter 2699/1927 in 1939 & '40
  76. MALAYAN PRINCE freighter 8593/1926 in early 1930s, '37, '39 & '41 (1950 scrapped)
  77. MALDA passenger 9066/1922 in late 1920s/early 1930s (1942 bombed, gunfire)
  78. MALDONADO see as EBERSTEIN
  79. MALGAS motor rescue boat at Cape Town in 1941
  80. MALIA see as KELVINBANK & DAGA
  81. MALISTAN tanker 5553/1923 in late 1920s/early 1930s
  82. MALLOCK freighter 609/1919 in 1931
  83. MALMAK SAAF rescue boat 24displacement/1940 in 1940
  84. MALMEN freighter 3607/1919 in early 1930s (1959 scrapped)
  85. MALMVIK see as HAUKEN
  86. MALPLAQUET HMS see as JUTLAND HMS
  87. MALTON see as BARON GLENCONNER
  88. MALVERN RANGE see as KAMBOLE
  89. MALVERNIAN see as CITY OF KOBE
  90. MALVERNIAN freighter 4373/1924 in 1920s (1939 torpedoed)
  91. MAMARI see as GEROLSTEIN
  92. MANAAR freighter 7242/1917 in abt 1931 (1939 torpedoed)
  93. MANCHESTER HERO see as ST. WINIFRED
  94. MANCHESTER PORT see as HYDASPES
  95. MANCHESTER RENOWN see as EDESSA
  96. MANCHURIA see as SANTA CRUZ
  97. MANCHURIAN PRINCE see as SENGA
  98. MANDAL HMS see as KOS XIV
  99. MANDALIKA freighter 7750/1930 in 1941 (1941 torpedoed)
  100. MANDARIN see as AFRICAN PILOT
  101. MANDARIN freighter 6214/1944 in 1946
  102. MANDRAKE freighter 606/1919 in 1931
  103. MANDY see as RUFIDJI & BUZI
  104. MANFHOR see as MARKHOR
  105. MANGALORE freighter 8886/1920 in abt 1931 & '39
  106. MANGKAI freighter 8142/1915 in 1940
  107. MANGKALIHAT see as LINDENFELS
  108. MANGKALIHAT freighter 8457/1928 in 1940
  109. MANGROVE HARBOUR see as CITY OF CAPE TOWN
  110. MANHATTAN see as TRILAND
  111. MANHATTAN see as CITY OF LINCOLN
  112. MANILA see as PONTEVEDRA
  113. MANILA MARU passenger 9846/1915 in early 1930s & '37
  114. MANIPUR freighter 8652/1920 in abt 1931 (1940 war loss)
  115. MANITOWOC see as ALAFIA
  116. MANNHEIM see as LIEUTENANT ST. LOUBERT BIE
  117. MANO see as ATHELDUCHESS
  118. MANOULA freighter 1966/1920 in 1941
  119. MANSOOR see as CAPE WRATH
  120. MANSOUR see as SAN MIGUEL
  121. MANTHOS see as LOCHEE
  122. MANTOLA passenger 9065/1921 in 1940 (1953 scrapped?)
  123. MANVANTARA tanker 8237/1931 in 1937 (1942 war loss)
  124. MANX MARINE freighter 7165/1944 in 1947
  125. MANZYU MARU see as LA PLATA MARU
  126. MAORI passenger 5317/1893 wreck in 1909 with survivors being rescued
  127. MAORI passenger 3488/1907 in 1939
  128. MAPIA freighter 9389/1923 in 1940 (1958 scrapped)
  129. MAPLEDORE see as MAPLEWOOD
  130. MAPLEDORE freighter 4566/1930 in 1946 (1960 scrapped)
  131. MAPLEMORE see as CITY OF EDINBURGH
  132. MAPLEWOOD see as MAPLEDORE
  133. MAPLEWOOD see as NOVASLI
  134. MAPLEWOOD freighter 4566/1930 in early 1930s (1960 scrapped)
  135. MAR DEL NORTE see as NORTE
  136. MARAJO see as MALISTAN
  137. MARANGONA see as QUEEN TAILTE
  138. MARANO trawler 245/1916 in 1949 & '53
  139. MARATHON see as BARDIC
  140. MARCHIONESS OF BUTE freighter 4385/1906 in 1930 (1932 scrapped)
  141. MARCO FOSCARINI see as FORT GRAHAME
  142. MARCO POLO passenger 8949/1948 in 1952 (1978 scrapped)
  143. MARCONI freighter 7402/1917 in early 1930s (1941 war loss)
  144. MARCOS G.F. see as RODSLEY
  145. MARDI GRAS passenger 18261/1961 in abt 1978 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1979/80)
  146. MARECHAL JOFFRE passenger 12063/1933 in early 1930s (1960 scrapped)
  147. MARENGO see as CASTALIA
  148. MARESFIELD see as MONKSWOOD
  149. MARESFIELD freighter 4176/1910 in late 1930s (?/ war loss?)
  150. MARGALANTE see as SETTLER
  151. MARGARETA see as ATLANTIC
  152. MARGARETT BROWN see as GARDEN STATE
  153. MARGARITA see as WATERMAN
  154. MARGARITA freighter 4443/1901 in 1925 (1925 disappeared)
  155. MARGARITA CHANDRISfreighter 5401/1920 in 1939 (1964 scrapped)
  156. MARGARITA MOLINS see as SUDEROY II & QUOIN
  157. MARGARITI see as WEARWOOD
  158. MARGHA passenger 8200/1918 in early 1930s
  159. MARGRETHE see as MARGRETHE BAKKE
  160. MARGRETHE BAKKE freighter 5478/1938 in 1940 (1977 scrapped)
  161. MARGRETHE BAKKE freighter 5509/1938 in 1941
  162. MARI CHANDRIS freighter 5840/1918 in 1939 (1940 sunk by aircraft)
  163. MARIA see as NORD
  164. MARIA freighter 9101/1970 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  165. MARIA CHRISTINA see as MOUZINHO
  166. MARIA DO AMPARO see as CUTTY SARK
  167. MARIA JOAO yacht ocean-going, steam, in 1936
  168. MARIA L.F. see as LA PAMPA
  169. MARIA LAURETANA see as CICLOPE
  170. MARIA LAURETANA freighter 5077/1929 in 1951
  171. MARIA MAZZELLA see as RADIO TELEGRAPHISTE BIARD
  172. MARIA N. ROUSSOS see as SUPETAR
  173. MARIA PAOLINA G see as LEOPOLD L.D.
  174. MARIA RENEE see as INGLETON
  175. MARIA STATHATOS see as WELSH CITY
  176. MARIA TERESA G see as WINSTON-SALEM
  177. MARIA VICTORIA see as GYDAVORE
  178. MARIANINA see as INTREPIDO
  179. MARIANNA see as NEW BROOKLYN
  180. MARIANNA LATSI see as STRATHEDEN
  181. MARIANNA LATSI see as STRATHMORE
  182. MARIANNE B see as CITY OF GLASGOW
  183. MARIANTHE see as COULBEG
  184. MARIANTHE TSAVLIRIS see as COULBEG
  185. MARICOPA see as ANGLO-NORSE
  186. MARIDAL freighter 3861/1906 wreck in 1926
  187. MARIE FELLING tug 271/1928 in late 1920s/early 1930s
  188. MARIE KOTHE see as PORT WHANGERAI
  189. MARIE LLEWELLYN see as KELLWYN
  190. MARIE LOUISE MACKAY cable steamer 1378/1922 in late 1920s (1961 scrapped)
  191. MARIE MOLLER see as BENVANNOCH
  192. MARIE WOERMANN see as EL NIL
  193. MARIEKE U see as UMFOLOZI
  194. MARIETTA BOLTEN see as CARL-GORTHON
  195. MARIETTA E freighter 7628/1940 in 1941 (1943 torpedoed)
  196. MARIGOLD see as PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
  197. MARIJA PETRINOVIC freighter 5684/1918 in early 1930s (1959 scrapped)
  198. MARIKA see as FORT ST. PAUL
  199. MARIKO see as HJELMAREN
  200. MARILEN see as CITY OF DUNKIRK
  201. MARILENA see as BURMOUNT
  202. MARINA see as BRITISH SOLDIER
  203. MARINA D see as ATLANTA CITY
  204. MARINE ACE see as WASCANA PARK
  205. MARINE NAVIGATOR see as WASCANA PARK
  206. MARINE RUNNER freighter 10709/1945 in 1947
  207. MARINE TEXAN see as ESSO BRIDGEPORT
  208. MARINE TIGER passenger 12420/1945 in 1946
  209. MARINELLA see as IMPERIAL VALLEY
  210. MARINELLA see as FOSNA
  211. MARINER freighter 9072/1969 in 1985
  212. MARINERI see as BARON TWEEDMOUTH
  213. MARINO see as UMZINTO
  214. MARINUCCI see as CITY OF NEWCASTLE
  215. MARINUCCI see as CITY OF NORWICH
  216. MARINUCCI freighter 6921/1915 in 1952 (1952 scrapped)
  217. MARIO DO AMPARO see as CUTTY SARK
  218. MARIO MARTINI see as BRITISH HONOUR
  219. MARION MOLLER freighter 3827/1909 in 1937 (1944 torpedoed)
  220. MARION SLEIGH see as PORT WHANGERAI
  221. MARIONGA J. GOULANDRIS see as BENLOMOND
  222. MARIONGA J. GOULANDRIS see as DATCHET
  223. MARIONGA MARIS see as BIR HAKEIM
  224. MARIPOSA passenger 18017/1931 in 1939 (1974 scrapped)
  225. MARISA tanker 8029/1937 in 1939 (1941 torpedoed)
  226. MARISIN M see as BRITISH HONOUR
  227. MARISTELLA see as EBANI
  228. MARISTO see as RIETFONTEIN
  229. MARIT see as AUDAX
  230. MARIT tanker 5564/1918 in early 1930s (1943 torpedoed)
  231. MARITES see as EMPIRE BYNG
  232. MARITIME EXPRESS see as BIR HAKEIM
  233. MARIVERDA see as ATHELQUEEN
  234. MARKUSSON see as SUDEROY IX
  235. MARLENE see as NOGOYA
  236. MARLENE see as DAMARALAND
  237. MARKAKIS freighter 4229/1904 in 1932
  238. MARKHOR freighter 7917/1929 in 1940 (1960 scrapped)
  239. MARLY freighter 1115/1918 in late 1930s (1940 war loss)
  240. MARNE see as AMERICAN TRADER
  241. MARNETOWN see as RAVENSHOE
  242. MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE passenger 19355/1930 in 1939 (1943 sunk by aircraft)
  243. MARO see as COMMANDANT DORISE
  244. MARON passenger 6487/1930 in early 1930s & '36 (1942 torpedoed)
  245. MARPESSA tanker 7408/1927 in 1941
  246. MARQUIS DE ESTELLA whale catcher 157/1911 in abt 1928
  247. MARS see PORT WHANGERAI
  248. MARS freighter 1582/1925 in 1936 (1945 mined)
  249. MARSHALL GOVOROV see as BORE X
  250. MARSHALL HAIG see as CHARTERHYTHE
  251. MARTABAN freighter 4161/1934 in 1940
  252. MARTAND freighter 7967/1939 in 1939 (1964 wrecked)
  253. MARTE freighter 3744/1900 in 1946 (1973 scrapped)
  254. MARTHA W VINKE see as BALLENA
  255. MARTIN BAKKE freighter 5484/1936 in 1941 (1964 scrapped)
  256. MARTIN KARLSEN see as BENJAMIN BOWRING
  257. MARWARRI freighter 8067/1935 in 1941 (1963 scrapped)
  258. MARY tug, wreck, at Cape Hangklip in 1936
  259. MARY steam launch 76/1902 in 1920s & '30s (1960 scuttled)
  260. MARY freighter 5104/1920 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  261. MARY, yacht, ocean-going motor, abt 300 tons/1920s or 1930s, in late 1930s (?)
  262. MARY B. MITCHELL sailing vessel 227/1892 in early 1930s (? war loss?) (additional info from Lawrence Close The Mary B. Mitchell was built in Carrickfergus , County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1892. Of 210 tons gross, length 129 feet, she was registered at Beaumaris in North Wales and owned by Lord Penrhyn. She was taken up by the British Admiralty in May 1916 as a Q- ship and saw several actions against German U-boats but did not appear to have sunk any.
    After WW1 she went through a succession of refits and owners until in 1970 she was acquired by the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. Such an historic little vessel.
    Also known as Q-9 her military career is described by E.Keble Chatterton in his book "Q ships and their story" published by Sidgwick & Jackson 1923.)

  263. MARY DOLLAR see as CIDADE DO PORTO
  264. MARY K. see as LANGLEEBROOK
  265. MARY K. see as NORMANDIET
  266. MARY KINSLEY freighter 5021/1930 in 1936 (1954 scrapped)
  267. MARY LIVANOS freighter 4771/1938 in 1940 (1943 torpedoed)
  268. MARY MORTIMER trawler 270/1918 in 1938 & '41
  269. MARY PINCHOT see as ARIADNE
  270. MARY POPPINS see as SAMAINA
  271. MARY STOVE see as SPINANGER
  272. MARY WALKER see as LOULA NOMIKOS
  273. MARYMARK see as EVI LIVANOS
  274. MASHOBRA passenger 8324/1920 in late 1920s/early 1930s (1940 sunk by aircraft)
  275. MASHONA freighter 413/1944 in 1949 (1964 scrapped)
  276. MASHONA COAST see as MASHONA
  277. MASILIA frt 2198/1917 in early 1930s
  278. MASSACHUSETTS see as CITY OF LINCOLN
  279. MASSALIA see as ATHEN
  280. MASSALIA freighter 1230g/1964 in 1980
  281. MASTER STEFANOS see as ANDRIOTIS
  282. MATADOR freighter 4761/1912 in late 1920s, mid 1930s & '37
  283. MATAKANA frt 8048g/1921 in mid 1930s (1940 wrecked)
  284. MATANGI passenger 1366/1908 in 1939
  285. MATAROA passenger 12390/1922 in 1941 & '46 (1957 scrapped)
  286. MATHERAN freighter 7653/1919 in early 1930s & '40 (1940 torpedoed)
  287. MATHEW LUCKENBACH see as KELVINIA
  288. MATHURA freighter 8890/1920 in late 1920s (1959 scrapped)
  289. MATIANA passenger 9046/1922 in early 1930s & '40 (1954 scrapped)
  290. MATOPPO freighter 5280/1905 in late 1920s (1930 scrapped)
  291. MATRONA see as ABA
  292. MATSUYAMA MARU see as PRIMROSE
  293. MATTAWIN freighter 6909/1923 in late 1920s, '34, '37, '39, '40 & '41 (1942 torpedoed)
  294. MATTHEW SHEEHAN freighter 7176/1944 in 1946 & '47 (1972 scrapped)
  295. MAUD sailing vessel, small, at Barnstaple in 1932
  296. MAUD freighter 3189/1930 in late 1930s (1972 scrapped)
  297. MAUI dredger 558/1909 in 1939
  298. MAULABAKSH see as CABARITA
  299. MAUNGANUI passenger 7527/1911 in 1939 (1957 scrapped)
  300. MAUR see as BRONNOY
  301. MAURETANIA passenger 31938/1907 in early & mid 1930s (1935 scrapped)
  302. MAURETANIA passenger 3573/1939 as HMT in 1940 & '45
  303. MAURETANIA, police motor launch being built, Cape Town 1937
  304. MAVEDITO see as ATLAS SECONDO
  305. MAVIS HILL see as FORT ST. JOSEPH
  306. MAX BORNHOFEN see as LLANDAFF
  307. MAY-LISE see as HELIER 2
  308. MAZIC see as AGULHAS
  309. MAZORCA tanker 2466/1889 in early 1930s (1946 wrecked)
  310. MEAD freighter 606/2929 in 1936 (1960 scrapped)
  311. MECKLENBURG freighter 7980/1921 in 1937 (1939 scuttled)
  312. MEDIC see as HEKTORIA
  313. MEDINA PRINCESS see as EMPIRE TUDOR
  314. MEDMENHAM freighter 3474/1904 in abt 1931 (1933 scrapped)
  315. MEDOMSLEY see as CREEMUIR
  316. MEDON freighter 5444/1923 in 1940 (1942 war loss)
  317. MEDVEJONOK see as AJAX
  318. MEERKERK freighter 7995/1916 in 1939, '40 & '41 (1945 mined)
  319. MEEUW trawler 224/1947 in 1953
  320. MEGALOCHARI II tanker 470/1953 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  321. MEGNA freighter 5603/1916 in abt 1929 & early 1930s
  322. MEHMET see as NORTHBOROUGH
  323. MEIR DIZENGOFF see as ATLANTA CITY
  324. MEIRING NAUDE research ship 278/1968 in 1985
  325. MEISHO MARU see as JAMAL SHAH
  326. MEISSONIER freighter 7206/1915 in late 1920s & early 1930s (1943 torpedoed)
  327. MEIU MARU see as MEIWU MARU
  328. MEIWU MARU freighter 8230/1918 in 1938
  329. MELANESIEN see as INDRAPOERA
  330. MELBOURNE STAR freighter 12806/1936 in late 1930s & '41 (1943 torpedoed)
  331. MELFORD HALL see as CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
  332. MELIDE see as HANDICAP, RINGAR & CLELIA DECKER
  333. MELISKERK passenger 6045/1919 in late 1920s, early 1930s & 40 (1943 war loss)
  334. MELODIE live-fish carrier 303/1971 in 1980, '81 & 83 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  335. MELPO see as BEACHCLIFFE
  336. MELPOMENE tanker 7011/1923 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  337. MELVILLE tanker 6987/1913 in mid 1930s (1937 torpedoed - Spanish)
  338. MELVILLE JACOBY freighter 7176/1944 in 1946
  339. MEMAS freighter 1755/1912 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  340. MEMPHIS TOWN see as IMPERIAL VALLEY
  341. MENADO freighter 5874/1907 in mid 1920s
  342. MENDANAU freighter 6047/1922 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  343. MENELAUS freighter 10307/1923 in 1940
  344. MENIN RIDGE freighter 2474/1924 in 1932 (1939 torpedoed)
  345. MENINA ALICE freighter 14549/1976 in 1985
  346. MENORA see as BRITISH SOLDIER
  347. MENTOR freighter 3050/1902 in abt 1938 (1941 torpedoed)
  348. MENTOR passenger 7383/1914 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  349. MERASHEEN sailing vessel 216/1941 in 1946
  350. MERCATOR sailing vessel 770/1932 in 1937
  351. MERCHANT ROYAL freighter 5008/1928 in 1936
  352. MERCIA see as KINGSLAND
  353. MERCURY BAY see as STRAAT MAKASSAR
  354. MERIDIEN see as EXIRIA
  355. MERIDIEN see as DALMAR
  356. MERIONES passenger 7559/1922 in mid 1930s (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  357. MERKARA passenger 8285/1914 in early 1930s
  358. MERLIN see as TANNY
  359. MEROPE freighter 1158/1918 in 1936 (1943 mined, torpedoed)
  360. MERRYN ELIZABETH see as KALLADA
  361. MERSEY BRIDGE see as CAMBRIDGESHIRE
  362. MERTON HALL see as CITY OF SALFORD
  363. MERTON HALL freighter 4988/1905 in mid 1920s (1933 scrapped)
  364. MERZARIO ASIA see as KOLSNAREN
  365. MESABA see as CLAN FARQUHAR & DELPHIC
  366. MESERRET see as TREWYN
  367. MESNA see as RONA
  368. METEOR see as HERMES
  369. METEOR see as NEPTUNE
  370. METTE freighter 1909/1906 in 1937 (1944 war loss)
  371. MEWATA PARK freighter 7161/1944 in 1946
  372. MIAOUILIS passenger 1709/1952 in 1980
  373. MICHAEL see as MIMOSA
  374. MICHAEL see as BARON DALMENY
  375. MICHAEL J. GOULANDRIS see as LINA L.D.
  376. MICHAEL J. GOULANDRIS freighter 6669/1921 in 1940 (1944 wrecked)
  377. MICHAEL JEBSEN freighter 2312/1927 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  378. MICHAEL N. MARIS freighter 3950/1899 in abt 1930
  379. MICHAELIOS XILAS freighter 3828/1906 in 1933
  380. MICHALAKIS see as TOULOUSE
  381. MICHALAKIS see as BARRACOO
  382. MICHALIS freighter 5685/1919 in 1940 (1941 wrecked)
  383. MICHELSON see as JOLIET VICTORY
  384. MIDDLESEX freighter 8703/1920 in early & mid 1930s (1941 mined)
  385. MIDDLETON freighter 4297/1935 in late 1930s
  386. MIDNIGHT freighter 8250/1944 in 1946
  387. MIKOLAJ REJ see as HELGOY
  388. MILENA see as CHINCHA
  389. MILFORD see as ATHELDUCHESS
  390. MILFORD HMS Bri sloop 1590dis dl/1932 in mid 1930s (1949 scrapped)
  391. MILIANA see as MONT AIGOUAL
  392. MILL HILL freighter 4318/1930 in 1938 (1940 torpedoed)
  393. MILLAIS freighter 7300/1917 in early 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
  394. MILOS freighter 3059/1898 in 1940 (1943 disappeared)
  395. MILOS III see as VOLOS III
  396. MILTIADES passenger 6793/1903 in late 1890s/early 1900's (1924 scrapped)
  397. MILVERTON see as SALAMAUA
  398. MILVERTON freighter 6676/1920 in late 1920s
  399. MIM freighter 4996/1938 in 1939 (1939 wrecked)
  400. MIMOSA tanker 4312/1905 in early 1930s (1941 torpedoed)
  401. MIMOSA frt 3071/1908 in 1946
  402. MINA L. CAMBANIS see as SOMERTON
  403. MINAS GERAIS see as VENGEANCE HMS
  404. MINAS GERAIS aircraft carrier 19890dis fl/1944 in 1972
  405. MINATITLAN see as TUSCANIA
  406. MINDORO see as CONGELLA
  407. MINERIC freighter 4713/1909 in mid 1930s
  408. MINERVA see as CITY OF DUNKIRK
  409. MINERVA see as YSER
  410. MINERVA HMS Bri frigate 2860 fl/1963 in 1972
  411. MINERVA frt 5883/1930 in mid 1930s
  412. MINESSE trawler 327/1919 in abt 1946
  413. MINI LARK freighter 1582/1969 in 1980
  414. MINILYA see as THORVARD
  415. MINISTER WEDEL tanker 6833/1930 in early 1930s, '37 & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  416. MINISTRO PORTALES see as DOUGLAS H FOX
  417. MINNEKAHDA see as SANTA CRUZ
  418. MINNESOTAN freighter 5202/1912 in 1940
  419. MINOTAURUS freighter 4535/1957 in 1980 (1984 scrapped)
  420. MINTRIC see as BARON FAIRLIE
  421. MIRABELLA see as ENARE
  422. MIRANDA see as KAURI
  423. MIRANDA see as KOOKABURRA
  424. MIREFTE small ro ro freighter, new, in 1941
  425. MIRRABOOKA freighter 5739/1928 in early 1930s (1965 scrapped)
  426. MIRROR cable steamer 1850/1923 in 1948 (1964 scrapped)
  427. MISAKI MARU NO. 21 fishing vessel 299/1971 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  428. MISIONES see as SCHOHARIE
  429. MISSOURI see as RADIO TELEGRAPHISTE BIARD
  430. MISTRA see as KATY
  431. MISTY LAW freighter 5211/1912 in late 1920s
  432. MJOLNE see as STAR XVII
  433. MKUZI freighter 2273/1974 in 1982
  434. MNEME see as POMMERN
  435. MOANA see as BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
  436. MOBILE CITY freighter 6157/1920 in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
  437. MOCAMBIQUE passenger 5771/1908 in abt 1928 & early 1930s
  438. MODASA passenger 9070/1921 in early 1930s & '40 (1954 scrapped?)
  439. MODENA see as VARHAUG
  440. MODERATOR see as SAMCONON
  441. MODJOKERTO freighter 8396/1922 in 1938 (1942 war loss)
  442. MOERDYK see as H. CAPELO
  443. MOGOTES see as ALGIC
  444. MOGOTES freighter 5496/1920 in 1947
  445. MOHAMMED ABBAS see as SOMERVILLE
  446. MOHESI freighter 185/1924 in 1936
  447. MOHICAN see as WINNETOU
  448. MOJI TRADER see as JAPARA
  449. MOKO MARU freighter 7144/1922 in 1936 (1936 wrecked)
  450. MOKOIA passenger 3502/1898 being dismantled in 1939
  451. MOLAND see as NEATH ABBEY
  452. MOLEDIT see as JUPITER
  453. MOLIERE see as NELA
  454. MOLIERE freighter 7206/1916 in early 1930s (1946 scrapped)
  455. MOLLYMAWK steam hopper barge 970/1913 in 1936 (1966 scrapped)
  456. MOLTON freighter 3091/1919 in 1932 (1944 mined)
  457. MONARCH freighter 7466/1897 in mid & late 1920s
  458. MONARCH, Cable steam ship 1150/1916 in late 1920s (1945 war loss)
  459. MONARCH OF BERMUDA HMT passenger 22424/1931 in 1940 & '41 (1966 scrapped)
  460. MONARCH SUN see as VOLENDAM
  461. MONCHIQUE see as ARAGAZ
  462. MONI RICKMERS see as TREWYN
  463. MONICA D see as HERMUND
  464. MONKAY see as EMPIRE RAWLINSON
  465. MONKLEIGH freighter 5203/1927 in 1946
  466. MONKSWOOD see as MARESFIELD
  467. MONKSWOOD freighter 4212/1910 in early 1930s
  468. MONNETTE see as AGIOS VLASIOS
  469. MONOWAI passenger 10852/1925 in 1939 (1960 scrapped)
  470. MONS see as TERJE 2
  471. MONSTELLA see as FORT WALSH
  472. MONT AIGOUAL freighter 2933/1920 in 1938 (1940 mined)
  473. MONT BLANC see as NORD
  474. MONTAN see as ROMNEY
  475. MONTARDIZIO see as TOFTWOOD
  476. MONTAUBAN freighter 4191/1920 in 1937 (1940 wrecked)
  477. MONTCALM see as POLAR CHIEF
  478. MONTCALM passenger 16418/1921 in 1939 (1952 scrapped)
  479. MONTE ALMANZOR see as AYA-MENDI
  480. MONTE INCHORTA freighter 3350/1920 in 1940
  481. MONTE JATA freighter 4126/1909 in 1946
  482. MONTE NAVAJO freighter 5754/1920 in 1941 (1964 scrapped)
  483. MONTE OLIVIA passenger 13750/1925 in 1936 (1946 scrapped)
  484. MONTE ORDUNA freighter 5524/1922 in 1940 (1959 scrapped)
  485. MONTE ROSA passenger 13882/1930 in 1936 (1954 fire, wrecked)
  486. MONTE SAJA see as ALTOBIZKAR MENDI
  487. MONTE SERANTES freighter 5914/1921 in 1940 (1963 scrapped)
  488. MONTE SOLLUBE see as AROLA MENDI
  489. MONTE TOLEDO passenger liner 10839/1974 in 1974
  490. MONTEGIOVE see as WESTMOOR
  491. MONTEMAR see as THORSHOV
  492. MONTEVIDEO MARU passenger 7267/1926 in abt 1929, early & mid 1930s & '38 (1942 torpedoed)
  493. MONTFAUCON see as INTREPIDO
  494. MONTFERLAND freighter 6790/1921 in 1941 (1941 war loss)
  495. MONTGOMERYSHIRE freighter 6650/1921 in late 1920s
  496. MONTILLA see as GAELIC STAR
  497. MONTREUX see as HANDICAP, RINGAR & CLELIA DECKER
  498. MONTROSE see as CONCORDIA LAGO
  499. MOOIVLEI trawler 252/1935 in 1935, '37, '39, '40 & '41
  500. MOON see as AFRICAN MOON
  501. MOORA see as SOUTHERN KING
  502. MOORBY freighter 4992/1936 in 1940 (1966 scrapped)
  503. MOORCOT see as CLAN MACKELLAR
  504. MOORCOT see as MOORBY
  505. MOPANISS yacht ocean-going steam, in late 1920s
  506. MORAVIAN passenger 4573/1898 in late 1890s/early 1900's (1923 scrapped)
  507. MORAY COAST freighter 677/1905 in 1932 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  508. MOREA trawler 296/1936 in 1938
  509. MORETON BAY HMS armed merchant cruiser ex passenger 14193/1921 in 1940 (1957 scrapped)
  510. MORGENEN tanker 7093/1930 in 1941 (1961 scrapped)
  511. MORGENSTER freighter 7607/1944 in 1947(1972 scrapped)
  512. MORMACLAKE freighter 6596/1961 in abt 1975
  513. MORMACOAK see as AUSTRALIA VICTORY
  514. MORMACWAVE freighter 12691/1962 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  515. MOROCCO see as PUNGUE
  516. MORVIKEN freighter 5008/1938 in 1940 (1940 sunk by raider)
  517. MOSCHA D. KYDONIEFS see as LADY CHARLOTTE
  518. MOSQUI trawler 494/1966 in 1980
  519. MOSS HMS see as GOS I
  520. MOSSAMEDES see as SUDEROY II & QUOIN
  521. MOTAGUA passenger 5977/1912 in 1930 (1933/?)
  522. MOTORINA see as MAZORCA
  523. MOTTISFONT see as ARCHANGELOS
  524. MOUESSE see as TAI YANG
  525. MOUNT ATHOS see as PENTOWY
  526. MOUNT ATLAS see as MEGNA
  527. MOUNT CAMERON see as RAPIDOL HMS
  528. MOUNT DIRFYS see as INVERGARRY
  529. MOUNT FUJI freighter 11356/1984 in 1985
  530. MOUNT HELIKON see as JAGERSFONTEIN
  531. MOUNT HELMOS see as INVERGORDON
  532. MOUNT KITHERON freighter 3876/1912 in late 1930s (1942 torpedoed)
  533. MOUNT KYLLENE see as COMERIC
  534. MOUNT KYLLENE see as WALTER D. MUNSON
  535. MOUNT OLYMPUS see as CITY OF FLORENCE
  536. MOUNT OLYMPUS freighter 6692/1920 in 1937 (1942 mined)
  537. MOUNT PENTELIKON freighter 5896/1917 in 1936 (1940 torpedoed)
  538. MOUNT ROBSON PARK freighter 7162/1944 in 1946 (1967 scrapped)
  539. MOUNT SEPHAR see as LONDON CITY
  540. MOUNT TAURUS see as BRATTON CASTLE
  541. MOUNT TAYGETUS see as BAMPTON CASTLE
  542. MOUNT TAYGETUS freighter 6698/1920 in 1933 (1942 torpedoed)
  543. MOUNTAIN AZALEA see as DERWENT
  544. MOUNTFIELDS see as ROSINA TOPIC
  545. MOURILYAN see as MATANGI
  546. MOUZINHO passenger 8394/1907 in late 1920s, abt 1929, early & mid 1930s & '37 (1950 or '54 scrapped)
  547. MOVIKEN see as BELLASCO
  548. MOZART sailing vessel 1987/1904 in early 1930s
  549. MUANSA freighter 5472/1911 in mid 1920s, early & mid 1930s (1943 torpedoed)
  550. MUDANYE small ro ro freighter, new in 1941
  551. MUGGENBURG see as NEPTUNE
  552. MULBERA passenger 9100/1922 in early 1930s & '40 (1954/?)
  553. MULBERRY HILL freighter 7141/1944 in 1950 (1966 scrapped)
  554. MUNCASTER CASTLE freighter 8014/1944 in 1951 (1973? scrapped)
  555. MUNDOGAS SUL see as RIO NOVO
  556. MUNISA see as KINTYRE
  557. MUNMYSTIC see as IBERVILLE
  558. MUNSTER CASTLE see as ELSISTON
  559. MUNSTERLAND see as HUNTINGDON
  560. MURADA see as HELLENIC NYMPHE
  561. MUREFTI small ro ro freighter, new, in 1941 (1941 submarine, gunfire)
  562. MURENA tanker 8252/1931 in 1933 (1960 scrapped)
  563. MUREX tanker 5830/1922 in early 1930s
  564. MURILLO see as EMPIRE TALISMAN
  565. MURILLO freighter 7206/1915 in early 1930s (1940 sunk by aircraft)
  566. MURTOSA trawler 1412/1976 in 1980 & '82 (listed in Lloyds Register in 1989/90)
  567. MUSKEGON see as KING S. WOOLSEY
  568. MUSTAFA see as HESPERIA
  569. MUSTALI see as CLAN MACIVER
  570. MUSTARI see as SOUTHERN COLLINS
  571. MYKALI II freighter 16267/1977 in 1980
  572. MYKINAI see as VASALAND & AELO & as KAAPLAND
  573. MYNONIE R. KIRBY sailing vessel yacht? in abt 1930
  574. MYRICA see as SISTIANA
  575. MYRICA freighter 5827/1924 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  576. MYRMIDON passenger 6278/1930 in 1939 & '40 (1942 torpedoed)
  577. MYRSINI freighter 499/1950 in 1980
  578. MYRTLEBANK freighter 5150/1925 in mid 1930s & '47
  579. MYSORE see as NIGERIA HMS
  580. MYSTIC see as IBERVILLE

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


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