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 "R"

  1. R.2 crash boat for aircraft rescue -/1941 in 1941
  2. R.3 crash boat -/1941 in 1941
  3. R.4 crash boat -/1941 in 1941
  4. R.14 crash boat in 1946
  5. R.16 HMS see as TRIUMPH A 108 HMS
  6. R.36/MUANSA see as MUANSA
  7. R.A. LEIGH pilot tug 176/1952 in 1953 & '80 & '85 (1986 laid up)
  8. R.B. WATERSTON tug 704/1954 in 1980 & '81 (1980? withdrawn from service)
  9. R.E. JONES dredger 4614/1977 in 1985
  10. R.G. KINNELL tug 107/1977 in 1980 & '83 & '85
  11. R.H. TARPEY tug 374/1974 in 1980 & '82 & '85 (Listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  12. R.K. FRAAY see as SUDEROY VII
  13. R.L. GOULDING whale catcher 234/1921 in abt 1938
  14. R. MORROW sailing vessel 1185/1884 wreck in Hout Bay, 1933, '37, '47
  15. R.P. JACKSON pilot boat 104/1971 in 1985
  16. R.S.A. research ship 1573/1961 in 1981 & '82 (Listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  17. RABAUL freighter 5618/1916 in 1937 (1941 sunk by raider)
  18. RABENFELS freighter 8563/1918 in 1936 & '37 (1940 torpedoed)
  19. RABY CASTLE freighter 4996/1925 in 1939, '40 & '41
  20. RABYMERE see as GRACIOSA
  21. RACELAND see as DOVENDEN
  22. RACIA tug 163/1930 in 1939 (1967 scrapped)
  23. RADAMES freighter 3575/1903 in 1940 (1941 torpedoed)
  24. RADBOD see as CRAWFORD CASTLE
  25. RADCOMBE see as NIKOLA PASIC
  26. RADFIELD see as KOSTRENA
  27. RADIANCE fishing boat small, at Cape Town in 1946
  28. RADIO TELEGRAPHISTE BIARD freighter 7042/1942 in 1947 (1969 scrapped)
  29. RADIOLEINE tanker 4029/1912 in late 1920s, early & mid 1930s
  30. RADJA see as NOORD-BRABANT
  31. RADJA freighter 8330/1946 in late 1940s/early 1950s
  32. RADLEY see as HOPECROWN
  33. RADLEY HMS see as FLINDERS HMS
  34. RADMANSO see as NORDIC
  35. RADNIK freighter 6665/1908 in 1952
  36. RADNORSHIRE see as SITHONIA
  37. RADPORT see as FEDERIKO GLAVIC
  38. RAGA 1 see as HANSEATIC
  39. RAGLAN CASTLE see as PYTHIA
  40. RAGNHILDSHOLM freighter 2818/1929 in 1941 (1970 scrapped)
  41. RAGNY see as IMA
  42. RAILA tanker 5551/1926 in 1937 (1976 scrapped)
  43. RAJAHSTAN freighter 6391/1929 in late 1930s/late 1940s
  44. RAJPUTANA passenger 16644/1926 in 1938 (1941 torpedoed)
  45. RAMA LESMANA see as DERWENTHALL
  46. RAMAPO see as BARON WEMYSS
  47. RAMILLIES freighter 4553/1927 in abt 1930 (1941 torpedoed)
  48. RANA freighter 7247/1944 in 1950 (1968 scrapped)
  49. RANCHER freighter 5882/1927 in early 1930s, '36, '40 & '46 (1949 scrapped)
  50. RANCHI passenger 16738/1925 in 1938 (1953 scrapped)
  51. RANDFONTEIN SST 12 HMSAS see as POL 1
  52. RANDFONTEIN freighter 5653/1920 in 1928/1929 & early 1930s
  53. RANDKERK see as RANDFONTEIN
  54. RANELLA tanker 5590/1912 in early 1930s (1941 torpedoed)
  55. RANENFJORD freighter 5354/1908 in abt 1930
  56. RANG see as RANGITATA
  57. RANGATIRA passenger 10118/1909 wrecked in 1916 (1916 wrecked)
  58. RANGITATA passenger 16737/1929 in 1939 (1962 scrapped)
  59. RANGITIKI passenger 16698/1929 in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
  60. RANGOON see as ARPAD
  61. RANTAO PANJANG see as RYDAL HALL & CITY OF KHIOS
  62. RANTAUPANDJANG freighter 2542/1921 in 1936 (1941 sunk by raider)
  63. RANVIK tanker 5069/1909 in 1928/1929 & '30 (1940 wrecked)
  64. RAPCTA 72 motor fishing vessel 54 feet/at Cape Town in 1938
  65. RAPALLO see as PENCHATEAU
  66. RAPHAELA see as RAPHAELLA
  67. RAPHAELLA freighter 5662/1958 in 1980 (1983 scrapped)
  68. RAPIDOL HMS tanker 2648/1917 in 1940 & '41
  69. RARANGA freighter 7956/1916 in 1931 (1951 scrapped)
  70. RAS TANURA see as SAN MIGUEL
  71. RATA HILLS see as INIOCHOS EXPRESS
  72. RAU IX see as KRUTT
  73. RAU XII see as HVAL XI
  74. RAVENSHOE freighter 4129/1916 in abt 1930 (1934 wrecked?)
  75. RAVIN see as SUDEROY VIII
  76. RAVNAAS freighter 4019/1931 in 1941 (1945 sunk by aircraft)
  77. RAVNEFJELL see as FAR
  78. RAZMAK see as MONOWAI (1960 scrapped)
  79. READY see also as PYTHIA
  80. READY whaling factory ship 4401/1897 in abt 1930 (1937 scrapped)
  81. REALF tanker 5565/1918 in late 1920s
  82. REAPER HMS see as SOUTH AFRICA STAR
  83. REAVELEY see as JULIET
  84. RECINA freighter 4732/1930 in 1940 (1943 torpedoed)
  85. RECORDER freighter 5982/1930 in 1940 (1971 scrapped)
  86. RECORDER cable steamer 2276/1902 in 1947 & '48
  87. REDESTOS see as PORT SAINT JOHN
  88. REDFIN see as SOUTHERN WARRIOR
  89. REDGATE see as EIRINI N RALLIA
  90. REDONDO see as GOLDEN SWORD
  91. REFLECT fishing vessel, drifter, at Lowestoft in 1932
  92. REFUGE see as PRESIDENT GARFIELD
  93. REGENT freighter 3280/1903 in late 1920s (1942 torpedoed)
  94. REGENT LION tanker 9551/1937 in 1938 (1945 torpedoed)
  95. REGENT QUINCE freighter 24597/1982 in 1985
  96. REGINA see as WESTERNLAND
  97. REGINA ELENA see as PONAPE
  98. REGINA MAGNA see as PASTEUR
  99. REGULUS see as SAINT GOBAIN
  100. REGULUS see as GALEB
  101. REIER harbour work boat 122/1983 in 1985
  102. REIKO see as JAMAL SHAH
  103. REINA see as ESTRELLA
  104. REINA DEL PACIFICO HMT passenger 17702/1931 in 1940
  105. REINE ASTRID passenger stern-wheeler on Congo River in 1942
  106. RELIANCE FIDELITY see as SPARKLING WAVE
  107. REMBRANDT see as EMPIRE TRUST
  108. REMO see as REYNELLA
  109. REMSCHEID see as YANG-TSE
  110. REMSEN HEIGHTS see as SANTA BARBARA
  111. REMUS see as TIVY
  112. RENA see as STEEL ENGINEER
  113. RENA freighter 4687/1911 in late 1920s (1934 scrapped)
  114. RENDSBURG freighter 6200/1926 in abt 1930 & '38 (1944 torpedoed)
  115. RENEE see as BACCHUS
  116. RENOWN HMS battle cruiser 32730dis fl/1916 in 1939 (1948 scrapped)
  117. RENOWN TRADER see as DUNKELD
  118. REPUBLICA sloop 1250displacement/1915 in mid 1930s & '35 (c1943 discarded)
  119. RESERV see as RODSLEY
  120. RESOLUTE passenger 20200/1913 in abt 1930 & '34 (1946 scrapped)
  121. RESOLUTION HMS see as HERMINIUS
  122. RESOLUTION 5A694 yacht sailing at East London in 1985
  123. RESURGENT HMS Bri Fleet replenishment aircraft carrier 9511/1951 in 1972
  124. RETHIMNON passenger 5789/1971 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  125. RETRIEVER cable laying motor ship 4218/1961 in 1972
  126. REX trawler steam & sail, being overwhelmed in breakers, Kalk Bay 1903
  127. REY ALFONSO see as POLAR CHIEF
  128. REYNELLA passenger 9787/1927 in 1940 (1959 scrapped)
  129. RHEA see as BUZI & RUFIDJI
  130. RHEIN freighter 6049/1926 in 1930 (1940 fire, war loss)
  131. RHEINFELS see as BAXTERGATE
  132. RHEINFELS see as BERHALA
  133. RHEINFELS see as FJORD LINER
  134. RHEINFELS freighter 8579/1918 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
  135. RHEINGRAF see as FJORDEN
  136. RHEINHAUSEN see as BRATTDAL
  137. RHEINLAND see as BERHALA
  138. RHEINLAND freighter 6622/1927 in mid 1930s (1941 torpedoed)
  139. RHESUS passenger 6530/1911 in 1940 (1950 scrapped)
  140. RHEXENOR (1st) passenger 7957/1922 in 1937 & '39 (1943 torpedoed)
  141. RHEXENOR (2nd) freighter 10199/1945 in 1946 (1975 scrapped)
  142. RHODE ISLAND see as ELENI
  143. RHODE ISLAND see as MAKIKI
  144. RHODESIA CASTLE passenger 17041/1951 in 1952 (1967 scrapped)
  145. RHODESIAN PRINCE freighter 4684/1935 in 1936 (1941 sunk by raider)
  146. RIALTO freighter 2948/1911 in early/mid 1920s (1943 MTB)
  147. RIBADAVIA trawler 1534/1974 in 1985
  148. RIBBOK dredger 4594/1967 in 1976 & '85 (listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  149. RIBERA freighter 5559/1940 in 1940 & '47
  150. RICE TRADER freighter 5149/1963 in 1980
  151. RICHARD BENNETT trawler 227/1917 in early 1930s, '33, '36, '37, '38, '39 & '50
  152. RICHARD IRVIN trawler 197/1909 in 1938
  153. RICHARD KING tug 327/1891 in early 1930s & '36 (1939 converted to house-boat)
  154. RICHMOND CASTLE (1st) freighter 7798/1939 in 1939 & '41 (1942 torpedoed)
  155. RICHMOND CASTLE (2nd) freighter 7971/1944 in 1946, '47 (1972 scrapped)
  156. RICHMOND HILL see as GREAT CITY
  157. RIDDERKERK freighter 8150/1938 in 1950 (1962 scrapped)
  158. RIDLEY freighter 4993/1937 in 1937 (? war loss)
  159. RIEBEECK CASTLE freighter 8342/1946 in 1946 (1971 scrapped)
  160. RIETBOK dredger 4538/1930 in early 1931, '36 & '38 (1966 scrapped)
  161. RIETFONTEIN see as JAGERSFONTEIN
  162. RIETFONTEIN freighter 5796/1917 in 1920s & 1928/1929 & early 1930s
  163. RIGDIN sailing vessel 397/1907 in abt 1930
  164. RIGMOR tanker 6305/1931 in abt 1931 (1942 aircraft)
  165. RIGOLETTO see as KOLSNAREN
  166. RIJNKERK see as EMPIRE TRUST
  167. RIJPERKERK freighter 5875/1907 in late 1920s & 1930 (1931 scrapped)
  168. RILEY freighter 4993/1936 in 1941 (1968 scrapped)
  169. RIMFAKSE freighter 1334/1921 in abt 1930 (1941 torpedoed)
  170. RINA CORRADO see as ESTURIA
  171. RINDA freighter 6029/1917 in abt 1930 & '40 (1941 torpedoed)
  172. RINGAR see as HANDICAP & CLELIA DECKER
  173. RINGAR freighter 5013/1921 in 1938
  174. RINGWOOD see as BELJEANNE
  175. RINOS see as ULLSTAD
  176. RINOS freighter 4649/1919 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
  177. RIO ALTO see as FORT STURGEON
  178. RIO ATUEL see as EBANI
  179. RIO BLANCO freighter 4086/1922 in abt 1930 (1942 torpedoed)
  180. RIO CARCARANA see as ANATOLIA
  181. RIO CARCARANA freighter 2553/1923 in 1946
  182. RIO CHIRA see as SUDEROY III
  183. RIO CLARO freighter 4086/1922 in abt 1930 (1939 torpedoed)
  184. RIO DE JANEIRO MARU passenger 9627/1930 in early 1930s & '36 (1944 sunk by aircraft)
  185. RIO DEVA see as ATTILA
  186. RIO DIAMANTE see as INES CORRADO
  187. RIO ITAPEMIRIM see as PEMBA
  188. RIO JURAMENTO see as NIENBURG
  189. RIO NEGRO see as CITY OF PALERMO
  190. RIO NOVO freighter 2490/1937 in 1939 (1967 scrapped)
  191. RIO PARDO see as CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
  192. RIO PARDO freighter 3133/1924 in 1937
  193. RIO S. MATHEUS see as MAFIA
  194. RIO SALADO see as OUDERKERK
  195. RIO SANTA ELENA see as ELENA
  196. RIO STAR see as EXPORTRADER
  197. RIO TEUCO see as CITY OF BATAVIA
  198. RIO TIETE see as LANCING
  199. RIO VERDE see as LUISE BORNHOFEN
  200. RIO VOUGA see as EXPORTRADER
  201. RIOGRANDE see as TIVY
  202. RION see as DURHAM
  203. RIPLEY see as GANTOISE
  204. RIPLEY freighter 4997/1936 in 1939 & '40 (1942 torpedoed)
  205. RIPLEY CASTLE freighter 7521/1917 in 1928/1929, early 1920s & '30 (1931 scrapped)
  206. RITA see as ALPHARD
  207. RITA freighter 1748/1922 in 1936 (1964 wrecked)
  208. RITA SISTER freighter 2862/1900 in 1946
  209. RIV see as MONTGOMERYSHIRE
  210. RIVADEMAR see as KINTYRE
  211. RIVER SWIFT see as LAUTARO
  212. RIVER THAMES tanker 42746/1965 in 1980
  213. RIVER TIGRIS see as INES CORRADO
  214. RIVER WEAR see as STORM
  215. RIVERCREST freighter 7008/1944 in 1947
  216. RIVERDALE PARK see as TRIDALE
  217. RIVERTON freighter 5378/1928 in 1937 (1940 war loss)
  218. RIVERTON see as BHIMA
  219. RIZA see as EASTERN GUIDE
  220. RIZA KAPTAN see as EASTERN GUIDE
  221. RIZWANI passenger 5448/1930 in 1953
  222. RO see as TERJE 3
  223. ROACHBANK freighter 8243/1979 in 1985
  224. ROALD AMUNDSEN see as FALK
  225. ROAMER see as AFRICAN REEFER
  226. ROBBEN ISLAND BARGE barge for transporting outsize guns/1938 in 1940
  227. ROBERT see as JOSEPHINE GRAY
  228. ROBERT DAVIDSON HMS see as INASI
  229. ROBERT MAERSK freighter 2294/1937 in 1940 (1970 scrapped)
  230. ROBERT MOORE see as TIERN
  231. ROBERT MORROW sailing vessel, wreck, 1156 in 1933, '37 & '47
  232. ROBERT SUZANNE see as PEMBA
  233. ROBERTO freighter 9415/1969 in 1985
  234. ROBIN (?) motor launch at Richards Bay built 1982 in 1985
  235. ROBIN ADAIR freighter 6895/1920 in early 1930s & '37
  236. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (1st) freighter 6885/1920 in 1937, '38 & '39 (1944 torpedoed)
  237. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (2nd) freighter 7946/1945 in 1947
  238. ROBIN GRAY (1st) freighter 6896/1920 in 1936, '37, '39 & '41 (1944 blockship, Normandy landings)
  239. ROBIN GRAY (2nd) freighter 8004/1943 in 1948 (1971 scrapped)
  240. ROBIN HOOD see as SEA DOLPHIN
  241. ROBIN HOOD (1st) freighter 6887/1919 in 1937 & '40 (1942 torpedoed)
  242. ROBIN HOOD (2nd) freighter 7966/1945 in 1947 (1973 scrapped)
  243. ROBIN LOCKSLEY freighter 7101/1941 & '46 (1970 scrapped)
  244. ROBIN MOOR see as EXMOOR
  245. ROBIN MOOR freighter 4999/1919 in 1941 (1941 torpedoed)
  246. ROBIN SHERWOOD freighter 7101/1941 in 1946 & '47 (1970 scrapped)
  247. ROBIN TUXFORD freighter 7101/1941 in abt 1947 (1971 scrapped)
  248. ROBINSON T.06 mineswpr 196/1927 in 1940 (1955 wrecked)
  249. ROCHA see as LAURA
  250. ROCHAMBEAU see as MARECHAL JOFFRE
  251. ROCHEA trawler 96/1930 in 1930
  252. ROCHESTER CASTLE freighter 7795/1937 in 1937, '38, '39, '40, '41 & '46 (1970 scrapped)
  253. ROCK SPRINGS VICTORY freighter 7606/1945 in 1947 (1970 scrapped)
  254. ROCKBREAKER NO. 2/1938 in 1938 & '40 (1974 scrapped)
  255. ROCKPOOL see as GENERAL GEORGE BRINK
  256. ROCKPORT see as MARGARITA CHANDRIS
  257. ROCKROSE HMS corvette 1020displacement/1941 in 1947
  258. ROCKWELL hopper barge 872/1907 in 1936 (1966 scrapped)
  259. ROCKY MARU see as EVGENIA CHANDRIS
  260. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARK freighter 7147/1943 in 1946 (1959 scrapped)
  261. ROD EL FARAQ passenger 6369/1910 in 1940 (1944 Bombay explosion)
  262. RODA see as CITY OF VALENCIA
  263. RODE ZEE tug 1312/1968 in 1981
  264. RODI see as ERITREA
  265. RODI S see as ERITREA
  266. RODOS see as SUDERHOLM
  267. RODOS see as BRITISH SOLDIER
  268. RODSLEY freighter 5000/1939 in 1941 (1984 scrapped)
  269. ROEBUCK HMS destroyer 2480dis dl/1943 in 1945 (1969 scrapped)
  270. ROEK freighter 1041/1925 in 1933 (1940 mined)
  271. ROGERS TRADER freighter 5773/1962 in 1980 (1986 scrapped)
  272. ROGGEVEEN passenger 4782/1914 in abt 1930 & mid 1930s (1942 scuttled)
  273. ROKK whale catcher 312/1925 in 1934
  274. ROKOS see as BANBURY CASTLE
  275. ROLAND see as ELEONORA MAERSK
  276. ROLAND PACIFIC see as NEPTUNE
  277. ROLLA see as NORSE LADY
  278. ROMA see as SYDNEY
  279. ROMA see as SALAMINIA
  280. ROMANBY freighter 4887/1927 in abt 1938 (1940 explosion)
  281. ROMELIA tanker, 20421/1959 wreck in 1978 (1977 wrecked)
  282. ROMEO see as CITY OF GUILDFORD
  283. ROMNEY freighter 5840/1929 in early 1930s & '39 (1960 scrapped)
  284. ROMO see as RITARONA see as FORT NORMAN
  285. RONA tanker 8022/1931 in 1951
  286. RONALEE see as NOVASLI
  287. RONDEVLEI T.14 HMSAS see as HEKTOR 1
  288. RONDEVLEI T.14 anti-submarine vessel 247/1930 in 1940 & '41
  289. RONDVAART passenger canal motor launch at Amsterdam, 1936
  290. RONGA see as ATHELDUCHESS
  291. RONIN see as TOWER ENSIGN
  292. RONIN freighter 5704/1919 in 1941 (1944 Bombay explosion)
  293. RONSARD freighter 22100displacement/1980 in 1983
  294. ROODEPOORT/T.57 HMSAS see as HEKTOR 6
  295. ROODEWAL see as BACKWORTH & BOKKEVELD
  296. ROODEWAL freighter 2481/1919 in 1951 & '53 (1963 scrapped)
  297. ROODEZEE tug 573/1908 in abt 1931
  298. ROOKLEY see as GOLDEN BRIDGE
  299. ROQUELLE see as DATCHET
  300. ROSA CORRADO see as FORT MAUREPAS
  301. ROSAMUND HMS see as BLOEMFONTEIN SAS
  302. ROSANDRA passenger 7746/1921 in 1928 & '31 (1943 torpedoed)
  303. ROSEDEN freighter 4323/1918 in abt 1930 (1940 torpedoed)
  304. ROSEWELL see as MYRSINI
  305. ROSIGNANO see as SOMALIA
  306. ROSINA TOPIC freighter 3038/1901 in abt 1928
  307. ROSLIN CASTLE freighter 7016/1935 in 1936, '37, '40 & '41 (1971 scrapped)
  308. ROSS freighter 4978/1936 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  309. ROSYTH CASTLE see as UMLAZI
  310. ROTA see as E. ROSE
  311. ROTHENBURG see as CARABAO
  312. ROTHESAY CASTLE see as LAURA
  313. ROTHESAY CASTLE freighter 7016/1935 in 1938 (1940 wrecked)
  314. ROTHLEY freighter 3959/1911 in late 1020s (1941 mined)
  315. ROTULA tanker 7981/1935 in 1940 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  316. ROULA see as TARN
  317. ROULA see as TUNGSHA
  318. ROVER steam yacht large ocean-going for sale at Falmouth 1932
  319. ROVUMA see as ASKARI
  320. ROVUMA (1st) freighter 1289/1927 in 1936 & '37 (1962 scrapped)
  321. ROVUMA (2nd) freighter 5500/1946 in 1947 (1973 scrapped)
  322. ROWALLAN CASTLE (1st) freighter ?/1939 & '40 (1942 torpedoed)
  323. ROWALLAN CASTLE (2nd) freighter 7950/1943 in late 1940s (1971 scrapped)
  324. ROWANBANK freighter 5159/1919 in 1940 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  325. ROWENA HMS destroyer 1065/1916 in 1929 (1937 scrapped)
  326. ROXANE tanker 7813/1929 in 1941
  327. ROXBURGH freighter 7801/1937 in 1938
  328. ROXBURGH CASTLE (1st) freighter 7801/1937 in 1939 & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  329. ROXBURGH CASTLE (2nd) freighter 8003/1945 in 1945 (1971 scrapped)
  330. ROXEN freighter 4528/1921 in late 1920s (? war loss)
  331. ROY FORBES pilot launch 83/1982 in 1985
  332. ROYAL PRINCE see as COLLEGIAN
  333. ROYAL SCOTSMAN passenger 3244/1936 in 1938
  334. ROYAL SOVEREIGN HMS battleship 29150/1916 in 1940 camouflaged (1949 scrapped)
  335. ROYAL STAR (1st) freighter 7900/1919 in 1940 (1944 aerial torpedo)
  336. ROYAL STAR (2nd) freighter 9118/1942 in 1948 (1971 scrapped)
  337. ROYALSTAR see as ROYAL STAR
  338. ROYAL ZULU passenger 1201/1964 in 1985
  339. ROYDUR see as TERJE 8
  340. ROYSTON freighter 2722/1929 in 1939 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  341. ROZENBURG freighter 2068/1918 in 1931
  342. RUAHINE HMT 10870/1909 in 1941 (1957 scrapped)
  343. RUAPEHU freighter 9018/1901 in 1931 (1931 scrapped)
  344. RUBI SEDDON dredger 528/1903 in 1939
  345. RUBIN see as PARRAKOOLA
  346. RUDOLF BLUMBERG see as FJORDEN
  347. RUDOLPH PETERSON tanker 116624/1972 in 1980
  348. RUFFORD HALL see as CITY OF MADRAS
  349. RUFIDJI see as BUZI
  350. RUFIDJI (2nd) freighter 1387/1921 in late 1939 (1964 wrecked?)
  351. RUGELY freighter 4985/1936 in 1940 & '41
  352. RUGELEY see as CHULMLEY
  353. RUIZ 1 see as BOUVET 4
  354. RUNA freighter 1575/1930 in abt 1930 (1941 torpedoed)
  355. RUNIC see as NEW SEVILLA
  356. RUNIC passenger 12663/1900 in abt 1928 (1940 torpedoed)
  357. RUPERRA freighter 4548/1925 in abt 1929 & '30 (1940 torpedoed)
  358. RUPERT DE LARRINAGA freighter 5358/1930 in 1936 (1941 torpedoed)
  359. RUSHPOOL freighter 5125/1928 in 1938 (1941 torpedoed)
  360. RUSS see as CORDILLERA
  361. RUSSULA see as PILAR DE LARRINAGA
  362. RUSTENBURG CASTLE freighter 8322/1946 in 1947 (1971 scrapped)
  363. RUTA see as TARN
  364. RUTH see as GALEB
  365. RUTH sailing vessel 341/1920 in 1938 (? war loss?)
  366. RUTH LYKES freighter 8258/1945 in 1951
  367. RUTH LYKES freighter 10954/1966 in 1985
  368. RUYS passenger 14155/1938 in 1938, '39, '45, '47 & '50 (1968 scrapped)
  369. RYAD see as PHRONTIS
  370. RYDAL HALL see as CITY OF KHIOS
  371. RYDAL HALL freighter 5580/1925 in late 1920s (1963 scrapped)
  372. RYOKAI MARU freighter 4643/1911 in 1933
  373. RYUKO MARU see as EVERHOPE
  374. RYUYO MARU freighter 6707/1920 in 1936

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


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