Glengyle
Ship Number
466
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Launch Date
January 19, 1915
Delivered
December 7, 1915
Owner
Glen Line Ltd
Weight
6225 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
52 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
11 knots
Propulsion
M 2x6cyl 4SCSA (630 x 850mm), 534nhp
Official No.
137487
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Glengyle

After her trials she was handed over to F Leyland & Co as the Bostonian but after two contractual voyages from Liverpool to USA was acquired by Glen Line and renamed Glengyle. On 10th June 1917 she was chased by a submarine off Valencia in the Mediterranean but escaped with only some shell splinter damage.
 
In 1923 she was sold to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and renamed Lautaro as their first motorship on the Liverpool-Panama-South America service.
 
Put up for sale in December 1946 at the end of a voyage from Antofagasta to Liverpool she was purchased by Jenny S.S. Company of London, renamed River Swift, and commenced her first sailing from London to Cuba on 22nd July 1947. During a voyage from Immingham to Buenos Aires in May 1948 she reported a fire in her cargo of coal which was followed by a further outbreak in Rio de Janeiro on 28th July.
 
Written off as beyond repair she was broken up locally in 1949.