{{Short description|Cargo ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= United Kingdom |flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}} |name= '''''Glennevis'''''<ref name=LR30>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0026.pdf |year=1930 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> |namesake= Glen Nevis, Scotland |owner= Western Steam Ship Co, Glasgow<ref name=Wrecksite>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152796 |title=Pentridge Hill SS (1936~1939) Lambridge SS [+1945] |last1=Lettens |first1=Jan |last2=Allen |first2=Tony |date=27 December 2010 |work=The Wreck Site |access-date=17 June 2011}}</ref> |operator= James Gardiner & Co<ref name=Wrecksite/> |ordered= |builder= Ayrshire Dockyard Company Ltd, Irvine<ref name=LR30/> |yard_number= 445<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web |url= https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=1135&vessel=GLENNEVIS |title=Glennevis (1917) |work=Scottish built ships |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=Wrecksite/> |laid_down= |launched= 2 March 1917<ref name=Clyde/> |completed= May 1917<ref name=LR30/> |acquired=
|registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} Glasgow |identification= |out_of_service= 1922<ref name=Wrecksite/> |fate= Sold |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name= '''''African Prince'''''<ref name=LR30/> |namesake= |owner= Rio Cape Line, Ltd.<ref name=LR30/> |operator= Furness Withy<ref name=LR30/> |acquired= 1922<ref name=Wrecksite/> |in_service= |registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} Newcastle upon Tyne |identification=*code letters JPRN<ref name=LR30/> (until 1933) *{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Papa}}{{ICS|Romeo}}{{ICS|November}}<ref name=LR30/> *UK official number 137842<ref name=LR30/> |out_of_service= 1936<ref name=Wrecksite/> |fate= Sold<ref name=Wrecksite/> |notes= }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name= '''''Pentridge Hill'''''<ref name=LR37>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/37/37b0686.pdf |year=1937 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> |namesake= Pentridge Hill, Dorset |owner= Dorset Steam Ship Company<ref name=LR37/> |operator= Counties Ship Management<ref name=LR37/> |acquired= 1936<ref name=LR37/> |in_service= |registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} London |identification=*Call sign GQTZ (from 1934) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Quebec}}{{ICS|Tango}}{{ICS|Zulu}}<ref name=LR37/> *UK Official Number 137842<ref name=LR37/> |out_of_service= 1939<ref name=LR40>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a0161.pdf |year=1940 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> |fate= Sold |notes= }}
|section5={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name= '''''Botlea'''''<ref name=LR40/> |namesake= |owner= Ministry of War Transport (1939)<ref name=LR40/> |operator=*Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons<ref name=LR40/> (1939–43 or 44?) *Weidner, Hopkins & Co (?–1945)<ref name=LR45>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0026.pdf |year=1945 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> |acquired= 1939<ref name=LR40/> |in_service= |registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} London |identification=*Call sign GQTZ (from 1934) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Quebec}}{{ICS|Tango}}{{ICS|Zulu}}<ref name=LR45/> *UK Official Number 137842<ref name=LR45/> |out_of_service= 1939<ref name=Wrecksite/> |fate= |notes= }}
|section6={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name= '''HMS ''Lambridge'' (X15)'''<ref name=Clyde/><ref name=Wrecksite/> |namesake= |owner= Admiralty<ref name=Clyde/> |operator= {{navy|UK}}<ref name=Clyde/> |acquired= 1939<ref name=Wrecksite/> |in_service= 1939 |registry= |identification= |out_of_service= 1941<ref name=Wrecksite/> |fate= |notes= }}
|section7={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name= '''''Lambridge'''''<ref name=Clyde/><ref name=Wrecksite/> |namesake= |owner= Admiralty<ref name=Clyde/> |operator= |acquired= |in_service= 1941 |registry= {{flagicon|UK|civil}} |identification= |out_of_service= 1945<ref name=Wrecksite/> |fate= Scuttled<ref name=Clyde/><ref name=Wrecksite/> |notes= }}
|section8={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type= Cargo ship<ref name=LR30/> |tonnage=*{{GRT|5119}}<ref name=LR30/> *tonnage under deck 4,800<ref name=LR30/> *{{NRT|3245}}<ref name=LR30/> |displacement= |length= {{convert|400.7|ft}}<ref name=LR30/> p/p |beam= {{convert|53.4|ft}}<ref name=LR30/> |height= |draught= {{convert|24|ft|1|in|2}}<ref name=LR30/> |depth= {{convert|27.4|ft}}<ref name=LR30/> |power= 510 NHP<ref name=LR30/> |propulsion= 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; single screw<ref name=LR30/> |speed= {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}<ref name=Wrecksite/> |capacity= |crew= |armament= |notes= }} }}
'''SS ''Lambridge''''' was a {{GRT|5119}} UK cargo ship that was built in 1917, gave 28 years of service and was scuttled in 1945.<ref name=Clyde/><ref name=Wrecksite/> She was launched as '''''Glennevis''''' but changed owners and names a number of times, successively becoming '''''African Prince''''', '''''Pentridge Hill''''', '''''Botlea''''', '''HMS ''Lambridge''''' and '''''Lambridge'''''. She was scuttled as part of a programme to dispose of UK stocks of chemical weapons.
==Building== The Ayrshire Dockyard Company Ltd. built the ship to the UK Shipping Controller's standard "B" type cargo ship design. She had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of {{convert|119|sqft|0}} heating three 180 lb<sub>f</sub>/in<sup>2</sup> single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of {{convert|7647|sqft|0}}.<ref name=LR30/> The boilers fed a Dunsmuir and Jackson three-cylinder 510 NHP triple expansion steam engine that drove a single screw propeller.<ref name=LR30/>
==Names and owners== The ship was launched in 1917 as ''Glennevis'' for the Western Steam Ship Company of Glasgow.<ref name=Wrecksite/> In 1922 she was sold to Furness Withy who renamed her ''African Prince''.<ref name=Wrecksite/> In 1936 she was sold to the Dorset Steamship Company, which renamed her ''Pentridge Hill''.<ref name=LR37/> Dorset SS Co was a London-based company controlled by Counties Ship Management.<ref name=LR37/>
In 1939 she was sold to Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons, Ltd, who renamed her ''Botlea''.<ref name=LR40/> In September and October 1939 she became one of nine merchant ships that the Admiralty acquired to convert into Q-ships.<ref name=Wrecksite/> ''Botlea'' was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Lambridge'' with the pennant number X15. The Q-ships were not successful and from February 1941 she served as the armed merchant cruiser ''Lambridge''.<ref name=Clyde/>
==Scuttling== After the Second World War the Admiralty used her to dispose of redundant chemical ammunition.<ref name=Wrecksite/> On 30 December 1945 she was scuttled in the North Atlantic beyond the continental shelf, {{convert|120|mi}} northwest of Ireland.<ref name=MoD>{{cite book |last=Bowles |first=R |title=British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds |location=London |publisher=Ministry of Defence |page=2}}</ref> Her wreck is at {{coord|55|30|N|11|00|W}} in {{convert|8200|ft|m}} of water.<ref name=MoD/>
''Lambridge'' was one of four redundant cargo ships that the Admiralty used to dispose of chemical ammunition at the same site in the North Atlantic.<ref name=Wrecksite/> The others were {{SS|Empire Simba||2}} on 11 September, ''Empire Cormorant'' on 1 October and {{SS|Wairuna||2}} on 30 October.<ref name=Wrecksite/>
{{location map|British Isles Oceans|width=304 |lat= 55.30 |long= -11.10 |caption=Approximate position of ''Lambridge''{{'}}s wreck |relief= yes }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{December 1945 shipwrecks}} {{coord|55.30|N|11.10|W|format=dms|display=title}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambridge}} Category:1917 ships Category:Ships built on the River Clyde Category:Scuttled vessels of the United Kingdom Category:Ships of Counties Ship Management Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom Category:World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Category:Maritime incidents in December 1945