MV Glenartney (1915)

For other ships with the same name, see Glen Artney.

MV Glenartney was a Glen Line cargo twin-screw motor ship that was launched in Scotland in 1915 as Montezuma, renamed Glenartney when she changed owners, and sunk by a U-boat in 1918.

History
United Kingdom
Name	launched as Montezuma renamed Glenartney
Namesake	Montezuma Glen Artney, Perthshire
Owner	Glen Line
Operator	McGregor, Gow & Co Ltd
Port of registry	Glasgow
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Irvine
Yard number	467
Launched	1915
Completed	1916
Identification	UK official number 137812 code letters JMQC
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 5–6 February 1918
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	7,237 GRT, 4,593 NRT
Length	435.9 ft (132.9 m)
Beam	55.3 ft (16.9 m)
Depth	35.2 ft (10.7 m)
Installed power	656 NHP
Propulsion	2 × four-stroke single-acting diesel 2 × screws
Speed	11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h)

Building

Elder, Dempster & Co ordered the ship from Harland & Wolff, who built her at Irvine, North Ayrshire. She was launched in 1915 as Montezuma. While she was being fitted out, Glen Line bought her and renamed her Glenartney.^[1][2] She was completed in 1916.^[1]

The ship's main engines were a pair of Burmeister & Wain four-stroke single-acting diesels,^[2] probably built under licence by Harland and Wolff. They were rated at 656 NHP,^[3] drove a pair of screws, and gave her a speed of about 11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h).^[1]

Service

On 26 August 1916 Glenartney suffered a serious fire in her holds in Singapore.^[2]

In February 1918 Glenartney was in the Mediterranean sailing from Singapore to London. On the night of 5–6 February she was about 30 nautical miles (56 km) northeast of Cape Bon, Tunisia when the Imperial German Navy U-boat SM UC-54 hit her with a torpedo. Glenartney sank with the loss of two members of her crew.^[4]