SS Primrose Hill

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Primrose Hill
Owner	Putney Hill Steamship Co Ltd[1]
Operator	Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1]
Builder	William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow[1]
Yard number	448[2]
Launched	25 June 1941
Completed	September 1941[1]
Out of service	29 October 1942[3]
Homeport	London[1]
Identification	UK official number 168208[1] Call sign BCJZ[1]
Fate	Sunk by torpedo & shellfire[3]
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	7,628 GRT[1] tonnage under deck 7,217[1] 5,595 NRT[1] 11,400 DWT[4]
Length	421.1 ft (128.4 m)[1] p/p
Beam	60.4 ft (18.4 m)[1]
Depth	35.8 ft (10.9 m)[1]
Installed power	443 NHP[1]
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine[1]
Crew	41 Merchant Navy plus eight DEMS gunners[3]
Aircraft carried	1 Hawker Sea Hurricane
Aviation facilities	aircraft catapult
Notes	sister ships: SS Kingston Hill, SS Lulworth Hill, SS Marietta E, SS Michael E

SS Primrose Hill was a British CAM ship that saw action in World War II, armed with a catapult on her bow to launch a Hawker Sea Hurricane.^[3] She was completed by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in September 1941.^[1]

Primrose Hill was managed by Counties Ship Management Ltd of London (CSM), an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company.^[5] Primrose Hill was CSM's second CAM ship, in effect replacing Michael E that had been torpedoed and sunk three months previously on her maiden voyage.

Primrose Hill's navigation equipment included an echo sounding device and a gyrocompass.^[1] Primrose Hill SS was a British Cargo Steamer of 7,628 tons built in 1941 by William Hamilton's & Co, Port Glasgow, Yard no 448 for Ruthi, Kuluku.