SS Wallsend

Wallsend was the name of a number of steamships, mostly operated by the Burnett Steamship Co Ltd.

SS Wallsend (1893), in service from 1893–1915
SS Wallsend (1899), built for Newcastle Wallsend Co Ltd, in service until 1935
SS Wallsend (1917), torpedoed and sunk in 1918
SS Wallsend (1922), wrecked in 1934
SS Wallsend (1937), torpedoed and sunk in 1942
SS Wallsend (1943), built as Empire Buttress. In service from 1946–59

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