Wallsend was the name of a number of steamships, mostly operated by the Burnett Steamship Co Ltd. , in service from 1893–1915 , built for Newcastle Wallsend Co Ltd, in service until 1935 , torpedoed and sunk in 1918 , wrecked in 1934 , torpedoed and sunk in 1942 , built as Empire Buttress. In service from 1946–59 Ship names