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The ship in the picture is not Warma Castle, but simply SS Warma. There is no listing for a ship of either name in The World's Merchant Fleets 1939, so the ship has to have either been renamed before the war, or carried a different name at the beginning of the war and been renamed Warma Castle during the war. Since you said your grandfather served on her prior to the war, I'm assuming the former is the case.
It wasn't built by any shipbuilder on the Clyde river, and neither name appears anywhere in the British Fleets List. I came across an Estonian Naval hero who was active in the period during and following the First World War by the name of Aleksandr Warma, and searched for the possibility of a ship registered with that nation named after him, but no luck.
Do you by chance have his official papers? Jimbuna has his fathers official book, and it lists every ship he served on, including the name, tonnage and home port.
Aside from actually walking into the place where they keep the actual records, I'm not sure what else can be done to find this ship.
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Thank for that Steve, you probably right about the ship been renamed. I do know that my grandfather was taken off the ship by his grandfather just prior to the war. As for his official papers, im not sure if I can get hold of them due to my grandfather passed away last year, so might be difficult finding them.
Many thanks Steve, will help me focus my search
