Ships gallery

[brian daley]

Here is a grand old lady,the Anchor Lines Columbia. Built by Hendersons of Glasgow in 1902 she served on the North Atlantic run. She was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser in WW1 and re-named Columbella to avoid confusion with the U.S. Navy's U.S.S. Columbia. In 1919 she reverted to her original name and carried on in the North Atlantic run until sold to Greek owners in 1926. She was renamed Morea and was broken up in Venice in 1929.
This study was was painted by the artist Douglas Napier Anderson,
BrianD

[bangorreg]

Great that Captain. What a shame to see her under attack like that. Beautiful ship.

Hi Pablo.
Quite agree with you, but thats the way of war, things will never change!
Reg.

[captain kong]

Here is a good name for a ship.
Imagine being the Lady who is launching and naming the ship.
"I name this ship, `TIGHTEN YOUR ANUS`.

I wonder who thought of that.

[pablo42]

Here is a good name for a ship.
Imagine being the Lady who is launching and naming the ship.
"I name this ship, `TIGHTEN YOUR ANUS`.

I wonder who thought of that.

Ha,probably sounded great in the naming meeting.

[bangorreg]

Here is a good name for a ship.
Imagine being the Lady who is launching and naming the ship.
"I name this ship, `TIGHTEN YOUR ANUS`.

I wonder who thought of that.

Hi My Captain
What is the first thing you do after we pee?
Answer- Titan Uranus

Reg

[captain kong]

Quote:
Originally Posted by captain kong
Yesterday I saw a four hour film on Shackleton`s voyage on Endurance, from 1914 to 1917, to the Antarctic, the wreck of the ship and the long journey to get help and rescue, one of the greatest feats of survival. In March I went on a trip to the Antarctic and followed some of the trip that Shackleton did from the Weddel Sea to Elephant Island and on to South Georgia. He died there in Grytviken, 5 January 1922, on his last expedition with a heart attack before he could set off.
The photos are of Endurance being crushed by the ice, Ice bergs in the Weddel sea this year and me at Point Wild, named after one of his men, where there waited 4 months 20 days for rescue, an old photo of Grytviken in the museum there, and the grave of Shackleton in Grytviken, the small cemetery there has around twenty graves of whalers and sailors, one grave is the one man killed, an Argentino Sailor, by the Marines in the Falklands war. Interesting place.
Whenever people visit Shackleton`s grave, they have a little service ending with a tot of Rum and then the final tot is poured onto his grave. I am sure he would appreciate it.

[brian daley]

A good painting by commercial artist H. Stanley Philpott who worked for several shipping companies.
In this studyhe shows the Federal Steamship liner ,Norfolk of 1947,passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge. Also shown is the Circular Quay to Manley ferry, a real touch of nostalgia for you Ozzie coast men.
BrianD

[brian daley]

This is a study by a truly gifted artist,Colin Verity of Darwen in Lancs.
It shows the Shaw Savill and Albion lines Mataroa. She was built in 1922 by Harland & Wolff for the Aberdeen White Star Line ,when she was named Diogenes. Shaw Savill took her on longterm charter in 1926 and they subsequently bought her in 1932 when they renamed her Mataroa.She was employed as a troopsgip during the war and served Shaw Savill after the war until 1957 when she was broken up at Faslane. Now for those of you who want to know a bit more about what is what aboard ship, let's take a look at the picture. The sharp bit at the front is called the Bow, the whitework above the bow is the Foc'sle,and the deck above is the foc'sle head. The main structure in the middle of the ship is called the centre castle ,or midships. The six windows you can see in front of the funnel are the bridge windows and the little box on the wing of the bridge is the docking bridge. You can see the crows nest on the foremast,it was open and would have freezing in the North Atlantic,.
BrianD

[pablo42]

Was that for the ladies Brian? You forgot to tell them about the little boats around the edge of the ship.

[bangorreg]

Was that for the ladies Brian? You forgot to tell them about the little boats around the edge of the ship.

Pablo.
You are not thinking straight.. She was built in 1922 by Harland & Wolff for the Aberdeen White Star line,"the little boats around the edge of the ship" where put there by the Belfast lads for the "wee folke".
Reg.

[liverbob]

done a three and a half month trip on the old mataroa,sailed out of liverpool on the5-7-56 to aukland and back on the23-10-56,most all scouse crew,agood trip on the old tub.

[brian daley]

This is the tanker Laristan,built by Short Bros. of Sunderland in 1927 for the Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. of Common Brothers of Newcastle. In 1942 she was stranded off Tiree and was declared a total constuctive loss ,but due to the pressing need for tank shipping she was taken over by the Minisrty of War and repaired and returned to service as the Empire Gulf. She was repurchased by Common Bros.in 1945 and given her old name back. She subsequently changed hands a further three times and was broken up in Turkey in 1960.
This study was by a little known artist E.Archer,
BrianD

[pablo42]

Nice one.

[brian daley]

Here are two shots of one of my favourite liners. I never got the chance to sail on her ,I first saw her from the boat deck at Gravesend Sea School. She was being manouevred into Tilbury and the sun was full on her ,she looked beautiful,as exotic those fabled enchanted castles of yore. I saw her again in the British film comedy "The Captains Table" with John Gregson, she was the star. I saw her again in Australia ,many times and the spell was never broken. She was British ship building at its best. She came out of the Vickers Armstrong yard at Barrow in Furnessin 1954. Her vital statistic were ,28.790 gross tons, 723 foot length 90 foot beam,and her speed was 22 knots , She carried 694 first class passengers and 809 tourist class. P&O Orient lines operated her until 1973 and she was sold for scrap in 1974 .
BrianD

[captain kong]

Here are some of my paintings that I do in my spare time, they may not be as good as the real Marine Artists but they are mine.
cheers.