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    Here is the Helwick Light Ship, for many years she stood guard by many of the sand banks in the Bristol Channel.
    She is now preserved in Cardiff. She is a cafe/ restaurant, and a Chapel.
    Last summer I climbed up the Light tower to take the photos of the fore and after decks.
    Many of our light ships have been demolished so it is good that some have been put to an alternative use. She is owned by the Christian Society..

    The Helwick Lightship


    The Helwick LV14 was last stationed off Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula, in South Wales. The beam from the Light tower could be seen from 25 miles away and warned sailors of the Helwick Swatch, a treacherous sand bank.

    Weighing 550 tons with an overall length of 137 feet, the Helwick was built to withstand all the might of the sea. It took eleven people to crew the vessel with seven on board at any one time. In 1975 landing platforms were added so that the crews could be changed by helicopter
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    Nice one Captain.

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    Here's a picture I got sent for Christmas.It is the Tea ship Falcon and is shown passing Portsmouth on a very blustery day.It was painted by S.Frances Smitheman, about whom I know nothing. Nice study though,
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    Quote Originally Posted by brian daley View Post
    Here's a picture I got sent for Christmas.It is the Tea ship Falcon and is shown passing Portsmouth on a very blustery day.It was painted by S.Frances Smitheman, about whom I know nothing. Nice study though,
    BrianD
    Hi BrianD
    The following is his Biography...Enjoy
    Reg.
    http://www.smitheman.com/biography.html
    thaithyme

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    I saved this one for today,a hospital ship.....................I am having an operation at 2.30 p.m. It just seemed appropriate.
    This is the Booth Liner Lanfranc in her hospital ship livery. She was built in 1907 and did service in WW1. No mention of her wartime record ,nor of when she was scrapped.The study was byD.W.E Gutman all of whose known paintings are of Booth Line ships.
    Well that's it for now folks, be back soon I hope,
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    Best of luck Brian, hope all goes well!

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    Hi Brian,
    Didnt know you were going in today
    All the best , Hope all goes well.

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    HMHS.Lanfranc - Torpedoed and sank 17th April 1917 by UB 40



    Wishing you well Brian
    To acquire knowledge, one must study.
    But to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
    The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

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    Good luck with the operation Brian.

    And leave them bloody nurses alone...

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    Hi Brian, Look after yourself, everything will be ok.See you soon.
    Reg
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    Hope all's gone well Brian,get well soon!

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    This is the Berengaria a liner with a chequered history. She was built in Germany as the Europa but was bought by Hapag and renamed Imperator. Hapag had her fitted out to be the most luxurious ship ever for the Atlantic run,they wanted to outdo Cunards Oceanic. She was launched in 1912 and made her first voyage in 1913,it was a dismal failure due to her top heaviness.
    All her top deck panels were stripped out and replaced with lighter material and the magnificent bronze figurehead was removed,this,and the addition of several hundred tons of cement ballast reduced her tendency to roll and she re-entered service in 1914. Shed was laid up for the duration of WW1 and was sequestered by the Americans for service as a troopship in 1919.
    In 1920 she was chartered by Cunard for the North Atlantic run and was later allocated to Britain as war reparation. She became Cunards flagship in the 20's ,renamed Berengaria and was modernised. Her wiring was so badly corroded that she had constant trouble and was eventually retired in the mid 1930's. She was sent for scrapping in 1938 and this was finally completed in 1946.
    She was a looker though!,
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    Nice one Brian. Good looking ship.

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    Berengaria, named after Queen Berengaria, wife of King Richard, the only queen of England who never set foot in England, she died and was buried in France.The first of Cunards Liners to be named after a Queen.

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    This is me on the Sailing Ship, Leeuwin of Freemantle, Western Australia a couple of years ago.
    I climbed aloft and over the futtock shrouds and onto the yards to furl sail.
    Also heaving up the Crojack yard
    I was 72 years old then, Not too bad for an old timer. Just had to show I could still do it.
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