Ships gallery

Rather belatedly the news comes, via his obituary, of the death of Douglas Faulkner. He being the technical brains behind the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Derbyshire...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...lkner-obituary

The Gannet

This vessel was built in1879 and is a product of the transition from sail to steam, She was classified by the Royal Navy as a sloop,and was designed to police the trade routes and colonies of the rapidly expanding British Empire. Having both forms of propulsion meant that she could cruise independently in the remote parts of the Pacific,Indian and South Atlantic Oceans,where coaling stations were few and far between.
The Victorian expression "Send a Gunboat" led to Gannet seeing action in many "hot spots" as well as carrying out anti slavery patrols in the Red Sea. Her operational life ended in 1895 and she survived as static sea training school on the Hamble. She is now fully restored to her orginal finery and is shown here at Chatham Dockyard. The large housings in the background were where the Navy built and maintained her wooden walls and are well worth a visit.
BrianD






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Here are two posters that were designed by Kenneth D. Shoesmith for the grandly named Empire Marketing Board,an organisation that was created for the fostering of trade within the British Empire. It was set up in 1926 and abolished in 1936,and within that short time span the agency used some of the leading artist's of that time to create more 700 posters that were great works of art.The first poster shows the Sinhalese wharfies in Colombo0loading cargo bound for London, while the second posters shows us the Chinese talleyman checking the bales as they are toted to the quayside in Penang,in both posters you will note that the cargo bears the logo EMB. I have a few more which I shall post here soon,
BrianD


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Nordic Copenhagan,tanker built 2005, under the Danish flag used to be Singapore.
Sailing past the cruise terminal,Liverpool

Hi Brian,
I have the pictures of the Madonna of the Sea by Shoesmith. They are on the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
I have tried to post them but there is no facility to upload them.
I will try to email themm to you.
Cheers.
Brian.

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Shoesmith

Captain Kong e.mailed these Shoesmith study's to me yesterday he took whilst staying aboard the RMS Queen Mary in Longbeach, California. He found them in one of the state rooms aboard the Mary and they were painted by Kenneth D Shoesmith in the 1930's when he was commissioned by Cunard, they have been hanging in the Mary for these past 70 years (excepting for the period of World War 2). Brian, knew that I was posting pictures by Shoesmith and thought that I would like to add them to my collection. I was very pleased to do so and, indeed I was pleased to think that these pictures have given so much pleasure to the tens of thousands of people over the past half century and I like to think that they will give pleasure to all of those who will follow us in the future. I hope you like them too.
After Brian sent me the pictures I discovered the above photo of the artist himself putting the finishing touches to the picture of the "Madonna of the Atlantic"
BrianD.



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Excellent stuff all.:handclap:

Certainly is!:nod:

Ahoy!! Avast ye sailors all!

I will say hello and goodbye to ye. For once ye visit this 'ere site you be truely stuck fast on a whole reef of memories and dreams...

http://www.photoship.co.uk/Browse%20Misc%20Galleries/

Aaaarrr! Gid luck to ye...aaaahhrrr lol

This portrait is of the Booth Liner ANSELM,the second ship in the fleet to bear that name. She is shown making her way up the Amazon on the 1000 mile journey to Manaus. She was built by Workman ,Clark &Co. in Belfast in 1905. ANSELM served with the Booth Line until 1922 ,when she was sold to owners in Argentina ,who renamed her Commodoro Rivadavia. She was eventually broken up in 1959.

This study was the work of a Brazilian artist D.W.E.Gutman ,allof whose knowwn paintings are portraits of Booth Line ships.
BrianD
This is from the British Mercantile Memorial Collection.

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This little coaster was built in Middlesborough in 1911 for the Meteor Steamship Co. of that port; she was a very fortunate little vessel and she survived two world wars ,as well as four different Owners. She was called the Eskwood for her first owners.She was renamed Kilworth in 1946 after serving theGrand Union Shipping of London She underwent two more changes of ownership and two more renamingsbeforefinally,as late as 1956,being sold as Holdernoll to be broken up at Gateshead.

This was painted by a Danish artist H.Hangen who,presumablyhad some association with her,there are no other works known by this artist.
BrianD