And here he is, at sea himself,I wonder where he was bound,the date shows 1928.
And here he is, at sea himself,I wonder where he was bound,the date shows 1928.
Top picture is of the Wallasey ferries,Iris and Daffodil on their return from the raid on Zeebrugge in 1918.They are battle scarred and King George V was so impressed by the part they played in that raid that he ordered them to be renamed Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil.
The second picture is of the White Star Liner Oceanic returning to the Mersey from the U,S.A., New Brighton Tower is shown just off her bow,the White Star tender Magnetic is off her port bow.
Great pics.
Nice site here http://www.photoship.co.uk/Browse%20Ship%20Galleries/
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Thre Isle of Man Steamships here,sorry they are undated but undoubtedly old, The Tynwald, the Viking and the King Orry. Maybe your grandparents went on these....
Two from Liverpool and one from Blackpool, First the Manxman,then the Manx Maid and last ,but not least,the Atalanta of Blackpool. Graceful ships all.
Two from my childhood, school camp and a naughty week away in my wild youth ,plus a day trip with my wife and three year old son ,a lot of memories are invested in these vessels. The Tynwald and the beautiful Lady of Mann. Do you have memories if them too!
Spike ,that is a great site and I have often spent hours browsing through it. If it sailed the seas ,it is most probably on there,
Cheers,
BrianD
I just love these postcards,sent in a bygone age when the world was a much bigger place and everywhere was faraway.
The Strathaird like a gleaming white castle set in an azure sea,surrounded by bumboats full of exotica,the sunblasted mountain in the background telling of a land so hot that you can feel the blessed sun burning your cold northern skin. A British and India liner is moored on the port side ,could this be Aden and our ships be bound for the Orient?
And then there is the Ranpura,majestic as she towers over the over the bustling launches and feluccas,this looks like Port Said ,the home of great literature and exotic herbs,plus those wonderful post cards.
I have been researching my Great uncle Austin Owens who was in the Merchant Navy. I have found he was on " BALTIC 11 " in 1932, A White Star Line ship as part of the weekly Liverpol-New York route. In WW2 he was on " BRITISH TRADITION " in 1942 and " LA PAMPA " in 1944 working as a Greaser.
He worked after the war also. probably on a lot more ships than i have found.
My Nans cousin was aboard " THE BEDFORDSHIRE " when it sank in 1942 off Ocracoke Island USA. He was only 18.
I am a total Newbie with Ships so i am loving these threads you guys are postingkeep them coming.
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Hi Spike ,thank you for your kind comments,it is nice to know someone out there is interested. I was intrigued to hear about your sea going relatives.Should you ever need help in your researches you could do no better than to log on the Mercantile Marine site,there is a guy on there called Billy McGee who is the acknowledged master of M.N. history.
And talking about history,here are two more from my archives....
First is the Geelong of 1904,she was built for the Blue Anchor Line as an Emigrant carrier.P.O acquired the line and Blue Anchor disappeared without trace. The Geelong was sunk while in Convoy through the Mediterrannean after colliding with another British ship.
The second postcard is of the Clan Matheson ,built on the Clyde in 1919 and the fourth ship in the Clan Line to carry that name.
I dont have any postcards of old ships , I do have photos of the old ones.
This the old Georgic, last of the White Star liners built, on fire and beached in the Gulf of Suez and after she was rebuilt as a troopship and emmigrant carrier. I sailed on her last voyage, to Cape Town, Fremantle. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbanme, Penang, Singapore Meekong River Viet Nam, Aden ,Suez, Algiers, Marseilles, Liverpool, then to the Clyde for breaking in 1955
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Here is a ship I have been on a few times, she is the `FALLS OF CLYDE`,
preserved in Honolulu, Hawaii. she sailed under Red Ensign when built in 1878 to 1899, to India , Australia, California UK, Bought in 1899 by Matsons of Hawaii, under Hawaiin flag, then USA took over Hawaii in 1900. 1907 converted to oil tanker,carrying 2800 tons, Hawaii to San Francisco. 1927 sold to Alaska, then 1963, sold for preservation in Honolulu.
Here is the BALCLUTHA preserved in San Francisco, I have been on board many times,
Built in 1886 on Clyde, She rounded the HORN 17 times in 13 years. 1899 sold to Hawaii 1902 sold to Alaska Packers, In 1933 she appeared in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, Charles Laughton and Clark Gable.
In 1954 she was sold for preservation to San Francisco, a Very interesting ship to go aboard if your in Frisco.
Excellent Pictures,Cap'n Kong,I had'nt seen any of them before,keep 'em coming. Anyone else got any old pics they'd like to put on here? we'd love to see them!
BrianD
Couple of Thos. & Jos Harrisons here,the first is the Wanderer shown being piloted past Dumbarton Rock on the River Clyde, an old coal burner.
Second is the first motorship of the line, and the first new build after WW11, the Herdsman. She is shown down in the Thames Estuary,passing a nice couple of sailing barges.
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