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7 Jan 1922. At 2.00 am in driving rain but calm seas the Chassie Maersk hit the rocks on Pulo Rondo en route from Durban to Sabang, Sumatra. The Captain had no experience in navigating these waters. Many crew attempted to leave her in boats, but, unable to land returned to their ship where during th...

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Success of the highest order with the announcement today Australia have chosen the Type 26 Glasgow class as the basis for their new Hunter class. With tenders from Spain and Italy to contend with the obvious and sensible decision has been made for a ship for the future. Australia is spending big on ...

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Love the little steam driven wheelie barrow too Paul. So cute. Seems to have come off the rails though.
Does it have a name i wonder. Patently not Barfleur.

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Hulda Maersk left Sunderland in Feb 1950 with an all Danish crew under Capt A. Jansen who had been sunk in 1941 and spent the remainder of the war working with the Canadians. In 1953 she was allocated to the new extended fast monthly New York - Malaya service via Panama started with her sister Lexa ...

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The stranding of Walrus occurred whilst in tow for subsequent preparations for her intended conversion to a WAIR escort at Chatham Dockyard where more of these works were done than elsewhere and all in Naval Dockyards. The WAIR was an extensive conversion turning these elderly destroyers into more c...

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Bridlington was 1 of the 4 RN diesel Bangor class with a further 10 later built in Canada for the RCN. There is an issue with the launch dates for both the Denny pair Bridlington and Bridport. Lenton & Colledge say both 29-2-1940 this being the date most widely used in most sources. The Denny list s...

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From completion Salmon joined the 12th destroyer flotilla of the Grand Fleet based in Rosyth and Port Edgar. She was an easy going, happy and efficient ship, the destroyers duties in WW1 being a tough life with little harbour time whilst conducting a wide variety of duties many for which they were n...

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Where the river is narrow & winding in its course, paddle tugs are mostly employed, such as those on the Clyde & Tyne. For harbour work generally, where the main work consists of aiding ships to dock, undock, to turn short round with a strong current running, to swing for adjustment of compasses, to...

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Thanks & welcome Sandra for the image with your Dad. Do you have a date when he served in Barfount please and his branch specialisation. When these Bar boats first entered service, although under the white ensign as fully commissioned ships of the grey navy, they were all skippered by assorted RNR, ...

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Scrapped in Wishaw, which many here will know, courtesy Motherwell Machinery & Scraps Instow works who seemed very prolific at the time steam was surplus, they scrapped 100's. 251 9F 2-10-0 BR standard engines were built from 1955, the very last & only named being 92220 Evening Star, now part of the...

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Plover became the only Coastal Minelayer ever built as such for the RN, her motto being 'Do Not Touch Me', most prophetic. Launched 8th June 1937 by Lady Muriel. E. Wake-Walker, wife of Captain William. F. Wake-Walker. R.N., Director of Torpedoes & Mining at the Admiralty. In 1941 Wake-Walker was Re...

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A total of 74 Bar class were constructed for the RN, plus 3 in Australia by Cockatoo. Where or how the names originated is any ones guess, but if it were down the local, then Barmaid was overlooked. No doubt there are 'Barrage', as in Boom, connotations. Barrage herself was an earlier build out of H...

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The CAM ships would predominantly operate a single Hurricane, which the pilot either had to ditch or, preferably, find a friendly air strip. Come to think of it, did they have a hook for carrier landing. In 1940 a purpose built fighter was proposed for catapulting from ships. This was the Miles M20 ...

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It appears a total of 48 post Office Packets were completed between 1821 -1848. The tonnage for Richmond / Redwing at 139 bm seems remarkably low set against her published dimensions compared with other similar packets, her 15' 9" beam surely excludes the 2 paddle boxes. Hunter & Dow appear to have ...

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The loss of Gurkha resulted in comparatively few casualties. Using the CWGC, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, database, 13 Gurkha men are commemorated on Naval memorials in the UK with no known grave as MPK, missing presumed killed. That leaves 3 more who are interred in the Trondheim (Stavne) Ce...

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Taiho Maru. IMO 9140358 Built 1996 by Oshima Shipbuilding, Saikai, Japan. Owner Kyokuto Shipping, Tokyo. 40,323 grt, 48817 dwt. Sold for scrap 2016, arrived Aliaga, Turkey and beached for breaking 30 March 2016. Appears to have operated as Taiho Maru for her entire career as a wood chips carrier. Ta...

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Nairana is one of the few merchant navy names taken up by the grey navy and used more than once, this escort carrier being the 2nd of name, earning 3 battle honours during the latter part of WW2. A few other such names are this Nairana's sister Vindex, Campania and Engadine, where in all cases the a...

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The earlier boats taken up from trade, as previously discussed, were put to the tasks of mine clearance and, to a lesser extent, u boat hunting, primitive and Heath Robinson though the methods were. All of the assorted fishing vessels were eminently suitable for the former, generally suited to the r...

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The original 70 were completed for Southern Region with their attendant Bulleid locomotive numbers, later renumbered. The following 40 were completed as British Railways locomotives, numbered 34071 - 34110 inclusive. 34071, our subject, was originally 615 Squadron, with nameplates fitted April - Aug...

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Relentless with her sister Rocket were the 1st pair of the War Emergency Destroyers to be given the full Type 15 conversions, designed to transform them into fully blown 1st rate anti (Soviet) sub hunters. This work ran in tandem, Pompey doing Relentless, Guzz (Devonport) doing Rocket and it was the...

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16th RN ship of this name, Lynx was launched 12 Jan 1955 by HRH The Princess Royal, Mary, sister to King Edward VIII, trials commenced 12 Sept '56 and commissioned 14 March 1957 for service in the 7th Frigate Squadron, service in Home and South Atlantic where these 4 pussy cats spent much of their a...

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A most interesting vessel with sister Otaru, Osaka was built specifically to counter the steamers of the newly formed B.R.T., Burma River Transport Co. The outcome paid dividends for the I.F.C., Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, when the new upstarts were forced into liquidation in Nov 1911, at which time...

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Hello Woody, the image you have posted here re Bhamo bears no resemblance whatsoever to the Denny built vessel, y no 554. Firstly, she was a side paddler, so can be eliminated instantly, and her funnel was 'midships. Same for her sister Ava, y no 553. Information taken from 'The Denny List', Part 2,...

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Captain Rotheram was an exceedingly cool intrepid man. During Trafalgar, 21st October 1805, a heavy shower of the enemy's musketry swept the quarter-deck of the Royal Sovereign. Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood (when she had seven ships upon her), had left Captain Rotheram standing almost alone amongst...

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...and Battle names emerged victorious. Indeed they did. Not a single name chosen commemorated any Battle fought on British soil from any era, despite some truly historic names that could have been chosen. In fact enough for these 24 Battles which comprised this destroyer class. Too many noses would...

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Hanjin Portland.
IMO - 9021681
Built - 1993 as a cellular.
grt - 51567, dwt - 62717
289 x 35 metres
From the remarks in 2 earlier posts here is her fate.
Hanjin Portland, named for Portland, Oregon, USA.
Broken up Alang from 24 April 2013.

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This will now be a rare sight, a Hanjin shipping company vessel fully laden. Recently the World's 7th largest shipping company, the future remains uncertain. Some remain optimistic. At the time their problems became apparent earlier in 2016, Hanjin operated 98 cellular & 44 bulkers, owned or leased ...

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11th November 2016.
To remember all who fell in conflicts Worldwide on this the 98th year since the 1918 armistice.
At sea, on land, in the air, service personnel and civilians equally from all Nations.
This is also to remember Angus and the appropriate words contained in original piece.

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Clonmel was the County Town of the Irish County, South Tipperary. This was still the time when Ireland was unified, Tipperary was 2 separate Counties then, South and North. Many of these Later Hunt or Aberdare class sweepers were named for coastal towns, subsequently during construction it was deeme...

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Michael E, on 168165, was the first Cam ship, brief though her career was. Amongst other ships of the Counties Ship Management Co Ltd was the 1940 built Marietta E, on 167596, sunk 4 March 1942 by U160. Virtually all ships under the umbrella of this Company had names ending in Hill, such as Bury Hil...

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Oops, sorry Paul, the image you posted above is not, alas, Vansittart. She is the Weapon class Scorpion, D64, the photo is probably 1950's, before having the 965 single bedstead radar fitted. Neither was she Clyde built, J Samuel White were guilty. 4 of the class were completed, Battleaxe and Broads...

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Escapade had the misfortune to suffer a premature when on 20 Sept 1943 her hedgehog, in the fwd superimposed or B position, suffered this fairly common occurrence with the attendant fatalities, although, quite high in her case. After her repairs, the 2 new squid mortars were located in lieu of A gun...

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These Merchant Navy class Pacifics were always referred to as "The Packets", after the lead engine, whilst the 2 following slightly smaller Pacific classes, West Country and Battle of Britains were termed "Spam Cans". Incredibly distinctive, all 3 classes as built looked nigh on identical to the lay...

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U S NAVY TUG CONESTOGA. AT 54. THE TUG NO ONE KNEW WAS MISSING. Lost in th Pacific after 25 March 1921. No one knows. Built by Maryland Steel Co, Sparrows Point, MD in 1904, purchased by navy 14 Sept 1917, for the huge sum of $350,000 617 t, 170' x 29' x 16', TE developing 1000ihp, 286 tons coal fo...

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Has this afternoon, Weds 1st June 2016, left Portsmouth, Hampshire, for Aliaga, Turkey. She has under her charge the ex HMS Endurance, A171, which has been laid up in Pompey since her serious flooding, and near loss, in the South Atlantic, 2008. Spartan, IMO 7725403, knows the routine well. In 2011 ...

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H.M.S. HOOD. 75 years on. Let us remember all those lost in the action in the Denmark Strait, 24th May 1941. H.M.S. Hood sunk that day, H.M.S. Prince of Wales with their escorting destroyers. Bismarck, sunk 27th May, her consort Prinz Eugen, their adversaries, and H.M.S. Mashona sunk 28th May in air...

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The bottom image in lead post definitely IS part of the 16 crew who managed to get San Demetrio back. There are 11 men shown and sat in the centre is her chief engineer officer, Charles Pollard. He was duly awarded the O.B.E. and Lloyds war medal for bravery at sea. Patently a very capable engineer,...

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As built, Jaguar, as with all the 16 J & K classes, carried the pendant number with flag F superior, Jaguar being F34. At the end of 1940 this was changed to G flag superior, as in the images above. The aft bank of Quintuple torpedo tubes were removed at the same time, being replaced by a single 4" ...

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IN MEMORIAM.

28th March 1916 H.M.S. Conquest
It is 100 years to the day of this tragedy and the 39 men who died from this cruiser.
Also the 2 from H.M.S. Melpomene

Let us remember them all.

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There may have been 133 survivors from Airedale. Much more significant are the 42 men lost in her. These Hunts had a tendency to take a lot of men down with them when sunk, by whatever means. The area around the after 4" and depth charge magazines were very vulnerable with many suffering explosions ...

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Apparently, from what i've gathered on the big wide web, the last coal burning trawler to land a catch in the UK.
So, surely, the last trawler that could smoke her own catch, in situ.

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Tis the good ship Belfast, still extant as you know.
Image dates from post WW2, probably 1947 to Korea.

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Damen are to construct a new tug for Serco Marine Services designed to assist the 2 new RN carriers, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Of Wales with alongside mobility at their home port, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The vessel, unnamed, is a modified Damen ART (Advanced Rotor Tug ) 80-32 design of 107' length a...

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All 3 images show Liverpool after removal of X turret, extensive radar fit and other late or post war modifications, so likely dates for all are 1946 - 1949. Although part of the 3 ship Gloucester, lost 22 May 1941, sub group with Manchester, lost 13 Aug 1942, the 3 were near identical to the precee...

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75 years ago today, 31st Dec 1940, Dainty whilst in support of the inshore squadron encountered 2 Italian motor schooners on passage between Bardia and Tobruk. Maria Giovanna, V69, 255 grt, built 1919 and Tiberio, V42, 237 grt built 1902 which were both duly captured and taken into RN service retain...

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Petersham, a village in the borough of Richmond, Surrey. In 1682 Archibald Campbell was born there, in Ham House. He became the 1st Earl of Ilay and later the 3rd Duke of Argyll. A great supporter of the Union, 1707. Founded the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1727, and, since 1987, his face appears on th...

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Daishin Maru renamed Jupiter in July 2013 under Panama flag.
IMO no the same as that stays with the hull.
Currently heading up the Malacca Straits to Kandla from Singapore.

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The Bangor class had 1 luxury you would never get elsewhere in the grey navy at this time, unless you served in a battleship. A covered but not totally enclosed bridge. That alone with the informal routines on board makes them top in the desirability stakes and the envy of all the cruiser and destro...

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Napier is shown here whilst part of the BPF, British Pacific Fleet, under the control of the Americans in that theatre. So why does she carry the pendant number D13, when her RN pendant was G97. Upon the insistence of the Yankees all British, Australian, Canadian and Dutch warships with the BPF were...

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Devastating news. Angus was a true gentleman, knowledgeable, generous with a nice tilt of wit.
Through this forum i became aware of his true stature and the high esteem in which he was regarded.
He will be sorely missed by all.
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