BP Tanker Co

[peter sommerville]

Here are three ocean greyhounds of the 60's

[peter sommerville]

First big mistake - should have been on BoT - sorry

PS

[Angus Mac Kinnon]

Peter :

Where the greyhounds of the sea are concerned, i.e. the mighty BPTC, posting on the incorrect board is but a venial sin, instantly pardonable by all bar those slow-coaches ex-Clan, ex-Ben, ex-Brockies .......

[yorkieman]

Ahoy Mr. Moderator, it is possible to move posts or entire topics from one board to another, this one now on BoT (big old tankers) just to show it.

p.s. where's the photo of this BRITISH POWER that you are advertising, then?

[peter sommerville]

Here she is - not a great photo but one of a classic class of 42's

[peter sommerville]

Thanks for sorting out my "cock up" - here are three more classics!

[yorkieman]

BRITISH YEOMAN 1949-1963 by Furness

BRITISH SAILOR 1953-1972 by John Brown

BRITISH SOVEREIGN 1954-1972 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow

BRITISH VISION 1954-1972 by J.L.Thompson

[Deepol]

Biggies

[Angus Mac Kinnon]

Joined her at Hamburg in January 1966, left her at Falmouth in July 1966 - 2nd Trip Junior Engineer

One of the 32,000 DWT jobs

+ Built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead in 1958
+ Sold off in 1973 and renamed S.S. Salamis
+ Went for breaking in December 1975

[yorkieman]

Aye, we remember it well, 6 months just to get down the Channel!

[Angus Mac Kinnon]

Here, ony mair o' thon snash, m'lad, an' Ah'll set Peter Sommerville oan ye .....

Just look at that bow wave, even the seagulls couldnae keep up, and do you see a Clannie, a Bennie or a Brockie in sight? Nah ... well astern, laggin# ahint like the proverbial tortoise .. !

[Malim Sahib]

Just thought I'd add a couple more greyhounds of the sea...

Border Sentinel

British Explorer

British Osprey

[Angus Mac Kinnon]

Pure dead brill, annat !

[Angus Mac Kinnon]

S.S. British Industry of 1957, built by John Brown of Clydebank. One of the 32,000 DWT class.
Joined her at Marseille on 12th July 1967 and left her in Glasgow on 13th November 1967.
(See Company cablegram appointing me to this vessel - that's how it was done in these days!)

Opps - sorry - wrong ship, this was the 'Justice', an earlier ship, cannot put my hand on the 'Industry' photo just now

[vic mcclymont]

Here, ony mair o' thon snash, m'lad, an' Ah'll set Peter Sommerville oan ye .....

Just look at that bow wave, even the seagulls couldnae keep up, and do you see a Clannie, a Bennie or a Brockie in sight? Nah ... well astern, laggin# ahint like the proverbial tortoise .. !

Over the horizon like the proverbial GREYHOUNDS (Clannies & Bennies) whilst you lot were lumbering along at a snails pace.

[Deepol]

BRITISH BOMBARDIER, the largest ship built by Stephen's completed in September 1962 lasting till broken up at Kaohsiung where she arrived on 9th April 1976.

[Deepol]

BRITISH JUSTICE in Brigham's Drydock at South Shields in November 1971.

[Deepol]

BRITISH PATIENCE at Hound Point in 1981. She came from Verolme at Rozenburg in 1974 and only had eight years being broken up at Ulsan in October 1982.

[Deepol]

BRITISH PROSPECTOR at Finnart in November 1974. Mitsubishi at Nagasaki completed her in November 1971 and she stayed with BP till 1979 when she was renamed SOUTH FOUNDATION and went to Ulsan on January 3rd 1983 for scrapping.

[Clydebuilt1971]

British Bombardier again - this time fitting out. (Climie Collection)

[Deepol]

Would it be OK to put that one on the Database. Full credit to yourself and Mr C of course.

[Clydebuilt1971]

Would it be OK to put that one on the Database. Full credit to yourself and Mr C of course.

No problem Paul - fill yer boots!

[Deepol]

Many thanks sir. Happy memories of clambering about her as well courtesy of my school pal whose Dad worked for BP.

[Malim Sahib]

British Judge on trials.

[Deepol]

BRITISH COMMODORE on trials from a set of negatives in collection for years and kindly processed for me by the Fairfield Heritage folk.

[Deepol]

BRITISH FULMAR completed in 1959 by Stephen's which as DA QING 236 sank on October 11th 1983 following a collision with the Indonesian freighter, GUNUNG KLABAT 100 miles NE of Hong Kong. All on board were rescued.

[Deepol]

John Winters sent me this of BRITISH FORTUNE as he thought she was a Harland and Wolff build from Govan. Sadly not, she came from Doxford's in Sunderland in 1949 and was broken up at Briton Ferry arriving there on September 12th 1961.

[Deepol]

BRITISH HONOUR and BRITISH JUSTICE from the Chris Howell collection.

[Deepol]

BRITISH OSPREY completed by Harland and Wolff at Govan in 1962 which they kept till 1977 when she became ORIENTAL PEACE then ALLOCEAN No.2 under which name she arrived at Kaohsiung on October 28th 1983 for breaking up.