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Memorial to the seafarers of the Merchant Navy, of which my father was a proud member and survived the second world war.
This obelisk is a memorial to those lost while serving in the Merchant Navy during both world wars. Unveiled in late 2010 by Princess Anne, it sits by the final section of the Water of Leith, close to the Port of Leith, where doubtless a number of those men would have sailed from.
The memorial is covered in small sculptures from Powderhall Bronze in Leith, designed by Jill Watson. Some on the face of the obelisk show maritime scenes, such as trade routes,
Around the entire piece there's a small ledge with these tiny figures depicting everyday scenes from life in the merchant navy, from officers plotting navigation to the ship's cook carrying a large pot (while a hopeful dog looks on).
"Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose hand does bind the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!"
(The Sailor's Hymn, William Whiting)
BR 'Merchant Navy' class Pacific 35026 'Lamport & Holt Line' at Doncaster station during the Williams Deacon's Bank Club "outing" on Sunday 20th Nov.1966. We had traveled from Manchester Piccadilly via Chinley and Sheffield Midland, including sightings of the ancient MR tank engines at Canklow shed along the way. This was my second rail tour trip, and another very murky but thankfully dry day. There was time for an arranged tour of Doncaster Works which was all diesel by that date.
flickr member John Law (johnmightycat) has informed me that a renowned railway photographer, the late Geoff Warnes, can be seen in 35026's cab, camera at the ready.
('BR Steam 1966' album, railtour photo no.2 of 5)
Epson V500 scan of Agfacolor 35mm slide.
35028 'Clan Line' climbs the 1-in-80 gradient at Oborne, between Sherborne and Templecombe, with 1Z68, 1740 Yeovil Junction to London Waterloo 'The Waterloo Sunset'. The tour marked the fiftieth anniversary of the end of steam on Southern Region.
pétrolier / tanker
port d'attache : Valletta
IMO 9447328
Longueur : 147,50 m
Largeur : 22,40 m
Tirant d'eau : 9,75 m
Vitesse Avg/Max 10,6 kn / 14,5 kn
jauge brute 11 393
port en lourd 18 000 t
Cap. 21 061 m3 (14 citernes)
puissance 5 920 kW
moteur . 2 temps - 8 cylindres MAN-B&W 8S35MC
hélice à pas variable
Prop. d'étrave (745 kW)
Générat. aux. 4 x 580 kW
Construction 2011
chantier Anadolu Deniz Insaat Kizaklari San. ve Tic., Tuzla, Turquie
Gérant Furtrans Denizcilik ( Istanbul , Turquie )
35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co at Cheltenham Racecourse
built at Eastleigh locomotive works in December 1941 and was allocated to Salisbury Shed where it remained based throughout her working life until withdrawn in August 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry. The remains of 35006 were purchased for preservation in 1983 with the intention of restoring it to running order. The locomotive was moved to Toddington and was the 144th locomotive to leave the scrapyard.
Restoration has been a long drawn out affair. On 10 August 2015 35006 moved under its own power for the first time in under 50 years. The first public runs were during the GWSR's Cotswold Festival of steam gala at the end of May when I saw the locomotive. It looked fantastic and performed superbly.
Bristol's memorial to those lost at sea during WWI and WWII in the Merchant Navy, a subject very close to my heart as I used to be an engineer in the Merchant Navy at sea. The Bristol ships lost include the Argo, Boston City, Brighton Queen 1, Bristol City 1, Cliftondale, Euterpe, Henry R. James, Juno, Kansas City, Lady Ismay, Milo, New York City, Norhilda, Pluto, Tasso, Abbas Combe, Brighton Belle, Brighton Queen II, Bristol City II, Cato, Devonia, Durdham, Glen Avon, Glen Tilt, Gravelines, Lunan, Mercia, Montreal City, River Humber, Severn Leigh, Toronto City and Waverley, and all the men who served aboard them.
BR 'Merchant Navy' class Pacific 35026 'Lamport & Holt Line' hurrying the "Elizabethan" rail tour on the East Coast Main Line down fast through Pilmoor, Yorkshire on its way to Newcastle on a very gloomy day. The railtour was organized by the Altrinchamian Railway Excursion Society from London Kings Cross to Newcastle and back, hauled by 35026 and 4472 'Flying Scotsman'.
Pilmoor was a favourite train-spotting site of mine, on the "racing stretch" between York and Northallerton. My good friend Paul, on the right, got some good photos too. R.I.P. Paul
Epson V500 scan of Agfacolor 35mm slide.
Southern Region Merchant navy class Canadian Pacific storms up the gradient towards Medstead on the Mid Hants Railway.
Best viewed Original size.
Bulleid "Merchant Navy" Pacific 35014 "Nederland Line" approaches Pokesdown station on the up main with a Waterloo bound express - c.1957.
© 2015 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 120 monochrome negative; photograph by the late James S Doubleday.
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These are my dads photos of the Saldanha from his merchant navy days over 50 years ago. They are scanned Kodachrome slides from 1963/64, all in remarkably good condition for photos some half a century old. I think most of them were taken in Japan.
From what I gather the Saldanha (8,995 ton) was built in 1959, it was launched as the Sunny Queen but once purchased it was renamed "Saldanha". It was sold and renamed a few times before being deleted from register in 1993.
This kodachrome slide was suffering from a little colour fade so I monochromed it and I think It breathed new life into dads old photo.
IRISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST IN WORLD WAR TWO.
MUNSTER (Captain William James Paisley) mined and sunk in Liverpool Bay
2 February 1940-no casualties
CITY OF LIMERICK (Captain, R. Ferguson) sunk by air attack 700 miles west of Ushant.
15 july 1940-2 dead
MEATH (Captain T. MacFarlane) mined and sunk off Holyhead .
16 august 1940-1 dead
LUIMNEACH (Captain E. Jones) sunk by gunfire from U-46 in Bay of Biscay
4 september 1940-no casualites
KERRY HEAD (Captain C. Drummond) bombed and sunk with all hands off Cape Clear.
22 october 1940-12 dead
ARDMORE (Captain T. Ford) missing on passage Cork to Fishguard.
11 november 1940-24 dead
ISOLDA (Captain A. Bestic) bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Wex ford Coast
19 december 1940- 6 dead, 7 wounded
INNISFALLEN (Captain G. Rrth) mined and sunk in River Mersey.
21 december 1940-4 dead
ST. FINTAN (Captain N. Hendry) bombed and sunk by German aircraft of Welsh Coast.
22 march 1941-9 dead
CLONLARA (Captain J. Reynolds) torpedoed and sunk whilst in convoy 0G71 in Bay of Biscay
22 august 1941-11 dead
CITY OF WATERFORD (Captain T. Alpin) sunk whilst in convoy 0G74 in North Atlantic.
19 september 1941-5 dead
CITY OF BREMEN (Captain G. Bryan) sunk by German aircraft in Bay of Biscay
2 june 1942-no casualites
IRISH PINE (Captain M. O'Neill) torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic by U-608.
15 november1942-33 dead
KYLECLARE (Captain A. Hamilton) torpedoed and sunk in Bay of Biscay by J-456
23 february 1943-18 dead
IRISH OAK (Capatin E. Jones) torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic by U607
15 may 1942-no casualites
CYMRIC (Captain C. Cassedy) missing on passage Ardrossan to Lisbon.
22 march 1944-11 dead
Steam locomotive 35018 British India Line crossing the swollen River Line in Lancaster. This was the West Coast Santa Special from Lancaster Castle station to Carlisle on Sunday December 9th 2018. The Southern Railway Merchant Navy class engine is pictured pulling away from Lancaster and passing the newly demolished Williamsons mills on the quayside.
Best viewed Original size.
Rebuilt Bulleid "Merchant Navy" class 8P 4-6-2 35008 "Orient Line" heads west through Wimbledon with a down express (probably) for Salisbury/Exeter - c.1963.
© 2016 - Peter Brumby / 53A Models of Hull. Scanned by me from the original 120 format negative; photographed by Peter Brumby & reproduced with his permission.
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Best viewed Original size.
Rebuilt "Merchant Navy" class 8P 4-6-2 35013 "Blue Funnel" heads west with a down express from Waterloo - 12/06/1963.
© 2016 - Peter Brumby / 53A Models of Hull. Scanned by me from the original 120 format negative; photographed by Peter Brumby & reproduced with his permission.
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The star of the show: 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co at Toddington:
built at Eastleigh locomotive works in December 1941 and was allocated to Salisbury Shed where it remained based throughout her working life until withdrawn in August 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry. The remains of 35006 were purchased for preservation in 1983 with the intention of restoring it to running order. The locomotive was moved to Toddington and was the 144th locomotive to leave the scrapyard.
Restoration has been a long drawn out affair. On 10 August 2015 35006 moved under its own power for the first time in under 50 years. The first public runs were during the GWSR's Cotswold Festival of steam gala at the end of May when I saw the locomotive. It looked fantastic and performed superbly.
No location (Yeovil Junction tanks to the Gents below) for this shot of Merchant Navy 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N.CO thought to have been taken c1960.
The loco was new to the Southern from Eastleigh Works as 21C6 in December 1941. Withdrawl was in August 1964 and the loco was bought by Woodham Bros in Barry and is now preserved at the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway.
Image from a negative in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
Former Southern Railway 'Merchant Navy' Class 4-6-2 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co' is pictured in the rain in the yard at Toddington, on the Gloucestershire Worcestershire Railway, on May 24th 2014.
Bournemouth Shed seen on the 18th of January 1966 with 5F 45418, Merchant Navy 35007 and 4MT 76058 amongst those present.
Is that a Class 03 or 04 diesel shunter?
Lymington Junction on the 3rd of June 1963 and in view is Merchant Navy 35005 Canadian Pacific.
The loco was new to the Southern as 21C5 in December 1941 and withdrawn in October 1965. Currently the loco is on the Mid Hants Railway having recently returned to traffic.
Image from a slide in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
Watching the newly-acquired 'Belmond Pullman' (ex-VSOE) storm past Betchworth, Surrey, with the Surrey hills to the right. Despite climbing at 1 in 145, there's not a hint of visible exhaust from this immaculately-maintained loco. Thought I'd try a crop and edit, although I liked the background hills and sky of the original.
January 1967, Pacific Ocean.
On route from Canada to the Far East, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The first port of call was to be Okinawa, Japan.
A view aft, from the fo'c's'le head (the forecastle/front/bow/sharp end).
*Better at full screen size*
To see more from this series click on the below tag "LONDON BANKER - IMO 5412375".
In the immediate foreground is the hatch to the bosun's store, with a davit to serve it.
Then the anchor windlasses, anchor chain gypsies, and drum ends.
Then the ship's bell can be seen, along with the two derricks in their stowed positions, on their crutches.
Plenty more to observe, if you look carefully.
Images are with the full permission of a retired mariner who wishes to remain anonymous.
Launched on 01/06/1963 and completed on 04/11/1963.
Hull built by Scheepswerf Bijker NV, Gorinchem, Netherlands (169) and completed by Scheepswerf De Schelde, Flushing, Netherlands (317)
10,523 g.t. and 14,514 dwt., as:
'London Banker' to 1973,
'Riva' to 1986 and
'Alysia Bay' until sold to Bangladesh for demolition.
Arrived at Chittagong on 13/07/1986.
COOK
C. HARRIS
S.S. "EDERNIAN"
20TH AUGUST 1917
Cook, C. Harris, S.S. Edernian of Cardiff, Mercantile Marine
Died in the North Sea on 20th. August 1917.
Buried in Plot 13, Grave 395 at Normanston Drive cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
When East Suffolk Council put their cemetery records online they recorded the occupant of grave 13. 395 as Verner Harris, a 23 year old sailor whose last address was Lichworth Road, Cardiff. Verner was interred on the 23rd. August 1917.
However the General Registrars Office Index of Marine deaths for 1917 records a 25 year old Verner Harris who died while serving on the Edernian.
The S.S. Edernian was named after the village of Edern on the Llyn Peninsula in Wales.
She was built for S.S. Demetian & Ordovician Co Ltd. of Cardiff, by Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd. of Stockton-on-Tees. Launched on 7th. July 1906 and registered at Cardiff on 8th. August 1906, she spent the next eleven years plying her trade, mostly on the South American run.
On 30th. March 1917, while sailing in ballast from Le Havre to Cardiff, the ship was damaged when she struck a mine in the English Channel, 3.5 miles north-east of St. Valery, laid by the Kaiserliche Marine submarine UC-71, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Hans Valentiner. The ship managed to reach Dieppe for dry dock and repairs. There were no casualties.
Edernian was en route from Middlesbrough to Dieppe with a cargo of ammunition steel, when on the 20th August 1917 she was torpedoed by a the Kaiserliche Marine submarine UB-10, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Fritz Gregor, and was sunk approximately six nautical miles south-east of Southwold, Suffolk in position 52° 13'N, 1° 45'E with the loss of fourteen lives. Cook Harris is the only one of the victims to have a known grave. Nine of the crew are remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial in London and four are remembered on the Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai, India.
Name: S.S. Edernian
Ship type: Cargo vessel
Home port: Cardiff
Flag: United Kingdom
Official number: 123166
Call sign: HGTV
Crew: 28, possibly up to 31
Length: 342 ft. (104.24 m)
Beam: 51 ft. (15.54 m)
Draught: 22 ft. (6.7 m)
Gross tonnage: 3,558 ton
Net tonnage: 2,284 ton
Builder: Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd. of Stockton-on-Tees
Yard number: 117
Launched: 7th. July 1906
Engine builder: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. of South Docks, Sunderland
Engine type: Steam triple expansion
Armament: 1 x 18 pounder
Owner in 1906: S.S. Demetian and Ordovician Co. Ltd. of 37 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, Wales
Owner in 1917: Owen & Watkin Williams of Pwll Parc, Edern, Wales and was part of the fleet of the Golden Cross Line.
Merchant Navy class 35010 "Blue Star", photographed by my father sometime in the early to mid 1960s. I think the location is Exmouth Junction.
35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co at Cheltenham Racecourse
built at Eastleigh locomotive works in December 1941 and was allocated to Salisbury Shed where it remained based throughout her working life until withdrawn in August 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry. The remains of 35006 were purchased for preservation in 1983 with the intention of restoring it to running order. The locomotive was moved to Toddington and was the 144th locomotive to leave the scrapyard.
Restoration has been a long drawn out affair. On 10 August 2015 35006 moved under its own power for the first time in under 50 years. The first public runs were during the GWSR's Cotswold Festival of steam gala at the end of May when I saw the locomotive. It looked fantastic and performed superbly.
Is this a green Mark 2 coach at the front or am I being daft? Anyway Merchant Navy 35029 Ellerman Lines is arriving in Bournemouth on the 29th of September 1965 with the 13.30 Weymouth to Waterloo service.
Following an engineering apprenticeship with Harland & Wolfe in Belfast he joined the Merchant Navy in 1924 and travelled across the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean in a variety of freighters. The shots are undated, but after some three years at sea he went to Queen's University, Belfast.
In the South Atlantic.
'Clan Line' has been opened up to good effect between Dorking Deepdene and Betchworth for the two or so miles climb to Betchworth summit, one of the highest points on the North Downs line, at 300 feet above sea level.
ex-SR Rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific, 35028 'Clan Line' pauses at Exeter Central on the Atlantic Coast Express railtour (0713 London Victoria to Exeter St Davids) on 23rd September 2017.