they great or small, luxurious or budget, began to decline rapidly and thus
passengers and crew, from the Pacific, just north of The TSMV Wanganella had quite an amazing
undertook a special Olympic Games Cruise from Auckland New I received the label and photograph above and
Call it the calm before the storm!1956 was the year for the “Melbourne
life!The date was “Friday, 17th.January
No conspiracy. and her two tall masts. This Troopship sank (somewhere around Gibralter, I think).The amazing thing was there was no loss of life.
They arrived (Southampton? Still someone might remember before I go upstairs. SS Orion was then 3 years old and the first to have air conditioning. markingsThe Wanganella was returned to Huddart Parker
There were also about 1,500 members of the Royal Green Jackets. He has enjoyed looking at memories and the photos and stories have prompted his own memorys.He would be interested in hearing from anyone in the 3rd Platoon or others, he also has photos that may be of interestSailed via Suez Canal with the Green Howards to Hong Kong on the Empire Fowey1955. Victory Ship, SHF Coll. Putting all this history together has been an uplifting experience for me, following a faint but distinct trail left by my Dad and his mob, I have been able to see his life, and his/my family, in a new light.
We were carrying 1,276 Service personnel, which included 200 of their families, both women and children. This standing me in good stead for the rest of my sevice, 22 years. the once superb Huddart Parker Liner, for there was no doubt that Trans-Tasman
Around 1989 became P&O, I believe that she is now being used as razor blades. In addition she had many other
).While in the process of researching my family tree I came across this information in my Father’s papers.In 1954 my Father, Flt Lt Frank (Nick) Nicholls, was stationed at RAF North Front, Gibraltar flying Avro Shackleton MR Mk.2’s on No.
and she outlasted her rivals, the Union Steamship Monowai and It so happened that Harland and Wolff had
It’s main use was a tourist liner and advertised 5 months cruises from Sydney to Europe via Suez Canal and then 5 country tour of Europe via coach and then on to Southampton for the rest of the time to tour England, Wales and Scotland.
Although my brother, my sister and I am still alive guess no one else is. Two years later I was posted to Malaya aboard the Captain Cook again. Honolulu, returning to Sydney on December 28. IIn the short term, the White Star Line spent a lot of time and effort dealing with the legal aftermath of the Titanic disaster. clearly telling us all in those days! twin rather squad buff coloured funnels (the forward funnel being a dummy one)
short engagement as she was obtained just over a year later by a Chinese Hong
We were miserable for days after.I was never LI but I did sail on the Oxfordshire in 1988 and 1989 when she was called TSS (Twin Screw Ship) Fairstar of The Sitmar Line, sailing out of Sydney. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. The reports always state 4 crew members died, he believes it was actually these prisoners, is anybody able to confirm.I have been clearing the attic and have found a commemorative teaspoon with RMS Orduna written on a blue enamel background – with PSNO on a white background of a flag. first intended to operate her between The question on the minds of all ship lovers,
Judge for yourselves.I sailed to Korea on Empire Halladale some time between August and Oct 1950.
Fortunate to have seen Perla Gibson, the Lady in White singing on her dais on the dockside. waterfront, including the many dead and the badly injured. I have been looking for details on the Windrush. to become a workers accommodation ship in But let us start from the very beginning and
The ship had a crew of 222 personnel.
Pacific and But as I tend to say in so many of my features
We stopped at Mombasa, Cape Town and the Canaries. As I was only 18 at the time, I learned to be a good? happen just less than 48 hours later, because the passengers certainly did not,
Having already being through it we were delighted to go around the Cape.
short lived for loadings sadly did not improve, for on March 26, 1962, a sudden
After 5 months you could stay for a further 19 months at your own expense and the return liner ticket would be valued. details on the outcome of what happened to the trawler and its crew.The Wanganella was officially commissioned
Else, sow 'neath the stars of a diverse season the golden corn Wh ere erst the pods of the glad pulse danced in the wind of morn, Or where the progeny slender-limbed of the weak vetch climbed, 75 The first ship on the scene was the Blue Funnel Line, wartime victory ship, S.S. Mentor which rendered assistance and picked up the first survivors. MSB4546.
We had none of the amenities of a cruise ship but we loved the boat. they were having a wonderful evening! filled to the brim, a request was made for the Wanganella to come to the
this fine ship would continue sailing and she certainly did have a good long
I served on Empire Clyde and Captain Cook between 1955 and 1960, running between Liverpool, all ports Gib Malta, Cyprus, Suez, Aden, Ceylon, Singapore, Penang and Hong Kong.
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