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I visited Charleston, South Carolina for a couple of days and had a peek into Charleston Harbor. There was a huge "block of flats" a cruise ship, a car carrier and a container ship—Charleston harbor is spread out so I only looked at a piece of it. My God, these ships were UGLY! I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but these were awful. It had me thinking about the vessels I sailed on back in the fifties and the prettiest I was on was the Port Townsville. She had such lovely rounded lines. All my ships were pleasant or at least easy-on-the-eye, even the miserable, rust bucket the La Cumbre. As much as I hated the ten months I was enslaved on her, she still looked good, that is compered to the cretins sailing today. Anyway, my pretty ship was the Port Townsville what's yours? (L to R, La Cumbre (the rust bucket) and the Port Townsville (my prettiest)). La Cumbre.jpgPort Townsville.jpg
Mine was the Baltic Trader, lovely ship to work, MacGregor hatches, small ship, accommodation was twin berth, I did 15 months on her, home port Hambourg, and on the Med run, kt
Empress of Canada, Beaverfir and then N.R. Crump (forest product ship, strange lines but pretty great run) rgds JA
I sailed on a couple worth less than scrap value, the prettiest probably the 'Swiftpool' of Ropners
Port Line's swept bridge ships were really attractive and in 1949 when on the old Port Dunedin in NZ the Port Auckland arrived. Really stunning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0IDHH-mdts Of the ships crewed on The SS&A Gothic is my pretty pick after she was painted white however the Burns Philp ship MV Bulolo, also white, was also really special. But for character the Burns Philp SS Morinda, 'the only coal burning submarine sailing out of Sydney', on the Lord Howe, Norfolk and New Hebrides Islands run, was tops. Both of the latter were seconded to WW2 service with the Morinda carrying munitions! Richard
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Shell Tanker Atchatina. John
Sarah Bowater. Great ship and crew. Attached Thumbnails
Clan "R" s Ramsay, Ranald, Robertson and Ross. Described by the Cape press as ugly ducklings, due to their high bow, and their stern down trim when light loaded. Fully loaded their graceful lines stood out. Regards Vic
My dad was a shipyard manager in the local shipyard. I can always remember him telling me that British yards were still steeped in the past building ships to look like ships, whereas the foreign yards were building boxes with a pointy end and a blunt end. Ships built in UK yards in the sixties, for the majority had cruiser sterns, flared bows and gracious lines in comparison with there counterparts. Ram bows on Japanese ships consisted of a pipe with reinforced struts and a domed front. UK shipyards, the ram bow was made from aero foil ribs, with plates heated and bent to shape. regards Vic PS some of the current reefers are quite nice to look at.
Rodney, stood by one of the Bowater ships in the a*** end of London early seventies, marvellous little ships. It might have been the Sarah, can't remember. Regards Vic
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