Bowater Ships

Hi My name is Chris Robinson and I am trying to track down any information particularly any photogram of the SS Corner Brook.

On the 20th August 1940 the SS Corner Brook formed part of Convoy OB.201 on route from Liverpool to Halifax before dispersing to their final destinations in this case Corner Brook Nova Scotia. My mother was one of a number of children including her brother and twin sisters evacuated from the Bowaters mill village Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent all who thought that they would be returning home by Christmas 1940 when it was thought that the war would be over. No such luck as most spent the rest of the war in Corner Brook although lucky for my mother and siblings as their family home was bombed in October 1940.

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Chris,
This is the only one Ive found up to nowAttachment 19503
There was no other information with the photo. Suggest you Bowaters Home page and see more information. I was second Cook'Baker on the Sara and Phillys Bowater in the early 1960. Lovely ships.
Good Luck

John,

I have been looking at her lines and I am not really convinced she is the one you are looking for ie. 1940. I have found another SS Corner Brook but she does not look like a Bowater Boat but the year 1940 is right she is being called a war brides ship...Attachment 19504.

Hope it helps you somewhat.

John

Chris,

The top picture will not be the one you are looking for as I've found out it was taken in 1985.

John

This is SS Corner BrookAttachment 19513

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Photos of all their ships can be found here:
Bowater Steamships

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Corner Brook is in Newfoundland not Nova Scotia

Chris, Thanks very much for that information. I tried searching every Bowater Heading I could think of without finding her, also I missed Corner Brook, Nova Scotia instead of Newfoundland. I also feel a bit of a fool as I used to live in Nova Scotia before I returned to Wales in 2013:grinsign: Ill put that down to a senior moment.

John.

Found some more about child evacuation voyage.
Click back again to Corner Brook's page.

Hi Barry,
I joined the Nicolas at Denny's of Dunbarton getting her ready for the maiden voyage. I signed on Oct 1958. and did her maiden voyage to Sweden and her first trips to Africa and Australia. Then signed off 28th June 1959 at cardiff. I enjoyed the company of the engineers, one of them tutored me in Mathamatics. I'm not sure if it was the second engineer or not. a great group of guys in the engineering dept.
I wonder if you did the maiden voyage on the Nicolas? You might remember me, Captains Tiger Pete Lindstrom...
Best of 73's
Pete.

6 hours to get a motor ship ready for sea? sorry you need to explain that one to me. You are obviously talking about from dead ship!!! I think the earlier poster 40 minutes for a steam turbine ship to be ready has failed to mention the boilers were already up to Steam & Pressure with the turning engine engaged.

Hi Barry My dad was a chief engineer on the Sarah Bowater i'm trying to find out more about his life in the merchant navy. Gill

Hello Gillian
Could you post his full name and place of birth so as we may be able to assist in some way !
Cheers

Sarah Bowater