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    Default My new book, help gratefully received

    I’ve just sent this to a pal.

    I’d be grateful for any help I receive.
    Good to keep brain active👍


    Hi John,

    Holiday was good but glad to be back home.
    I would love to read your book.

    I’ve added below list of dad’s ships.
    Perhaps not 100% accurate but not bad

    My latest idea and one I’m probably going to stick with is :

    Having a page for each ship dad was on RN and MN
    That will be about 85

    And write something interesting or funny or both about each one.
    I’m also going to put some family photos in.
    That are relevant to the family.
    I’m not going to mention drink or my dad’s Wild Rover side of life.

    I might mention briefly he enjoyed a drink in Salford but I’m not going to say what a bugger he was.

    Your input will be invaluable.


    I know only you and a very few people will be interested in what I do.
    But it keeps my brain active and when I get into it I quite enjoy the journey.

    If you could write something about each ship/journey/destination that would be incredible.

    I’m out tonight but in tomorrow night for a chat

    Bob

    Lady of Mann
    23/7/47 - 30/9/47

    Ferry Liverpool - Douglas

    Manxman
    10/12/47 – 2/3/48

    Hook of Holland – Hawrich troop carrier for BAOR
    Sometimes staying in Holland over a week


    ManxMaid
    June 48 – 17/8/48

    Ferry Liverpool - Douglas

    Shelbrit 3
    11/9/48 – 2/2/49

    Photo in Africa (Woody Herman song)

    Numerous collisions in Ellesmere Port

    Masunda
    11/3/49 – 11/5/49

    Garston, Cobh, New Orleans, Garston

    Palomares
    20/5/49 – 21/6/49

    Garston, Cobh, New Orleans, Garston


    Empress of Canada
    28/6/49 – 28/10/49

    Liverpool, Montreal, Liverpool



    Port Auckland
    9/11/49 – 27/4/50

    Liverpool, Curacao, Panama Canal, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, Auckland (for 2 months), Panama Canal, Curacao, Avonmouth
    Photo

    Brescia
    12/5/50 – 30/6/50

    Barry, Greenock, Liverpool, Piraeus, Algiers, Trieste, Crotone, Newport, Liverpool.

    Empress of Scotland
    11/7/50 – 20/10/50

    Liverpool, Greenock, Ouebec, Greenock, Liverpool....17 days round trip...4/5 days leave
    Pregnated mum 19/20 Aug to produce me!

    Empress of France
    28/10/50 – 17/11/50

    Liverpool, Montreal, Liverpool 17 days round trip




    MV Sekondi
    22/11/50 – 15/2/51
    Manchester, The Congo, Mancheste

    Caslon
    3/3/51 – 8/8/51

    Barton, Corner Brook, St John (NF), London


    Ethel Everard
    6/6/51 – 9/7/51

    Partington, Gefle, Umea, Ellesmere Port

    Manchester Trader
    14/7/51 – 7/12/51

    Manchester, Montreal, Philadelphia, Liverpool

    Carmel
    17/12/51 – 14/1/52

    Manchester, St John, Baltimore Manchester

    Manchester Port
    18/1/52 – 21/3/52

    Manchester, St John, Baltimore Manchester

    Mount Charles
    10/5/52 – 29/6/52
    Liverpool, Port Talbot, Barry,


    Manchester Spinner
    11/7/52 – 20/9/52

    Manchester, Antwerp, St Vincent, Rio Janiero, Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio grande, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande, Paranagua, San Francisco, Santos, Salvador, Recife, St Vincent, Las Palmes, Liverpool, 3 and half months trip.


    Chepman
    29/9/52 - 6/11/52
    Manchester, Three Rivers, Quebec, London


    Delius
    20/11/52 – 6/3/53

    Manchester, Antwerp, St Vincent, Rio Janiero, Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio grande, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande, Paranagua, San Francisco, Santos, Salvador, Recife, St Vincent, Las Palmes, Liverpool, 3 and half months trip.


    Manchester Trader
    26 mar 53 - 25/7/ 53

    Manchester, Dublin, Halifax, St John, Philadelphia, Hampton, Tampa, (repeat trips) Manchester.

    Manchester Progress
    14/8/53 6/1/54

    Manchester, Montreal, Quebec Manchester


    Manchester pioneer
    3 Feb 54 20 mar 54
    Salerno photo
    London, Malta, Tripoli, Syracuse, Salerno, Naples, Milazzo, Messina, Palerno, Hull, Manchester

    Alignity
    29 mar 54 6 apr 54

    London, Malta, Tripoli, Syracuse, Salerno, Naples, Milazzo, Messina, Palerno, Hull, Manchester


    Bittern
    7/4/54 – 8/6/54
    Manchester, Dunkirk, Rotterdam, Liverpool

    Bassethound
    15/6/54 – 17/6/54

    Manchester progress
    10/7/54 – 27/12/54

    Manchester City
    24/1/55 – 24/2/55

    Manchester, Halifax, St John, Manchester



    Arbroath
    30/12/55 – 11/2/56
    Dunkirk, Honfleur, Hamburg, Ghent, London
    Jumped ship?
    Collision


    Ardetta
    15/5/56 – 23/4/56
    Manchester, Antwerp, Ghent


    Pampas
    1/10/56 – 9/1/57

    Manchester, Antwerp, Las Palmas, Salvador, Rio Janiero, Santos, Ilheus, Lisbon, London


    Loch ranza
    15/3/57 – 14/4/57

    Middlesboro, Bona, Gibraltar, Middlesboro

    Navicella
    14/4/57 – 13/5/57

    Manchester, Shell Haven, Rotterdam, Manchester

    Manchester Merchant
    29/1/57 – 14/3/57

    Manchester, Canada, Philadelphia, Dublin, Manchester


    Syrian Prince
    27/3/58 – 18/5/58

    Manchester, Alexandria, Tubrok, Aden, Gibraltar, Manchester

    Manchester Spinner
    12/8/60 - 9/9/60
    Manchester, Halifax, St John, Port Alfred

    Gloxinia
    14/9/60 - 9/10/60
    Manchester, Comeau Bay, Manchester


    Mania h
    21/11/60 - 21/11/60

    Manchester, Halifax, St John, Port Alfred


    Westwood
    28/11/60 - 19/12/60

    Liverpool, Puerta de la Cruz, Curacao, Punta Cardon, Manaus, Curacao, Buenos Aires, Trinidad, Montreal


    Bidford priory
    20/12/60 - 24/03/61
    Isle of Grain, Port Said, Bandar Mashur, Wilhelmshaven, Mena al Ahmadi, Suez

    Achatina
    30/3/61 - 22/7/61
    Liverpool, Puerta de la Cruz, Curacao, Punta Cardon, Manaus, Curacao, Buenos Aires, Trinidad, Montreal

    Bassano Hull
    27/7/61 - 10/10/61
    Liverpool, Port Said, Aden, Suez, Bhavnagar, Avonmouth


    Riverton newcastle
    17/10/61 - 31/3/62
    Photo
    Liverpool, Antwerp, Szczecin, Hamburg, Havana, Kingston, Naples, Grounded in Rosario, Buenas Aires, Newcastle


    Vives
    12/4/62 - 13/5/62
    Liverpool, Bilbao, (Franco a bastard), Cadiz, Carthagena, Alicante, Barcelona,San Feliu, Barcelona, Palma, Valencia, Liverpool.

    Annuity
    18/7/62 - 23/2/63
    Liverpool, Immingham, Donges, Felixstone, Brunsbuttel, Immington

    Asperity
    11/3/63 - 25/7/63
    In collision off Dungerness

    Penelope Everard
    7/4/63 - 25/7/63

    Liverpool, Boston, St John, Halifax, St John, Liverpool


    Acuity
    21/8/63 - 16/10/63

    Liverpool, Immingham, Donges, Felixstone, Brunsbuttel, Immington


    Cairngowan
    24/1/64 - 1/3/64
    Liverpool, Boston, St John, Halifax, St John, Liverpool

    Seniority
    9/3/64 - 15/6/64

    Manchester, Gothenburg, Tyne


    Anonity
    25/6/64 - 15/7/64

    Manchester, Gothenburg, Tyne

    Cretic
    27/7/64 - 27/7/64
    Liverpool London Victoria Docks 3 days


    Alderney coast
    28/7/64 voyage not completed
    In collision with A lighthouse!
    Rotterdam - Liverpool


    Auspicity
    28/8/64 - 23/9/64

    Manchester, Gothenburg, Tyne


    Anteriority
    19/12/64 - 2/1/65
    Cardiff, Belfast, Falmouth

    Scarcity
    23/12/65 - 26/1/66

    Shoreham, Gothenburg, Glasgow, Grangemouth



    May - July 1 Seamans strike


    Singularity
    11/3/65 - 2/5/67

    Shoreham, Gothenburg, Glasgow, Grangemouth

    Sedulity
    11/5/67 - 28/5/67

    Manchester, Rotterdam returns


    Manchester Challenge
    22/12/69 - 14/1/1970
    Manchester, Three Rivers, Montreal, Sorel, Manchester


    Clarebrook
    3/2/70 - 22/2/70

    Manchester, Belfast

    Manchester, Rotterdam returns



    Vacuum pioneer
    11/3/70 - 7/4/70

    Liverpool, Boston, St John, Halifax, St John, Liverpool


    Mystic
    28/4/70 - 23/7/70

    New York, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Lourenco Marques, Beira, Durban,

    Chandelier
    7/8/70 - 14/8/70

    Manchester, Belfast

    King Alexander
    21/8/70 - 2/9/70

    Manchester, Belfast, Tyne

    Frederick T Everard
    3/9/70 - 11/10/70

    Manchester, St Vincent, Runcorn


    Yewmount
    2/11/70 - 30/11/70
    Irwell, Dublin, Bayonne, Ardrossan, Bayonne,

    Clarebrook
    3/2/70 - 22/2/70
    Manchester, St Vincent, Runcorn


    Shore ham
    8/1/71 - 23/1/71

    Liverpool, Boston, St John, Halifax, St John, Liverpool



    Rowanmore Liverpool
    5/2/71 - 6/3/71

    Partington, Stockholm, Isle of Grain, Hamburg



    Southern prince
    16/3/71 - 25/3/71

    Manchester, Falmouth, laid up


    Aberthaw fisher
    26/3/71 - 4/6/71

    Liverpool, Boston, St John, Halifax, St John, Liverpool



    Chartsman
    17/6/71 - 5/7/71
    Partington, Stockholm, Isle of Grain, Hamburg

    Arisaig Greenock
    19/7/71 - 26/9/71
    Irlam, Murmansk, Irlam, Almeria, Workington, Monrovia, Irlam

    Richmond Queen
    11/10/71 - 25/10/71

    Manchester, Newlyn, Plymouth


    Authority
    4/12/71 - 13/12/71

    Manchester, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Manchester

    Manchester Quest
    20/12/71 - 17/1/72

    Almeria, Workington, Monrovia, Irlam


    Saint Angus
    12/6/72 - 5/7/72

    Manchester, Newlyn, Plymouth



    Allurity London
    25/8/72 - 9/9//72

    Almeria, Workington, Monrovia, Irlam





    Findon
    15/9/72 - 21/9/72

    Manchester, Gibraltar, Salerno, Liverpool


    Photinia
    27/9/72 - 31/10/72

    Manchester, St Vincent, Runcorn


    Rosewood
    5/12/72 - 10/1/73

    Newport, Cabo, Rojo, Point, Comfort, New Orleans, Europoort

    Eucadia
    17/1/73 - 15/2/73

    Newport, Cabo, Rojo, Point, Comfort, New Orleans, Europoort



    Kingsnorth fisher
    21/2/73 - 13/4/73

    Manchester, St Vincent, Runcorn


    Stability
    13/4/73 - 30/4/73
    Manchester, Limerick


    Dart America
    23/5/73 - 11/6/73

    Southampton, New York, Halifax

    Chesterbrook
    11/6/73 - 20/8/73

    Southampton, Swansea


    Pertinence
    24/8/73 - 10/9/73

    Avonmouth, Londonderry




    Ethel Everard
    13/9/73 - 23/9/73
    Belfast, Gothenburg, Dublin

    Saint Aidan
    22/10/73 - 8/11/73

    Manchester, Belfast, Manchester


    Pool fisher
    28/12/73 - 28/12/73

    Left day he signed on!
    Could have loaded ship?

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    I wish you every success in your endeavours, but you may need to check voyage details on following

    Manchester ? 11.7 52
    Delius 20.11.52
    Alignity 29.03 54 not possible to do uk plus 9 Medi ports return to uk in 8days
    Shoreham 8.01.71
    Rosewood Jan 71
    Eucadia Feb 71

    Just observations, nothing more, but I feel sure you would want to be accurate

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    Manchester Spinner 110752- 090852

    Delius 201152 - 060353

    Alignity 290354 - 060454

    Shoreham 080171 - 230171

    Rosewood 021272 - 100173

    Eucadia 170173 - 150273

    Ivan, thank you for pointing these out

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