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    The Baskerville 1961

    16 Comments by Leonard Nicol Published on 7th November 2019 09:57 PM
    I joined the Baskerville back in 1961 and did three trips to Canada. I was a young A/B, had just turned 22 and had never been to Canada before. I was on the wheel and we were heading into Dalhousie, New Brunswick when the ship kept going to starboard. I said to the captain "wheel hard to port captain. ship still going to starboard." He replied "don't worry son, we have just hit the ice." I had never been in the ice before and my first thought was of the Titanic. However, I caught on that this was usual for this particular run and we were going slow ahead. We got stuck in the ice and got out twice but we totally stuck the 3rd time. W took another 10 hours to reach port with the help of an icebreaker and helicopter. it was another exciting experience for a young man and has stayed in my mind ever since. Leonard Nicol

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    Thanks for this Leonard
    Be it a bit short but still interesting.
    How about some longer Tales of your time at Sea
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    Small Extract from Memoirs of Phil Kelly (BASKERVILLE (180932) - - call Sign - GPYF - May 1947 – February 1948)

    One trip, approaching Botwood, Moore, the crazy Third Mate, was on the Bridge while I was having a drink with the Captain celebrating another successful landfall. The Bridge bell rang and the voice from the Bridge asked the Captain what to do when there was a horse and cart ahead. Pugh tore to the Bridge expecting a thoroughly intoxicated Third Mate but any suspicions were squashed. Sure enough, right ahead, crossing the frozen ice over the bay, a horse and cart was truly gliding over the thick ice.

    Our bow was specially reinforced to cut through ice and carve a way to the wharf. Within minutes of us having broken up the ice and finally tied up it reformed round the hull and the local kiddies were skating all around us. That is how cold it was.

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    Going through the ice in the gulf of saint Lawrence we would often see all sorts of wildlife crossing the ice, moose, bears, Caribou even some idiot humans on skidoos.
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    i'm getting on in years so forgive me if I'm a bit rusty, but isn't Dalhousie in nova scotia ? also I was on a tanker in 1953 named the Baskerville from Newcastle, the owners were Hunting and son if I remember correctly, from newcastke

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    Quote Originally Posted by ivorrowe View Post
    i'm getting on in years so forgive me if I'm a bit rusty, but isn't Dalhousie in nova scotia ? also I was on a tanker in 1953 named the Baskerville from Newcastle, the owners were Hunting and son if I remember correctly, from newcastke
    Am sure Huntings did not have a ship called Baskerville. The names of their ships ended in Field

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Harris View Post
    Am sure Huntings did not have a ship called Baskerville. The names of their ships ended in Field
    Maybe it had the hound of in the name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Harris View Post
    Am sure Huntings did not have a ship called Baskerville. The names of their ships ended in Field
    Possibly Huntfield 1953 ??
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    From dad's Memoirs of Baskerville 1947 - 1948 so, hopefully, same one. Please see my other post for fuller details of her. I also have a beautiful picture of her if you want a copy.

    "She belonged to the Allied Newsprint Supply Co. and was chartered by a consortium of newspapers purely for the transport of newsprint and was more commonly referred to as a ‘paper boat’.

    She was a beautiful vessel, the newest in the fleet, all named after inventors of printing presses.

    She ran between Nova Scotia, Canada and Newfoundland Island to varying UK ports mostly Manchester, Liverpool and London.

    The Baskerville was designed for 15 knots, travelled out in ballast (empty but loaded down with water in the tanks to give her some stability in the wintry North Atlantic) but this type of ballast is inefficient for such rough waters and the ship, high out of the water, was buffeted about like a huge balloon when running storms of Atlantic calibre.

    Here I was to meet the greatest Captain character imaginable, Captain Ernest Pugh from Scarborough. He was affectionately referred to as Pugsi - drank like a fish, swore like a trooper – a real crazy man to outsiders but the finest seaman I ever sailed with."
    Cheers. H
    Last edited by Helen; 5th March 2020 at 06:12 PM.

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    BASKERVILLE HISTORY
    Built 1946. 1950: Birmingham City. 1963: Semporna Bay. 1965: Victoria Bay. End 1969.
    Chartered in dad’s time by a consortium of newspapers. Commonly referred to as a ‘paper boat’.
    Cheers. H

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