Crurrie Line

[Michael Bennett]

Any one sail 0n a Currie line ships, They where called the England ,Scotland ect, there Head office was in Leath, I saied on 2 of them from the Pool of London down the Med, Very small ships.
Michael

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Michael
Never sailed with the Line but looks like they had a few allright,and as you say small Ships!
By this they were all Coasters?
You mention the Med! etc just wondering mate! Where did you go to ! Cheers

Name of Ship
Year Built
Gross Tonnage
Type of Cargo

The following were all apparenly still in service in 1954!

England
1947
2271
Coastal

Gothland
1932
1290
Coastal

Highland
1944
1876
Coastal

Horsa
1928
989
Coastal

Iceland
1943
2879
Coastal

Ireland
1951
2508
Coastal

Lapland
1942
2881
Coastal

Lowland
1944
1876
Coastal

Merkland
1934
1375
Coastal

Pineland
1949
2759
Coastal

Rhineland
1938
1223
Coastal

Rutland
1946
1907
Coastal

Scotland
1946
2271
Coastal

Shetland
1943
1905
Coastal

Was this the Flag!

[David Morris]

HI Michael
I did a trip on the Ireland before she was sold. There is a photo of her both as the Ireland and her previous name I M Winck.That was her original name. She was a complete write off in Bengazi after she ran aground.
Regards
Dave Morris Vindi60

[E.Martin]

I was on the Zealand 1958,good ship good run,London,Lisbon,every second weekend London,every second weekend Lisbon.
She was my last ship before coming ashore.
Amusing incident,they signed on a AB the only gear he had was what he was wearing,one morning while in London at 0200 he knocked on my door and asked me if I would give him a hand to get a barrel of wine onboard,I told him to eff off,he tried to get some of the deck crowd to help him and got the same reply,he tried the engineers for power and again he was refused.
His intension was to get the wine onboard and set it up in the deck crowds shower room.
He had rolled a barrel of wine down the quay to our gang way and that was as far as he got.
During the forenoon the CID turned up and took him away and we never saw him again.
The bit what amused me was he said "If you dont give me ahand you are not having any"
Another job i had on her on passage to Lisbon was exercising two Greyhounds twice a day.

[Michael Bennett]

We used to go from London to Spain Italy Ect , Spent to much money, i was on the Ireland and the Scotland.
Mick

[Terry Brown R760218]

Hi Michael,
At last,something about Currie Lines ! Good company to work for, I sailed on the "ENGLAND" fromJune'62 till June '63. Great ship, great times. We loaded and sailed from St Katherines Dock, usually 1st port of call was Fowey in Cornwall (ah, remember Ma's ? ) to load china Clay, then to Marseille ,then general tramping calling at various ports down the west coast of Italy Genoa,Livorno,Naples,Palermo Sicily, Palma and the usual ports in Spain on the way back.Length of trips varied i but usually anything between 2 to 5 months.Great times, happy ship,good shipmates. Cheers and happy memories.

[Stuart Henderson]

I see from my dis/bk that I sailed on LOWLAND early in 1952 as A/S. Remember it was from the old London Docks just down the road from the old Dock Street pool Shipping Federation office but cant for the life of me remember where we sailed to, but almost certainly close continental port/s as was only onboard about three weeks. Was interested to read one of the other answers about AB & cask of wine, of course these docks were the centre of the wine trade in those days so lots of barrels and casks around. Remember on the GSNC run to Oporto the shippers used to put a small keg each trip in crew mess after one trip someone had tried to broach cargo with a drill thru huge cask of port wine, been disturbed and left very expensive cask of port draining away into bilges so shippers thought it cheaper to supply crew mess free. Bit of advice never supplement free port wine with pints of Guiness
Cheers
Stuart

[Michael Bennett]

Terry
We did not call at fowly but we did call at all those other Ports , as i said no money we where ashore every night having a ball.
Mick ( Wiggy) R717162

[Terry Brown R760218]

Hi Michael
Pity you never called at Fowey, Ma's was a late night experience, and so was the time when the galley boy and myself tried to leap aboard just as the England was casting off and we were given up for lost.We were in the usual "after Ma's visit" state, more than inebriated and slipped off the quay and wedged on the fenders. Very lucky,got hustled on to our bunks,and the following morning at sea got hauled in front of "THE MAN" Guess we all "bin there dun that" but never got in that position again. Happy memories ?? Well some were, most were--- not that one.

[Michael Bennett]

I can remember bring great tanks of Martine back to the UK, All taps had a seal on them except one under the tanks , Martine and Barcade ever night back to the UK Paid off with one Pound . Had to sail on her again to get home next time , Geno and Naples where like Home. I think it was Naples they had the RED FLAG bar .

Loved it.
Wiggy
PS I was starting to think I must have been the Only person to have sailed on Currie Lins.