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26th January 2014, 10:45 AM
#11
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Am I right in thinking that there was a suspicion of arson causing the fire on the Empress of Canada as it broke out in a number of places?
Sailed on the new E of Canada, lovely looking ship and great fun to work on.
rgds
JA
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26th January 2014, 10:45 AM
#12
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Richard I also noticed was Empress of Australia, but I thought it may have been deliberate to celebrate Australia Day
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26th January 2014, 10:56 AM
#13
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Not really Ivan, but I'll accept that as a compliment.
Richard
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family
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26th January 2014, 11:10 AM
#14
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Richard I went aboard the Gothic when she was in Liverpool 1953,I was a Sea Cadet at the time I thought she was in the Blue Flu berth right across from the CPR berth.Maybe you were in such a hurry to pay off and get home you would'nt have noticed the Canada.
Regards.
Jim.B.
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26th January 2014, 11:22 AM
#15
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Now I'm confused, Jim. Could be that with getting organised and it was my very last trip as crew and I was booked on the Queen Elizabeth to sail on 1st April for New York to start a new life as an immigrant to stay with my uncle in Toronto, Canada. I got there but that's another story!!
Richard
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family
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26th January 2014, 11:30 AM
#16
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26th January 2014, 11:33 AM
#17
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Some time after the 'Empress of Canada' incident there was another fire in a dock on a ship carrying fish meal. My Dad (Capt. W.J Hartley) was Dock Master at the time. He suggested cutting a hole in the hull to release the water. The owners wouldn't hear of it until he reminded them how much CPR had had to pay MDHB because Gladstone Dock was out of action for such a long time. The owners agreed and it then became standard practice. He never got any credit for it~ that went to MDHB's General Manager. Dad was on the Dock for 3 days and nights. Came home stinking like a box of kippers.
Can't remember the name of the ship
Brenda
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26th January 2014, 11:37 AM
#18
Re: "Empress of Canada"
Originally Posted by
cappy
....think you could be right there john ....they tell me a lot of **** on was going on in the big ships
regards cappy
wonder if r.son might be suitableinstead of the *****
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26th January 2014, 11:50 AM
#19
Re: "Empress of Canada"
On the link i gave the full story is there and it finishes up with the THE FINDINGS OF THE ENQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE EMPRESS OF CANADA.It found that the cause could've been a cigarette in a cabin.www.liverpoolships.org
Regards.
Jim.B.
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26th January 2014, 12:34 PM
#20
Re: "Empress of Canada"
http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SC...2002/20624.asp Re : Empress of Canada: the actual Board of Trade Wreck Report .
(Sorry for not being able to compress the link into a single one-click word in my post,but we seem to have lost full editing capabilities in our 'reply to thread',unless it's my computer-perhaps the moderator could check?)
Gulliver
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