bill Hutchings, ex orient line 1959 and canadian pacific 1959 -1964 mostly Beaverdell

[Bill Hutchings]

Is their anyone who was on the beaver boats in those days. they were brilliant boats even if the run across the atlantic was rough.

[Doc Vernon]

Welcome to the site Bill H

Hope you will have a long and enjoyable stay here with all us old Geezers haha! Opps now i will be getting it !

I am sure in time you will get some replies to your query,and lets hope some will remember you too!
Cheers

[Frederick Lacey]

Hi Bill, I did 21 trips on the Beaver Boats, like yourself enjoyed my time on them, did 7 trips on the Beaverglen, Oct'56 to Aug'57, then did 14 trips on the Beaverdell, Sept'57 to Apr'59, the last 9 trips as 2nd Steward, what part of '59 were you there, plenty of good memories. Fred.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Bill.
Welcome to the site; plenty of old salts here you might catch up with a few old mates.
I always admired the Beaver boats as they steamed past the old tubs I always seemed to get on out of Swansea. Did a few trips up the Manchester canal minus funnel and saw quite a few close up lovely looking ships.
cheers Dredc.gifes

[John wheeler]

Hi Bill I sailed on the beaverdell , only one trip as a J O S. must have been one of first ships up the St.lawrance after it thawed in early April 1960. Can't say as I remember much about it, we went to Quebec then on to Montreal, I think we may have visited another port after that, not sure. I do know it was cold, I joined the merch. To visit the tropics, not to have me bits froze off. So it. Was back to London then back to the pool and get a trip to New Zealand on the ceramic, to get warmed up again. Only thing of note was we passed over the place where the Titanic sunk on the 15 april the 48 anniversary. Not much help in your quest, but the memory sort of goes at our age. John w

[Ron B Manderson]

Welcome to the site Bill
Enjoy and gives your patter .
Ron The batcave

[John Arton]

Bill
Here is a photo of the Beaverdell.
Beaverdell-01.jpg
I used to have a painting of her done by a James Yeandal-Hignal, who I sailed with on the Empress of Canada. He was 3rd mate on her in 71/72. His life ambition was to be a doctor but by the time he had almost reached the end of his training the booze had got to him so he would come back to sea to dry out before starting again. Smashing fellow whose ambition and possibly his whole life was ruined by booze.
I sailed on a number of the small white Beaver ships on that N. Atlantic run and if you thought it was rough on the Beaverdell, it was bloody rough on the 4500 grt. Beaverfir.
Rgds
J.A.

[brian clark]

I did one trip on the beaverlake to st johns in early 1960 it was very rough and we did not go on deck for 2days when we did nearly got washed overboard big Scottish an saved me when to st johns