Clan Matheson (5)

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Photographs were taken by Cadet Graham White

Voyage to Australia - 1965

Master

Date

Left

Destination

F H Thornton

10/1958

Liverpool

Africa

A Redford

3/1959

Liverpool

India


8/1959

Liverpool

S Africa


1/1960

Liverpool

S & E Africa


5/1960

Swansea

India

F H Turton

9/1960

Liverpool

S Africa

J Browne

7/1961

Liverpool

India


12/1961

Liverpool

Australia

A Palethorpe-May

5/1962

Liverpool

India


10/1962

Liverpool

Colombo


3/1963

Liverpool

Australia


7/1964

Liverpool

Australia


1/1965

Liverpool

Australia


7/1965

Liverpool

India


12/1965

Liverpool

Australia

J G Smith

6/1966

Liverpool

Ceylon & Pakistan


10/1966

Liverpool

S & E Africa


3/1967

Liverpool

S Africa & Mauritius


7/1967

Liverpool

India & Ceylon


1/1968

Liverpool

Ceylon & Pakistan


7/1968

Birkenhead

India & Pakistan

F D Bonney

1/1969

Birkenhead

E Africa

J G Smith

6/1969

Birkenhead

India & Pakistan


3/1970

Genoa

S & E Africa

M Storrier

7/1970

Rotterdam

S Africa & Beira


12/1970

London

S Africa & Mauritius


6/1971

London

S Africa & Beira


10/1971

Genoa

E Africa


1/1972

London

E Africa


7/1972

Birkenhead

Red Sea

K Morton

9/1973

Genoa

S Africa


2/1974

London

E Africa

R Bessant

2/1975




7/1975

Liverpool



9/1975

Port Elizabeth



3/1976

Durban



6/1976

St Helena



11/1976

Beira


A Cruikshank

5/1977

Dar es Salaam



11/1977


Mauritius

P Byrne

2/1978

London


W Pritchard

6/1978

Nacala


   Crew List

Voyage Notes - 1973

Inspite of attempts to research containerised shipping the company failed to grasp the significance. What a shame.

New Methods of Storing Ship

Cadet Intakes

Review - August 1967

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1967

Review - February 1969

Review - June1969

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1969

Left to Right:   Eng ?, Eng ?. Cdt. Gary Watson-Wood, Cdt. Simon Alsop,

2/O T.Hazelton, T/O Ian Ferguson, Cdt. Steve Pink, Cdt. Andy Hill.

Left to Right:   Cdt A. Papworth, Cdt. ?. T/O Ian Fergurson. Cdt. Deny Kalua.

Cdt. Pete Diggins. (behind Bar, Cdt ?). Cdt. Simon Alsop. Cdt. ?. Cdt Andy Hill

Left to Right:   T/O Ian Ferguson. Cdt.?. Cdt. Gary Watson-Wood,

Cdt. Dany Kalua. Cdt. Simon Alsop.

Left to Right  : 2/O T. Hazelton. Cdt. Alan Papworth. T/O Ian Ferguson.

A quiet evening with:- Left to Right:  Peter Diggins, Gary Watson-Wood,

Simon Alsop,  Francis Chilalika, Steve Pink, Al Papworth and Billy Maulana.

Simon Alsop and Pete Diggins, pre-dinner drinks!

Lifeboat drill in Durban, 1971.

Steve Pink in the clean boiler suit,

Back view of Ian Ferguson (TO), and Al Papworth holding onto the man-rope

Facebook discussion - April 2020

Tony White    These are the pictorial stories that didn't arrive back in Head Office where one assumed life in the Cadet Units was one of sublime innocence. If only !!

Chris Isaac    The only way one becomes older and wiser is by doing what one is not supposed to be doing.

Tony White    Precisely, particularly as a T.O.; there were times to intervene and times to turn a blind eye and pretend one hasn't seen!! Amazing how young minds learn to cover up the mess that they've got themselves into, but today would H & S have intervened and destroyed the learning curve of life?

Chris Isaac    By the time one gets to Chief Officer it is essential that one has learned to cover up one's own mess

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1971

Clansman - April 1972

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1972

The 1974 intake

From left to right: Steve Harris, Mark Stevens, Colin Williams, Howard Jones Cadet Training Officer, Jim Sweetman, Ian Shillito, John Hosty and Pete Whittle.

Clansman - April 1974

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1974

Clansman - April 1975

Clan Matheson Cadets - February 1975

Clansman - October 1975

From ex Cadet Training Officer Tony White

There is an editorial error going back to the Review.

Under the Clan Matheson entry, a super picture of the ship, but the posting from the 1975 Review states this is the first mixed cadet unit. The first refers to A. Bloor, the first Engineer to be a Training Officer, and not to the cadets. I had the first mixed unit of 5 Deck and 6 Engineer Cadets on the Menzies, sailing from Birkenhead on 30th August 1969.

The crew list shows the deck and engineer split.  I also note as an aside that this was Author John Guy's first trip.

It would have been interesting to know how that combination worked.  

During my time, the engineer cadet's practical work in the engine room was directed by a combination of the Chief and Sen. 2nd. Engineers. Did Mr. Bloor find himself directing the overhaul of derricks sat aloft, or swinging around on the end of a bosun's chair?

I suspect the Chief or 2nd Officers were lumbered with additional workload?

Clan Matheson Cadets - August 1975

Clansman - February 1976

Clan Matheson Cadets - 1976


1965 - Dec

1966 - Jun

1966 - Oct

1967 - Mar

Cadet Training Officer

M J Meyer

M J Meyer

M J Meyer

M J Meyer

Cadets

D Stabler

A Norman

G Menzies

N Shuttleworth

I Herbert

P Fish






D Stabler

A Norman

G Menzies

C Robinson

I Herbert

P Fish

D Albany

A Binder

R Dixon-Carter



J Peake

A Mauger

M Bedford

P O’Sullivan

P Masters

A Holmes

R Crook

D Petty

R Fisher

N Baldwin

N Middlehurst

J Peake

A Mauger

M Bedford

P O’Sullivan

P Masters

A Holmes

R Crook

D Petty

N Baldwin

N Middlehurst



1968 - Jan

1968 - Jul

1969 - Jan

1969 - Jun

Cadet Training Officer

P Rugg

P Rugg

P Rugg

P Rugg

Cadets

C Mylchreest

P Hodgetts

P Halliday

I McPherson

J Donaldson

S Loring

R Coleman

C Jackman

J Mitchell

R Potter

F Phillips

J Price

C Mylchreest

P Halliday

I McPherson

J Donaldson

S Loring

R Coleman

C Jackman

J Mitchell





R Stafford

C Blake

P Ashcroft

P Lever

B Bidgeley

I Ward

I Greig

G Newnham

N Donaldson

R Mednton

E Kanijo

J MacIntosh

R Stafford

C Blake

P Ashcroft

P Lever

B Bidgeley

I Ward

I Greig

G Newnham

N Donaldson

A Ali

R Nassor

J MacIntosh


1971 - Jun

1971 - Oct

1972 - Jan

1974 - Feb

Cadet Training Officer

I Ferguson

I Ferguson

I Ferguson

H Jones

Cadets

M Madelin

S Alsop

A Papworth

P Diggins

A Neville

G Watson-Wood

B Maulana

D Kalua

F Chilalika



M Madelin

S Alsop

A Papworth

P Diggins

A Neville

G Watson-Wood

B Maulana

D Kalua

F Chilalika

S Pink

M Line

A Cushing

T Edmunds

J Harbord

C Jones

D MacDonald

K Maltby

S Milnes

I Newton

J Sweetman

M Tallis

I Warrington

R Mitcheson

P Whittle

S Harris

I Shilito

J Frosty

D Williams

M Stevens

M Ashford

J Sweetman

R Ndala



1975 - Feb

1975 - Jul

1975 - Sep

1976 - Mar

Cadet Training Officer

I Cuthbertson

I Cuthbertson

A Bloor

A Bloor

Cadets

S A Fell

A R Wilson

C Goudie

C Waters

K D Lee

R W Porter

I MacAnna

S T Collins

S A Fell

A R Wilson

C Goudie

C Waters

K D Lee

R W Porter

I MacAnna

S T Collins

A Potter

K Ridgeway

M Hull

A Read

G Stephen

R Kenworthy



R Daniells

J Dearie

P McLaughlin

E Saul

C Withenden




Engineer Cadets



G Fish

A Sanderson

M Hudson

C Barden

M Crowhurst

R Neadell

J Bennett

S Graham

A Strand

J Tarbett

G Wait


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Launch & Trials - 1957

Clan Matheson was launched at Greenock on 26 August 1957 and was completed on 18 December 1957 and handed over to Clan Line Steamers.

The Clan Malcolm Class

These three motor ships were simply a diesel engined version of Clans Robertson and Ross. It was originally intended that they should have twin screws but this was estimated to cost and extra £150,000 compared with a single screw turbine ship.

A rethink saw them redesigned first with turbines and then with a two-stroke Doxford diesel driving a single screw.

It is extraordinary that the order for these ships was placed in 1951 yet they were not delivered for a further six years.

They were the last Clans to have passenger accomodation.

From “Clan Line - Illustrated Fleet History”

Career Summary

1978 Scrapped at Kaohsiung

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Clan Matheson (5)

1957

7585

300186

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

Wallsend Slipway

Wallsend

Motor 6 Cyl

Doxford

8000 BHP

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