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2020 Additions
CI Shipping
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures in CI Shipping
01 Jan 2020
Bullard King Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures in Bullard King
02 Jan 2020
Clan Line Ships
Picture of Amara
04 Jan 2020
Clan Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures in Clan Line General Cargo Ships
04 Jan 2020
Clan Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures in the remainder of Clan Line Ships
06 Jan 2020
Hector Whaling Ships
Houston Line Ships
King Line Ships
Safmarine Ships
Scottish Shire Line Ships
Scottish Tankers Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Hector Whaling Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Houston Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of King Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Safmarine Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Scottish Shire Line Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Scottish Tankers Ships
07 Jan 2020
Union-Castle Ships
South American Saint Line Ships
Springbok Line Ships
Press cutting and photo of Reina Del Mar in Cape Town on her way to the breakers
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of South American Saint Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Springbok Line Ships
08 Jan 2020
Castle Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Castle Line and Donald Currie Ltd
09 Jan 2020
Union Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Union Line Ships
10 Jan 2020
Union- Castle Line Ships
General tidy-up and rescanning of pictures of Union-Castle Ships
15 Jan 2020
British & Commonwealth Group
Update with items about Engineer Cadet Training
16 Jan 2020
Bowater Steamship Co
A brief history of Bowaters in Shipping
18 Jan 2020
Clan Line Staff
Tributes to Capt Bob Royan who died on 18 January 2020
19 Jan 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
An account of Reina Del Mar’s voyage to the scrapyard by Richard Speight
20 Jan 2020
Bullard King Ships
Union-Castle Ships
From Ships and South Africa by Marischal Murray some stories of the life of the Bullard King Ships
Picture of the Officers and Crew of Walmer Castle (2)
22 Jan 2020
Clan Line Ships
Clan Line Chartered Ships
Clan Line Staff
Bullard King Staff
King Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Scottish Tankers
Recollections of Burn’s Night on Clan MacIntosh
On charter to Clan Line in 1962 Trevean
Service records for D Shanks and Capt L S Jones
Service record for D J A Stuart
Service record for A A Atwood
Service record for N Parker
Christmas 1961 aboard Scottish Eagle
23 Jan 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Update with photo and service record for Capt G A Shearer
New entry for A J Rotherham
Service record for Capt H Andrews
Update with photo and service record for Bill Blanden
The rescue of the residents of Tristan da Cunha aboard Stirling Castle
23 Jan 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
A Presidential Trip in 1962 on Edinburgh Castle
A Royal Farewell to Carnarvon Castle
Updates to Capt Arthur MacIntyre and his son Capt A R MacIntyre and Capt Alphonsus Lynch
Updates to Nicol Robertson
New entry for Chris Laycock
24 Jan 2020
Crew Lists
New crew list for August 1956
26 Jan 2020
Clan Line Staff
Scottish Shire Line Staff
New entries for Capt W G Young A McRae Capt Q C Pagan Capt R C Jones C McIvor Capt J B Gourlay
and W P Orr
Updates for Capt D Davenport-Jones and Capt A B Lyall
New entry for Capt W J Page
25 Jan 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Update with service record to R C C Kirkwood Stanley Logan
27 Jan 2020
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
King Line Staff
Update with service record to Capt F W Last Capt A McComish A E Moore C C Wade James Stewart
A C W Logie J C Swan G A Morison
Emergency drydock for Clan MacTavish
Update with service record to Eric Shaw Capt C Aylen
Picture of Warwick Castle at the breakers in Barcelona
Update with service record to John Stein
28 Jan 2020
Royal Navy Ships
Union-Castle Ships
Three paintings of HMS Pretoria Castle
A very strange artistic work featuring Pretoria Castle (1) and a lady in a Union-Castle hat.
01 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Pictures of the launch and fitting out of Pendennis Castle
Some additional pictures including the launch of Rhodesia Castle
Update to the service record of Capt G D Fowler
Updates to service records of Malcolm Smith Capt T N Soane
05 Feb 2020
Clan Line Ships
A picture of Clan MacKinnon (3) in later life as Labuan Bay
An update to Clan MacLachlan and her collision with The Runcorn Bridges
09 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Ships
Saint Line Ships
Update to Rotherwick Castle
Update to Capt George Mayhew
Christmas 1970 aboard Clan MacIndoe and pictures of her bombed in The Shatt-al-Arab
The ex St Rosario shelled and lost in The Shatt-al-Arab
10 Feb 2020
Clan Line Ships
Memories of the final voyage of Clan Sutherland
11 Feb 2020
CI Shipping Ships
Scottish Shire Line Ships
The maiden voyages of Stirling Universal and Edinburgh Universal
The crew on Ayrshire at the time of her loss
12 Feb 2020
Clan Line Ships
Where known I have inserted crew lists on notable voyages for Clan Line Ships
13 Feb 2020
King Line Ships
Safmarine Ships
Where known I have inserted crew lists on notable voyages for King Line Ships
Where known I have inserted crew lists on notable voyages for Safmarine Ships
14 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Where known I have inserted crew lists on notable voyages for Union-Castle Ships
16 Feb 2020
Clan Line Staff
Update to the service record of Ralph Bannister
17 Feb 2020
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Capt A J Tyrrell
21 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Update to the early service record of Capt GWB Lloyd
22 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Update to the page of Braemar Castle
Tommy Steele sails to South Africa in 1958 aboard Winchester Castle
24 Feb 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Recruitment leaflet A Way of Life as a Navigating Cadet
A cargo plan for Voyage 10 of Bratton Castle
25 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Ships
26 Feb 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Neil Ward
27 Feb 2020
Clan Line Ships
Royal Navy Ships
Additional information about Clan Urquhart (1)
A painting produced to commemorate Operation Souce and the part played by HMS Bonaventure
29 Feb 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for John Reginald Founds
2 Mar 2020
Clan Line Ships
Photograph of Clan Alpine on charter to Hansa Line
4 Mar 2020
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
Pictures of an antique desk that refers to Captain John Boag
New entries for Robert G Smith and Alan Norman
Reference letter for Chris Isaac at the end of Saint Line
8 Mar 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Update to the service record of Brian Georgeson
Pictures of the launch, fitting out and trials of Windsor Castle (2)
9 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Maiden voyage departure of Transvaal Castle
10 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
Building, launch and subsequent refit of Arundel Castle
New entry for David Sellars
12 Mar 2020
Reunions
News of the cancellation of this year’s Union-Castle Reunion
13 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
The 1938/9 MCC Tour of South Africa return home on Athlone Castle
14 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
A number of changes have been made to the stories of The Mail Ships
16 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
A number of changes have been made to the stories of The Intermediate Ships
18 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Photograph of Warwick Castle (4) arriving at Cape Town
21 Mar 2020
National Service
An index of the ships of all companies that were called upon to provide National Service
27 Mar 2020
Small Craft
Union-Castle Ships
British & Commonwealth Staff
An additional picture of Ulundi (1)
An unusual view of the final Cape Town departure of Windsor Castle
An update to the service record of Andy Skarstein
28 Mar 2020
Union-Castle Ships
A final notice from Cape Argus on the demise of Windsor Castle
29 Mar 2020
Safmarine Mailships
Union-Castle Ships
A group photo of the officers on the final voyage of SA Oranje
Now Margarita L Windsor Castle in dry dock in Malta
The final departure from Cape Town for Reina Del Mar
Press cuttings about the fire aboard Good Hope Castle in 1970 between East London and Durban
31 Mar 2020
Clan Line Staff
1 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Small Craft
Houston Line Ships
Update to service record of Capt Neville Upham
New entry for Messina Bros’ Eveline
Coronation Day celebrations aboard Hellenes (3)
2 Apr 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Staff
5 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
Photos of the 1971 intake of cadets aboard Clan Matheson
6 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
Turnbull & Martin Ships
A broken tail shaft on Clan Menzies in 1976
No photograph of her but some interesting repair and survey documents on Sandringham
7 Apr 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Jeff Wight
10 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Bowater Ships
Maiden Voyage departure from Southampton of Pretoria Castle
A painting of Nina Bowater passing the Liver Building, painted by David Hawker
11 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Castle Line Ships
Final Departure of Stirling Castle from Capetown
Durban Castle at the breakers in Hamburg
Llangibby Castle equipped as a landing ship for the D-Day Landings
Avondale Castle embarking troops for the Boer War
12 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
Safmarine
Small Craft
Photos of Clan Chisholm in war time colours and at the breakers
The former SA Vaal on her way to the breakers as The Big Boat
A photograph of the Union-Castle tender based at Port Elizabeth Bellona
13 Apr 2020
King Line Ships
British & Commonwealth Staff
King Arthur holed after striking the banks of the River Congo in 1961
A number of new photographs and service record updates for Chris Dadson and Fred Ing
14 Apr 2020
King Line Managed Ships
Union-Castle Ships
Empire Bombardier shown in her wartime disguise and restored to normal appearance
The officers of Pendennis Castle in January 1969
15 Apr 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle - Documents
Union-Castle - Timetables
New entry for Alan Papworth
A 1974 publication Wanted on Voyage
The final mail ship schedule Jan 1977 - Sep 1977
16 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
More photos of the 1971 intake of cadets aboard Clan Matheson
17 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
In 1972 a cargo of White Rhinos arrived on Clan MacLeod
18 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Union Line Staff
Union Line Ships
Currie’s Castles
Castle Line Ships
Senior officers of the maiden voyage of Pretoria Castle
Photographs of the Maiden Voyage of Winchester Castle including a Crazy Golf Course
Photograph of Pretoria Castle on trials near the Isle of Arran
Picture of Captain G F Gardner
Picture of Commodore Henry Strong
A painting of Briton
A photograph of the sailing vessel Carnarvon Castle
A lithograph of Kinfauns Castle
19 Apr 2020
Union Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Ships
Scottish Tankers
Photograph of Capt Sir George Vyvyan
Additions to the page of Capt C Clutterbuck
An interesting change of crew between Clan Robertson and HMS Finwhale
The Christening of Clan Murdoch in 1960
Scottish Lion rescues survivors of Norwegian tanker Polyana in 1960
20 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Updates to the service records of Stephanie Peel-Yates and Capt Peter Rose
21 Apr 2020
Union-Castle
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
The design of the new Cargo Mail Ships
The end of life for Rovuma
Pendennis Castle arriving in Port Elizabeth on her maiden voyage
New entries for John Lovett and Charles Barnes
The service record of Capt J D F Elvish
22 Apr 2020
King Line Staff
Clan Line Staff
Scottish Shire Line Ships
New entries for Capt J L Ritch and John Lisle
New entry for John Ruthven
Update to Capt R B Linsley
Farewell notice for Perthshire
23 Apr 2020
King Line Ships
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Bullard & King Ships
Scottish Tankers
A cargo of huge logs on King Henry
A rescue but with a sad outcome on Winchester Castle
New entry for E H Pitt
Crossing the Line Ceremony on the Cadet Ship Umtata
Scottish Lion (1) rescues lone yachtsman
24 Apr 2020
King Line Staff
Houston Line Staff
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Cadet Training
Union-Castle Ships
New entry for Capt J A Lewis
Update with the service record of Capt A G Benyon
New entries for J Callender and A J Fisher
A consignment of animals on Clan MacIntosh
A voyage aboard Hansa Line’s Spitzfels
The first bulk shipment of wine on Southampton Castle
25 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Line
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
A new section on The R Vessels
New entry for F J Huxtable
New entries for F C Petit John Chalmers H E Forbes and Thomas Gray
26 Apr 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Hector Whaling Ships
New information about J T Matthews L G Cooper-Thorne
A painting presented to Princess Alexandra by the Chairman of Southampton Castle
Reina Del Mar leaving Cape Town for South America in 1965
New entry for T Byers
Final voyage of Clan Urquhart
Voyage Notes 1965 for Hector Heron
26 Apr 2020
Clan Line Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Bullard King
A lovely set of photographs from 1965 of a voyage to Australia on Clan Matheson
New entry for J F Westwood
A torpedo fails to explode after striking HMHS Guildford Castle
Initial entries for White Cross Line ships and staff
1 May 2020
Bullard King
Clan Line Staff
3 May 2020
Bullard King
Further entries for White Cross Line ships including accounts of the losses of the barques Wolseley
4 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entries for G Browning and T Barnes
Service record for T Conway
5 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entries for A E Perkins A Wake A Price W A Meyer D Organ H W Moss G A Peddie V Jordan
D Daysh F Henbury A Gervasi G V Thornback E Rennie H G Skipp and W A Jackson
Update to the page of Richard Speight
6 May 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Ships
Bowater Ships
Safmarine Ships
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Tim Nixon Tom Martel
A ski trip for some of the officers of Clan MacGillivray in 1966
First transit of the St Lawrence Seaway in 1966 for Gladys Bowater
New propellors for SA Vaal
Cadets on Kinpurnie Castle doing some charity work in Mombasa in 1966 and take part in a Regatta
New entry for Henry Holfert-Knight D G Wheelband William Hevicon F W Benham
Update to Capt O K Pitts
7 May 2020
King Line Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for G I Brown
Update to S Lamy
New entry for J Tuck E Harman F Rabbetts E Murray K M McKeever J A Stone R G Cooper R Furness
Update to W A Meyer
9 May 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Uuion-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
King Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Houston Line Staff
Futher pictures aboard cadet ship Kinpurnie Castle
New entry for R Harding J MacMillan G B Pretswell
Update to the service record of Capt J West
New entry for A W McDonald
Update to Andrew Meikeljohn
New entry for W Melvin
New entry for W J McGaughin
10 May 2020
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Scottish Shire Line Ships
Houston Line Staff
Bowater Staff
Bullard King Staff
Update to the service record of Capt K Morton Capt C M Powell Commodore R P Galer Capt F B Parker
New entry for Capt I A Williamson H W A MacFarlane C H Black
Search for Missing Aircraft Clan Grant
Update to Jonathan Jones
New entry for Guy Baker
New entry for R Whitmore A E Buckland J Brunning G Colombe W Crawford E Lovell W Tidman
Update to Stirlingshire
Update to Capt S S Davidson
New entry for B McNulty
New entry for V A Luff
11 May 2020
Clan Line Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Significant Persons
Castle Line Ships
New entry for Capt G A D Sargeaunt W Williamson
Update to H W A MacFarlane F J Huxtable Capt L Pogson J Weir
Update to W L Marrs
Update to David Klasen Capt W Aldous
New entry for W J Lawry W S Leaity A Rook A Gadson F Webb L Karanicolas L Collins D V Embley
R O Wallace A Wolfe W Smith A E Gosney J Murray
New entry for P J D Bradley
New entry for Sir Francis Evans
In 1899 Sir Redvers Buller arrived in Cape Town aboard Dunottar Castle to take command of British forces
12 May 2020
Union Line Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Additions to the pages of Dane and Syria
New entry for Albert Randall T E Churchill E Morris Paul Bugeja George Carr
13 May 2020
British & Commonwealth
Hector Whaling Ships
South American Saint Line Staff
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
The formation of Overseas Containers Ltd
Voyage notes for 1966 of Hector Hawk
New entry for Arthur Weaver
New entry for Capt John Robertson
New entry for E J Stevens G E Hopper
Update to G V Thornback
14 May 2020
Clan Line Ships
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Bullard King Staff
Additonal material to Clan Alpine (5)
1967 Cadet intake on Clan Sutherland
New entry for R D Foster Capt J W Innes J Charles A Trenholm
Final voyage of Kenilworth Castle (3)
New entry for O M Williams K C Sibelia J S Houston Capt E G Fullick D W Evans
Update to A C Simpson
New entry for J C Wlton
15 May 2020
Clan Line Ships
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Bowater Ships
Bowater Staff
Notes of a voyages aboard Clan Finlay Clan MacIver and Clan MacTaggart in 1967
New entry for Capt A F Banks George McCall D M McLaren
Update to E W Shone
New entry for George Baker Thomas Cutler William Francis S R Grove W H Biggs H Littlejohn
Update to E J Bateman
Notes of a voyage aboard Roslin Castle in 1967
Notes of a voyage aboard Phyllis Bowater in 1967
New entry for D J Nicholson
16 May 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Bowater Ships
Safmarine Mail Ships
King Line Ships
Union Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Staff
WW1 service as a Hospital ship HMHS Garth Castle
Update to G W Kilmister J N Wilkins
New entry for L Rossiter J Stebbings A Cadden L W Hockley W Carlin C G Thornback
A trip up The St Lawrence Seaway on Phyllis Bowater and Constance Bowater in 1967
The SA Oranje Formation Dance Team of 1967
King Arthur on charter to BI in 1965
New entry for Arthur Anderson
New entry for R P MacLachlan D R Wilkie
New entry for F McKiernan
17 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Update to A J Burroughs Kenneth Barnes Robert Shaw William Hardy Lewis Nicholson William Woods
New entry for Philip Clifford Albert Butler
New entry and a wonderful story of life on King Malcolm by Tommy Minogue
18 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for John Chivers Joseph Higgins
Update to J Massey Barry Thomas
The final voyage of Roslin Castle
Update to D C Gibson
New entry for P A MacNiven
New entry for W J Bartlett J A Nunnick
19 May 2020
Union Line Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Reunions
New entry for Alfred Giles
Additional pictures of the rescue of survivors of the sinking of Richmond Castle (1)
The attendee lists for the Clan Line Reunions in Liverpool for 2010 2012 and 2013
20 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Castle Line Ships
New entry for Sir George Christopher M M Wren P P Williams
Update to A E West H W Moss J N Wilkins
Update to A R M White Alex Johnstone G G A Bint
New entry for N Birnie
The sinking of Clan Ross (2) in 1942
A tragic suicide aboard Dunvegan Castle in 1903
21 May 2020
Bullard King
White Cross Line
South American Saint Line
Background information about White Cross Line
A model of the figure head of the barque Durban
New entries for Significant Persons
22 May 2020
White Cross Line Staff
New entry for J H Lawrance
23 May 2020
South American Saint Line Ships
SASL Chartered Ships
New pictures of St Margaret (2)
The launches of St Essylt (2) St Thomas
Collision with American ship War Hawk St Thomas
The launch and view of the modern fittings on St John
The launch and maiden voyage of St Rosario (2)
New pictures of Rosedale Park
24 May 2020
Union-Castle Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
27 May 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for G F Du Toit
New entry for Keith Hanson R J De La Cour
New entry for H W Spottiswood George McGarrity William Hornall
29 May 2020
South American Saint Line
Crew Lists from 1947 to 1953
30 May 2020
King Line Ships
King Henry on charter to EANL in 1970
31 May 2020
South American Saint Line Staff
Ongoing task of updating the Staff Service Records
2 Jun 2020
Clan Line Ships
A picture of the cadets aboard Clan Malcolm for Christmas 1967
6 Jun 2020
Bowater Ships
Union-Castle Ships
Additional picture of the launch of Sarah Bowater
The 1946 MMC Tour of Australia & New Zealand on Stirling Castle
8 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Picture of Capt Matthew Wiliams
New entry for Andy McCulloch
9 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Ted Smyth
10 Jun 2020
Ships Lost
Tables of war and peace time losses of Bowaters and Hector Whaling
13 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Bowater Ships
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Steve Stevens
A season on The Great Lakes aboard Phyllis Bowater
New entry for Capt John Robinson
15 Jun 2020
South American Saint Line
Clan Line Staff
Update to many records of Ships and Staff
New entry for Commodore Ch Eng George Raine Capt F Petherbridge Leonard Bailey
Update to Capt D T Griffiths
18 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
King Line Ships
Safmarine Mailships
New entry for H Laight R Watkins Neil Hailstone Keith Underwood Walter Taylor John Castleman
Francis Leal Percy Leggett Thomas Jenkins Reginald Everett
New entry for Harry Atlay George Stanley
Sales of Clan Finlay Clan Forbes
The purchase of King Alfred (4)
Engineers prize on SA Oranje in 1968
19 Jun 2020
Hector Whaling Ships
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
King Line Staff
Hector Whaling Staff
Bullard King Staff
Update to Catchers
New entry for M O’Kane C H James
Update to W MacDonald
New entry for G Morgan Horace Houghton
Update to Capt F Norfolk H Hunton William Medley William Laverty William Vince
New entry for M C Herridge
Update to H C Gilbert
New entry for W R C Purdon
New entry for Capt J E Lycett
20 Jun 2020
Safmarine
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth
Change of registry for SA Vaal and SA Oranje
New entry for Edward Bloomfield Thomas White Ernest Cull Frank Head
Update to Capt W Anson
Engineer Cadets at Plymouth from 1966 - 1968
21 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for F B Halstad J W Mawson Philip Nicholls
Update to Norman Ruffell
22 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Final voyage to the breakers for Arundel Castle
Update to H Triggs R J Wynter
23 Jun 2020
Clan Line Staff
Update to Capt George Young
24 Jun 2020
Clan Line Staff
Update to Hugh Cameron and Capt A Campbell
26 Jun 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for James Kerr
27 Jun 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Bowater Staff
Scottish Shire Line Ships
Bullard King Staff
Update to J T Matthews Capt H Colwill
New entry for O C Middleton H G Liggins
Update to Capt A Palethorpe-May
New entry for Capt W R Roberts R J Jones H G E Mason
Update to E Cottingham
New entry for Encounter Bay
New entry for Capt R Wise
28 Jun 2020
Castle Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
King Line Staff
Scottish Shire Line Ships
New entry for James Stevens
Update to J Carmichael Gilbert Ferrier W Y Morris George Webb William Barfoot Edwin Rose
Albert Nowlson Capt Henry Harvey
New entry for Reginald Harvey
New entry for Capt W G Holman
Update to M Hassan
Update to Encounter Bay
29 Jun 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Update to Andrew Meiklejohn
“Life at Sea in 1962” aboard Rustenburg Castle
Update to A O Wilkins Sir W A Codrington
30 Jun 2020
Bowater Ships
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Staff
01 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Reunions
Update to Capt A O Wilkins
New entry for Capt W T Chalmers
Update to Capt C C Atkinson
New entry for D McNeil F B Ovenstone
Cancellation of the 2020 Clan Line Reunion
02 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Capt C W Banbury
Update to Denis Capel Capt F Petherbridge
Update to Clan Lamont (1)
New entry for Maeve Ginnety John Hire Alan Mortimer Clarence Parker
03 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Frederick Southwell W H Nicholas G Bungard H Dunn D C Fraser S Elgar
Update to Charles Frost D H C Jenkins Capt W A Pace
New entry for L MacKinnon G G Anderson
05Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Staff
Bowater Staff
Castle Line Ships
New entry for George McCoubrey George Young Arthur Borelace Warwick Hyde Walter Hatcher
Update to Arthur Mailer Percy Leggett
New entry for Donald MacKinnon
New entry for Capt H Simpson Richard Barnett
Update to Edwin Cottingham
Update to Carnarvon Castle
07Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
CI Shipping Ships
New entry for Eric Brooks
Update to Capt D D MacKenzie Capt D Nicoll Capt N M Lloyd
New entry for G Smith H W Busher Capt D H MacMillan
Update to Capt F H Turton Capt K M Banks
Update to W T Fleming
New picture of Causeway
11 Jul 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Staff
South American Saint Line Ships
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Mark Williams
New entry for Capt A A Graham Capt N F Stewart Capt T R Halliday
Update to St Briavels
Update to Arthur Mailer
14 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for C J McArdle
New entry for V N Cutlack
15 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Additons to Capt N M Lloyd
19 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Hector Whaling Ships
Getting ready for war on Athlone Castle
New entry for W Lockhart
Update to Capt C S Keen
Update to Balaena
20 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Alec Allan Capt J E Townrow Capt C Edwards
New entry for John Wilson H Oliver Fred G Tizard
Update to Capt J C Simpson
21 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Owen Parry-Williams Phil Cannings Alick Carey
Update to Sir William Codrington
New entry for J ‘Mac’ McCullagh
Update to Capt A M Kennedy
22 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Alexander MacKenzie E A Inkpen J McInnes
Update to Arthur Shute Capt James Wilford Capt R M Wright Capt J P Smythe
23 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Bullard & King Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
24 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Hector Whaling Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Crew Lists
New entry for J J Waring
Update to Capt C D Mavitty
New entry for H Finch
New entry for Robert Sherbourne Thomas Evans F Shepherd Jesse Lloyd
Update to James Mills
Update regarding a fire aboard in 1970 on Good Hope Castle
Update to 1970 - October
25 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Percy Orchard A H Forster
Update to Capt N M Lloyd
New entry for W R Whyte
Update to Capt J H Wright Capt R Escolme
New entry for George Martyn
Update to Brian Hardy
26 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Edward Wallace J F O’Leary Arthur Connolly Harold Gough
Update to G P Rankin John Hodgson
Update to Hector McLean Mally O’Kane
27 Jul 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Robbie Rutt Mike Dyer Heather Lindon Edward Young Henry Toms Alexander Walter
New entry for G Cowley
Update to Capt George Spiller
29 Jul 2020
Bullard King Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Houston Line Staff
New entry for N H Haley Capt P N V Rewell
New entry for William Gibson John Varney Ernest Axtell
Update to H E Forbes Albert Wake
New entry for J W L Brown
New entry for Harry Pengelly
30 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Houston Line Staff
New entry for John Forbes E R Harvey
Update to Ernest Shone Capt H D Lockyer Capt G B Owen
Life as a cadet in 1971 on Clan Sutherland
New entry for Stephen Duckworth
Update to B&C Commodores
New entry for Ernest Philpott Edwin Bessant Norman Ward
Update to Arthur Mailer William Wheelton Alexander Livingstone
Update to Capt W J Jones
31 Jul 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Bullard King Staff
New entry for Capt R K Wilson
Update to Capt N F Stewart
New entry for Frederick Nicolas J Lyon A L Turpin
Update to Capt L P Wilkie Capt A S R Parker R F Leith W N Makepeace Charles Farr James Bradford
New entry for P B Colling
01 Aug 2020
Reunions
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Scottish Shire Line Ships
New entry for 1971 Pensioners Reunion
Update to Capt N F Stewart Capt R A Harris
New entry for Bill Taylor Edward Snelling J McKenna Shelagh Bell Robert Murray William Boreland
Roy Norman S E Martin William Windebank
Update to W S Leaity D B Abercromby
Update to Encounter Bay
02 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
King Line Staff
New entry for Bill Eady Len Davey George Walcroft William Forde John Ferry Fred Rose
Update to Capt George Matthews Richard Reeves Capt G S Cochrane
Emergency return to Cape Town for Southampton Castle
New entry for Capt A Mair Capt E G Mobbs
Update to Roy Foster
New entry for John Brook
Update to Bryan Settatree
Update to Capt George Craig
03 Aug 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Photographic memories from Mark Williams
New entry for John Carnegie
Update to Capt Ronald Bayer Alfred Child
06 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for George Ridges Sidney Wheeler
Update to Arthur MacArthur Dr James Donald Frank Head
New entry for Capt Robert Helme Sydney Owens
07 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
08 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Charlie Benson Archie Haddow Albert Spinney W G Retford George Crimble
Update to William Forde
Update to Southampton Castle and Kite Flying aboard Edinburgh Castle
New entry for Capt P G de Gruchy
09 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Evan Rowlands Charles Sutton L J Marshall
Update to Denis Capel Capt S J Cresswell
New entry for Arthur Warren Joe Painter Thomas Brookwell W F Fitzroy-Kelly
Update to Sampson Brebner
New entry for Gilbert Olotu Michael Farmer
10 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Details of the war-time movements of Arundel Castle
11 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Details of the war-time movements of Athlone Castle
13 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Details of the war-time movements of Capetown Castle
New entry for Walter Paynter
14 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Details of the war-time movements of Carnarvon Castle Dunnottar Castle
15 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Details of the war-time movements of Durban Castle
16 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Details of the war-time movements of Llangibby Castle
18 Aug 2020
King Line Ships
Union-Castle Ships
A long trip on King Henry in 1967
Details of the war-time movements of Llanstephan Castle
19 Aug 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Union-Castle Ships
Update with service record for Eddie Bremner
Details of the war-time movements of Stirling Castle
20 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Ships
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Clan Line Ships
Bullard & King Staff
At the breakers in South Wales in 1936 Kenilworth Castle
Update to Capt Dai Rees John Leitch
New entry for Andrew Teer
Update to Capt William Thomas John Ruthven
Rescue at sea in 1972 on board Clan MacIndoe
Update to Capt Roy Harber
21 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Hector Whaling Ships
New entry for Ernest Brown Bert Gilfoy Len Rooker Horace Rushton Maurice Henbury George Hamson
Update to Alexander Chisholm James Bradford
New entry for Harry Adams
Update to Capt Ian Shearer Capt T Inman Capt P MacMillan
New entry for Billy Maulana
Rescue of wrecked trimaran in 1972 on Hector Heron
22 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Hector Whaling Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
King Line Staff
New entry for Charlie Read Percy Phillips Sidney Loveland Maria Milton Helen Gooch
Update to Robert Shaw
New entry for F Fawcett Capt T H Graham
Update to Capt J G Smith
Update to Capt D Cornwell
New entry for David Kioko
New entry for Capt A J MacInnes
23 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
Bowater Staff
Bullard King Staff
Update to Capt R M Wright Capt H Landless Capt T Kendra Percy Phillips
New entry for William Lovell Leslie Walker
Update to Capt A M Kennedy Capt Alec Mair
New entry for Capt M Storrier
Update to Capt W Bosanquet
New entry for Herbert Hall
Update to Capt H M Walden
23 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Update to Capt G A D Sargeaunt Capt Alec Mair
New entry for Harold James Ernest Tupper J Davies A C Barnes A P Churchill
Update to Capt F J Pye Capt Alan Freer E St J Tuck
24 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Clan Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Ronald Forehead James Davis Eugene Devlin
Update to Capt A S R Parker
New entry for Jimmy Harper
Update to John Simpson
25 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
New entry for Capt R F Fullarton Capt P R Kent
Update to Capt T R Parsons
26 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Capt R A G Simmons
New entry for Ernest Alfred Pyne Edward Parsons
27 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
New entry for W J Gear Capt W A Ross
Update to James Swan
New entry for Frederick Keen Tom Collett David Wolfsohn Stanley Chambers John Hunter
Update to Vincent Jones H G Liggins
Update to Capt A Stacey
28 Aug 2020
Union-Castle Staff
King Line Staff
British & Commonwealth Staff
Clan Line Staff
New entry for William O’Connell Bert Voller George Chivers
Update to Henry Stuart Commodore D W Sowden
New entry for Capt F W Moss
New entry for David Innes F H Murray
Update to Capt R Shattock John Forbes
30 Aug 2020
Scottish Tankers Ships
Bowater Ships
Reunions
Union-Castle Staff
King Line Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
Clan Line Staff
In 1974 B&C ordered Two New Tankers
New photo of Constance Bowater
A final trip to Liverpool NS in 1973 for Nina Bowater
Reunion in 1973 of Retired Sea Staff
Update to Capt G S Cochrane F W Benham
New entry for Capt George Russ
Update to J C Metcalfe
Update to Capt R Shattock
31 Aug 2020
Clan Line Staff
Union-Castle Staff
Update to Capt R Cawdery
New entry for Capt W G McFarland
09 Sep 2020
Union-Castle Staff
South American Saint Line Staff
New entry for Gordon Bristow Norman Bailey Jock Gray
Update to Capt A Stacey
10 Sep 2020
Union-Castle Staff
Britsh & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Douglas Jago
Update to Mike Hackett Gordon Bristow George Baker
New entry for Paul Ireland
11 Sep 2020
Crew Lists
A start to the long task of digitising crewlists so they can be searched, starting at 1954 Autumn
12 Sep 2020
Crew Lists
Clan Line Ships
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format
A series of photographs of Clan Malcolm (1) after her stranding off The Lizard in 1935
21 Sep 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including September 1959
01 Oct 2020
Union-Castle Staff
New entry for Patrick Burns
04 Oct 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including February 1960
10 Oct 2020
Crew Lists
Clan Line Staff
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1960
New entry for Bill Dancer
13 Oct 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1962
New entry for 1943 Dec
28 Oct 2020
Bowater Ships
Photograph of the first Liverpool Rover
29 Oct 2020
Union-Castle Line
Crew Lists
Modifications to the service records of Capt L H Farrow Capt G Mayhew and Llandovery Castle (2)
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including June 1962
30 Oct 2020
Crew Lists
B & C Staff
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including August 1962
New entry for Chris Burge
01 Nov 2020
Unio-Castle Timetables
Coastal Excursions to Durban in Jun & Jly 1914
02 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including October 1962
03 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Bowater Ships
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including August 1963
Arriving in Corner Brook on her maiden voyage in 1955 Sarah Bowater
11 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including October 1963
13 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
British & Commonwealth Staff
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including February 1964
New entry for August 1926
New entry for Mike Andrews
14 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1964
15 Nov 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
Award of the 2020 Merchant Navy Medal to Colin Brown
16 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including June 1964
New entry for May 1932
18 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including February 1965
23 Nov 2020
Castle Line Ships
Crew Lists
An account of the mining of HMHS Braemar Castle in 1916
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1965
24 Nov 2020
Crew Lists
Union Line Ships
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1967
A painting of Saxon (2) at anchor in Port Louis, Mauritius in 1867
7 Dec 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including June 1967
You can find crew members by entering their name into “Search The Site” and the locations of their names will be shown
9 Dec 2020
British & Commonwealth Staff
New entry for Steve Pink
11 Dec 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including December 1969
You can find crew members by entering their name into “Search The Site” and the locations of their names will be shown
28 Dec 2020
Crew Lists
British & Commonwealth Staff
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including April 1970
You can find crew members by entering their name into “Search The Site” and the locations of their names will be shown
New entry for Richard Hellyer
Updates to Sheila Lampkin and Francis Glibbery
29 Dec 2020
Crew Lists
Ongoing conversion of Crew Lists to a digital format now done up to and including August 1970
You can find crew members by entering their name into “Search The Site” and the locations of their names will be shown
31 Dec 2020
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2020 Site Statistics |
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15,442 |
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