Clan Davidson (2)

Postwar

Bonaventure returned to the UK, and remained in Royal Navy service for a further three years.

She was placed on the disposal list in 1948, and sold back to the Clan Line on 23 March 1948. She was converted back to mercantile use, and re-entered service as Clan Davidson. She was the first Clan Line vessel to re-enter service after the end of the war.

She was sold in 1963 and arrived at Hong Kong for scrapping on 25 December 1963.

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Review  - April 1959

Clan Davidson Cadets - 1959

A group of cadets circa 1960

Can anyone put names to faces?

Clan Davidson Cadets - 1960

Review - December 1958

Clan Davidson Cadets - 1958

Clan Davidson

Left Liverpool

13 October

For South Africa

Master

G W Spiller

Chief Officer

R Paterson

Second Officer

G R Stokes

Third Officer

A J Rowley

Cadets

J W Trickett

R C Van der Krol

F H Yeulett

J A Woodall

R G Skedd

J Ford

E T Tomlinson

E Pardon

G A Beevers

D M B Bartlett

C Bodenham

A H Dalton

Radio Officer

S Aspinall

Carpenter

J Strachan

Purser Catering Officer

J W Nevin

Chief Engineer

J T Buchanan

Second Engineer

H Murphy

Jnr Second Engineer

J C Simpson

Third Engineer

J Pringle

Fourth Engineer

R G M Fyffe

Fifth Engineer

W Stevenson

Sixth Engineer

W G Watson

Junior Engineer

J B Nelson

Clansman - February 1962

Au Revoir Clan Davidson - 1961

Clan Davidson

Left Liverpool

19 October

For Colombo

Master

J P Dunphy

Chief Officer

P C Byrne

Second Officer

C A Binks

Third Officer

J W Trickett

Cadets

F S Adam

F M Croning

Radio Officer

J B Campbell

Carpenter

E Campbell

Purser Catering Officer

R P Murphy

Chief Engineer

J Sullivan

Second Engineer

A M Clydesdale

Jnr Second Engineer

A R Cameron

Third Engineer

J Morris

Fourth Engineer

S Christie

Junior Engineer

J M Bertie

J McLean

D H Davids

First Electrician

D J Grima

Cadet Intakes


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Cadets

J W Trickett

R C Van der Krol

F H Yeulett

J A Woodall

R G Skedd

J Ford

E T Tomlinson

E Pardon

G A Beevers

D M B Bartlett

C Bodenham

A H Dalton


S A Hulse

D P Collins

K S Reid

D E Mullin

I M Marr

M H Dalton

V Holland

J Ford

G Beevers

R P MacGeorge

J A Woodall

D L Sinclair


H A Pearson

D P Collins

K S Reid

D E Mullin

I M Marr

M H Dalton

G H Ball

B Mann

W C Robb

J A Woodall

E Pardon

D L Sinclair

R B Koenig

H A Pearson

R J Cheevers

K S Reid

W D Powell

A S Rankin

D E Mullin

J F White

G H Ball

B Mann

S R Baker

P Lightbody

D L Sinclair

R B Koenig

J F White

D A Williams

J S Blakeley

W D Powell

A S Rankin

A H Daley

A P Pearks

R L Stephens

J F West

J H Veysey

R A Silverwood

G M Storrie

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Clan Davidson (2)

1943

1942 Acquired by Admiralty while underconstruction

1943 Completed as HMS Bonaventure

1948 Returned to Clan Line renamed Clan Davidson

1961 Scrapped at Hong Kong

8067

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

182100

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

John Kincaid

Greenock

2 x Steam 3 Cyl

1370 NHP

2

Master

Date

Left

Destination

T A Walkinson

3/1955

Liverpool

S Africa

G W Spiller

7/1959

Birkenhead

Ceylon

J P Dunphy

1/1960

Liverpool

Colombo


7/1960

Liverpool

S Africa


5/1961

London

Mauritius


10/1961

Liverpool

Colombo

Refit - 1948

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