Clan MacGillivray (2)


From B&C Review October 1962

Clan MacGillivray - A Floating Test Bed

Does anybody remember the thunder boxes? The one in the photograph was on the Clan MacGillivray whilst at anchor off Kakinada, India.

The dhows laden with tea were towed out to the ship and the cargo was transferred using the ships derricks, the dhows thereafter sailed back to port.

The ‘dockies’ stayed onboard the ship on the deck, they brought everything with them including their cooking implements. The smell was unreal and we were constantly offered food from the dockies. Boats used to come alongside and offer live chickens or prawns in return for empty paint tins or small drums.

On one occasion a dockie was occupying the thunder box when a dhow had its sail up ready to return to port and a gust of wind got up, the mast of the dhow collided with the thunder box and the poor dockie had to scramble over the rail whilst in mid-motion!!

Brian Bannister


In spite of all the technology, some things refuse to evolve - The Thunderbox

As Clan MacBoyd

Life after Clan Line

Christmas - 1978

Christmas Eve 1978 on Clan MacGillivray,

left to right:   K. Swarbrick (Deck Cadet),   B. Fairclough (Eng Cadet),   Steve Evans (J/2/E), Dave Smith (4/E),   Chris(?) Whittle (Deck Cadet),   Brian Bannister &   G. Viner (3/E)

Review  - June 1962

The Launch - May 1962   &   

Maiden Voyage - September 1962

Clan MacGillivray

Left Liverpool

20 September

For India

Master

H S Petherbridge

Chief Officer

J K Currie

Second Officer

A M Ewing

Third Officer

R Harden

Cadets

C Duncan

A D McDonald

J F Forbes

R D Williams

Radio Officer

D A P Galbraith

Carpenter

P F Green

Purser Catering Officer

R N Rex

Chief Engineer

A MacIntyre

Second Engineer

P Wilkinson

Jnr Second Engineer

A J Phillpot

Third Engineer

R Savage

Fourth Engineer

G A Herd

Junior Engineer

G N Tolson

F B Fraser

First Electrician

A S MacIntyre

Italian Ski Party - 1966

Review - June 1966

Clan MacGillivray

Left Liverpool

18 December

For S & E Africa

Master

F H S Petherbridge

Chief Officer

R Fullarton

Second Officer

J W Prior

Third Officer

R Lyall

Cadets

R White

Radio Officer

D Withers

Carpenter

G Stanley

Chief Engineer

J Platt

Second Engineer

R McDonald

Jnr Second Engineer

J Gorrie

Third Engineer

A Greer

Fourth Engineer

W Jones

Junior Engineer

D Woodford

First Electrician

E Davies

Purser Catering Officer

R Rex

Asst PCO

R Petrie

Email received 27 October 2014

Hopefully attached is a copy of a 'football programme' that was compiled by James Dawson (RO on Clan MacGillivray), I think the game took place  November/December 1978.

The officers were:

Chris Kelly, Electrician     Brian Bannister, Junior Engineer        Jonathan Tickner, Purser           Simon Evans, Junior Second Engineer

Keith Swarbrick, Deck Cadet           Chris Whittle, Deck Cadet           Bill Fairclough, Engineer Cadet               Phil Hooper, 3rd Officer

Phil Borley, Second Engineer         James Dawson, RO               Dave Smith, 4th Engineer            William Ogg, Chief Engineer

Regards

Brian Bannister

Sporting Club Clan MacGillivray - 1978

Clan MacGillivray

17 November

At Mombasa

Master

T Roberts

Chief Officer

A Blackler

Second Officer

D Lewington

Third Officer

P Hooper

Cadets

K Swarbrick

C Whittle

Radio Officer

J Dawson

Carpenter

G Radford

Chief Engineer

W Ogg

Second Engineer

P Borley

Jnr Second Engineer

S Evans

Third Engineer

G Viner

Fourth Engineer

D Smith

Junior Engineer

R Bannister

Engineer Cadets

W Fairclough

Electrician

W Kelly

Purser Catering Officer

J Tickner

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Clan MacGillivray (2)

1962

1981 Sold to Hong Kong renamed Clan MacBoyd

9039

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

5075050

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

Barclay Curle

Glasgow

Motor 6 Cyl

Sulzer

8500 BHP

1

Master

Date

Left

Destination

F H Petherbridge

9/1962

Liverpool

India


1/1963

Middlesbrough

E Africa


4/1963

London

E Africa

F J O’Hea

8/1963

Liverpool

S & E Africa

F H Petherbridge

1/1964

Liverpool

S Africa


4/1964

Genoa

S & E Africa


8/1964

Liverpool

S Africa


2/1965

Liverpool

S Africa


7/1965

Liverpool

S & E Africa


12/1965

Liverpool

S & E Africa


4/1966

Genoa

S & E Africa


8/1966

London

S & E Africa

A Crawford

1/1967

Liverpool

S & E Africa


6/1967

London

S & E Africa


10/1967

London

S & E Africa


2/1968

Liverpool

S & E Africa


6/1968

Birkenhead

S Africa


10/1968

Liverpool

Australia


4/1969

London

E Africa


8/1969

London

E Africa


1/1970

Birkenhead

S Africa & Mauritius


5/1970

Genoa

S Africa & Beira


9/1970

Birkenhead

E Pakistan

G Russ

2/1971

Manchester

Persian Gulf

D Cornwell

8/1971

Birkenhead

Red Sea Ports


12/1971

Genoa

E Africa

P Kent

5/1972

Birkenhead

Ceylon


11/1972

London

E Africa

G Russ

3/1973

London

S Africa & Mauritius

H Thorn

8/1973

Southampton

S Africa


10/1973

Birkenhead

S Africa & Beira


3/1974

Glasgow

India


7/1975

Dakar



9/1975

Birkenhead


P Kent

1/1976




3/1976

Durban


T Aitchison

6/1976

East London



8/1976

Port Elizabeth



11/1976


Port Elizabeth

S Hay

2/1977


Cape Town


5/1977

Genoa


T Aitchison

11/1977


East London

R A Simmons

2/1978


Cape Town


6/1978

Trieste


T Roberts

11/1978

Mombasa


R A Simmons

4/1979


Mauritius

W MacFarland

11/1979

Aden

E Africa

R A Simmons

3/1980


Colombo

R Todd

9/1980

Aden



11/1980


Avonmouth

J Brackenridge

3/1981

Madras


A MacIntyre

6/1981

At Bombay


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