Clan Robertson (4)

Review - June 1965

MV Clan Robertson. Entering East London

Artist: Claude Muncaster

Clan Robertson - Art Gallery

The Launch - May 1965 &

Maiden Voyage - November 1965

Clan Robertson Left Liverpool 22 November For South Africa
Master	S S Davidson
Chief Officer	G S Gann
Second Officer	W Dancer
Third Officer	I Cameron
Cadets	M Dowsett S Duckworth
Radio Officer	D Galbraith
Carpenter	J Wight
Chief Engineer	A Coutts
Second Engineer	H P Aitken
Jnr Second Engineer	G Pears
Third Engineer	E Searle
Fourth Engineer	R Charlesworth
Junior Engineer	M Danielson R Huntingdon
Chief Frig Engineer	D McCormack
First Electrician	R McNeil
Second Electrician	M MacDonald (Supy)
Purser Catering Officer	J Godwin
Asst PCO	G Nash

Crew Exchange with HMS Finwhale - August 1969

Clan Robertson Left Rotterdam 8 August For South Africa & Mauritius
Master	R Harber
Chief Officer	J Cowie
Second Officer	R Slack
Third Officer	R Kamau
Cadets	P Philpott
Radio Officer	R Hammond
Bosun	Mnyandu
Chief Engineer	T Reay
Second Engineer	M Burton
Jnr Second Engineer	R Carrington
Third Engineer	A Bloor
Fourth Engineer	C Dubber
Junior Engineer	H Gourlay
Engineer Cadets	C Smith G Curtis
Chief Frig Engineer	J Sctoo
Electrician	R Webster
ERS	D Buthelezi
Purser Catering Officer	P MacCormick
Chief Cook	Mkize
Second Steward	Khaula

HMS Finwhale (S05) was the fifth Porpoise class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 21 July 1959 and first commissioned on 19 August 1960. During her first commission she went further under the ice than any other submarine at the time.

She was recommissioned on 27 January 1964. In March 1965 on her second Arctic patrol she further eclipsed her first ice patrol, penetrating 95 miles into the ice. She was present at Portsmouth Navy Days in 1965 and 1966.

While in the Far East she was fitted with an oerlikon deck gun.

She was used as a harbour training vessel between 1979 and 1987. She left under tow for scrapping in Spain on 28 March 1988. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the Fin Whale.

Vessel	Built	Service	Tonnage
Clan Robertson (4)	1965	1976 Transferred to Union-Castle renamed Balmoral Castle (3)	10541

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

307638

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

J G Kincaid

Glasgow

Motor 7 Cyl

Burmeister & Wain

10350 BHP

Master	Date	Left	Destination
S S Davidson	11/1965	Liverpool	S Africa
	2/1966	Southampton	S Africa
	4/1966	Southampton	Montreal
J Browne	7/1966	Southampton	S Africa
	9/1966	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	2/1967	Hull	S Africa
H M Walden	5/1967	Southampton	S Africa
J Browne	8/1967	London	S & E Africa
	12/1967	London	S & E Africa
	2/1968	Hamburg	S Africa
A Stacey	6/1968	Birkenhead	S Africa & Mauritius
J Browne	10/1968	Birkenhead	S Africa & Mauritius
	1/1969	Rotterdam	S Africa & Beira
R Harber	8/1969	Rotterdam	S Africa & Mauritius
	12/1969	Genoa	S Africa & Beira
	9/1970	Hamburg	S Africa & Beira
P S Eckford	2/1971	Birkenhead	S Africa
	4/1971	Southampton	S Africa
	7/1971	Cardiff	S Africa
	12/1971	Birkenhead	S Africa
	4/1972	London	S Africa
R MacIntyre	6/1972	Le Havre	S Africa
F King	8/1972	Antwerp	S Africa
	12/1972	London	E Africa
N F Wray-Cook	5/1973	Southampton	S Africa
R Wilson	7/1973	Marseilles	S Africa
N F Wray-Cook	9/1973	Hamburg	S Africa & Beira
	1/1974	Middlesbrough	S Africa
	6/1974	Hull	S Africa
	8/1974	Cardiff	S Africa
J Caley	11/1974
N F Wray-Cook	3/1975
J Caley	7/1975	Lourenco Marques
T Kirby	6/1976		Bordeaux
	11/1976	Mombasa	Balmoral Castle

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