Margaret Bowater

With a full load of woodpulp

Entering New York in 1967

Margaret Bowater - Art Gallery

Life Onboard - 1968

Review - October 1968

Master	Date	Left	Destination
B S Biggs	1/1966	Ellesmere Port	Cornerbrook
	7/1966	North Shields	Holmsund
P R Kent	9/1966	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
	11/1966	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
	1/1967	North Shields	Cornerbrook
	5/1967	Birkenhead	Charleston
	7/1967	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
E Besley	9/1967	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
P R Kent	12/1967	Liverpool	Cornerbrook

Crew List

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Speed

Margaret Bowater

1954

6481

186187

Wm Denny

Dumbarton

3 x Steam turbines

Parsons

4700 BHP

Margaret Bowater

GSVX

Launched - 1954

Shell tank Hadriana passing Margaret Bowater at Ellesmere Port

General Arrangement Plan

Master	Date	Left	Destination
B S Biggs	11/1963	Rouen	Cornerbrook
G B Thomson	7/1964	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
P J Rose	9/1964	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
	11/1964	Northfleet	Holmsund
D H MacMillan	12/1964	Ellesmere Port	Cornerbrook
H Charnley	7/1965	South Shields	Holmsund
	10/1965	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund
D Lockhart	11/1965	Ellesmere Port	Holmsund

THE FIRST OF THE NEW SHIPS FOR THE BOWATER PAPER CORPORATION IS LAUNCHED AT GLASGOW:

The newsprint carrier Margaret Bowater is seen going down the slipway at the yards of her builders, William Denny and Brother Limited, after she had been named by Lady Bowater, the wife of Sir Noel Bowater, the chairman of the Corporation and the Lord Mayor of London.

The ship has been specially designed so that large cargoes of newsprint can be loaded and stored in a simple operation, and her holds are free of any obstructions which could cause damage to the paper.

She will be able to carry 8,000 tons of newsprint.

The Bowater fleet lost several ships during the war, and now many of those still in use have become obsolescent.

The Margaret Bowater is the first of a number of new ships.”

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