Gladys Bowater

Life after Bowaters

As Alexandra

A record kept by Mike Worth, Third Officer and P H Dathan, Second Officer (died April 2015)

Whilst doing a very long overdue sort out of the loft I came across these facts and figures from the 1970 Lakes season on Gladys Bowater.

30th March 1970 to 6th Dec 1970. (RFWE Corner Brook to RFA Escomains) Duration 250 days 19hr 06 mins.

M.V. Gladys Bowater

Returning after a Lakes Season Nov 1970.

Suffering from ice accretion in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

Navigation.

Passage Dist: 41863 nm

Steam Dist: 32386 nm

Pilotage: 9477 nm

Pilots: 191

Tie up/let go: 712

Locks: 240

Bridges: 578

No. of Ports: 30

Cargo carried:

366527 Long tons

Newsprint Rolls: 51914

Length of Paper: 311848 miles ( London to New York:103.5 Times)

Port Time: 84 days 16hr 42mins

Montreal . Bunkers, Stores> ice delay etc . 4 days 23hrs 19mins

Nights in Port 1800>0600 :: 73

A Season on The Great Lakes - 1970

First to Arrive - 1966

Review - June 1966

Master	Date	Left	Destination
D Lockhart	1/1964	Ellesmere Port	Liverpool NS
J C MacLarty	5/1964	Greenock	Liverpool NS
	2/1965	Ellesmere Port	Liverpool NS
R M Bessant	8/1965	Ridham	Cornerbrook
W J Howson	1/1966	Ellesmere Port	Cornerbrook
J C MacLarty	3/1966	North Shields	Cornerbrook
H Landless	1/1967	Ridham	Holmsund
D Richards	5/1967	Ridham	Holmsund
	7/1967	Ellesmere Port	Charleston
R Kelso	9/1967	Ridham	Charleston
D Richards	10/1967	Ellesmere Port	Liverpool NS
P Kent	5/1968	North Shields	Cornerbrook
R Lofts	3/1969	Glasgow	Cornerbrook
	4/1969	Erith	Liverpool NS
T Parsons	3/1970	Barry	Cornerbrook
J Caley	12/1970	Ellesmere Port	Nova Scotia
M Turner	3/1971	Ellesmere Port	Newfoundland
L Bainton	12/1971	Immingham	Newfoundland
	2/1972	Birkenhead	Newfoundland
	11/1972		Australia

Crew List Crew List

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Gladys Bowater

1958

4045

300820

Wm Denny

Dumbarton

Wm Denny

Dumbarton

Motor 6 Cyl

Sulzer

2700 BHP

Gladys Bowater

GBBE