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

HP

Screws

Gladys Bowater

1958

4045

300820

Wm Denny

Dumbarton

Wm Denny

Dumbarton

Motor 6 Cyl

Sulzer

2700 BHP

1

Gladys Bowater

GBBE

Bowater Steamship Company
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