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The Log Of Davy Jones
“Merchant Navy Apprentice – 1951-1955”.
LAST TRIP OF THE CLYDEBANK
Westbank
“Any Budding Sailors” is an ebook. (Also in print) This is an account of life in the iconic Bank Line in the 1950’s and much more.
“Merchant Navy Apprentice – 1951-1955”.
1909 Levernbank enquiry
1950’s Bank Line
1950’s snapshots
2020 CALENDAR
A Bank Line inspired Poem
A Liberty Ship Apprentice (Article)
A Voyage around the world in Coronation Year 1953 in M.V. Ernebank. ( An article that can be downloaded)
An IRISBANK voyage in the 1950’s
APPRENTICE INDENTURES FROM 1950. (See first year pay of £55) offer of an apprentceship and a and list of kit to purchase…..
Article re ” A Bank Line Voyage”
Bank Line 1885-1985
Bank Line House magazines
BANK LINE’S ” White Ships”
Bank Line’s South Sea Adventure
Bank Lines love affair with the Pacific Islands..
Beaverbank – one that got away!
BELFAST SHIP RECORDS
“Any Budding Sailors” is an ebook. (Also in print) This is an account of life in the iconic Bank Line in the 1950’s and much more.
Book Treats -Maritime +
Bank Lines love affair with the Pacific Islands..
British-Mexican Petroleum Co Ltd. (Andrew Weir Managers)
1800 Pages and Posts!
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Bank Line People
Poems
Bank Line’s South Sea Adventure
BANK LINE’S ” White Ships”
Bank Line House magazines
Bank Line 1885-1985
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Southbank
Westbank
Cloverbank 1980
Gowenbank
M.V. Springbank
M.V. Testbank
M.V.Irisbank
M.V.Meadowbank
M.V.Roybank
M.V.Roybank
M.V.Yewbank
Maplebank
Lindenbank
Sailing ship CEDARBANK
etivebank
Firbank building
Inveruie
1886 THORNLIEBANK end.
1891 THISTLEBANK
1906 KUMERIC – One of 4 sisters…..
1913 built TINHOW
1921 built Kelvinbank ex Brocklebank “Malia” – 9.5kts.
1924 BIRCHBANK – Bombed in 1944
1925 Larchbank
1926 built Oakbank. Twin screw. One of an 18 ship order. 9 lost in WW2, including the Oakbank which was torpedoed by U507 with the loss of 25 men.
1929 built Steamer Forthbank, my first ship in 1951. She had been at the Sicily landings in 1943.
1930 built ‘Irisbank’
1930 TWIN SCREW built M.V. IRISBANK – ONE OF THE BANK LINE ‘ WORK HORSES ‘ THAT CIRCLED THE WORLD FOR 30 YEARS.
1934 INCOMATI
1937 built ESKBANK Left the fleet in 1961 and became the HSIN ANN until scrapping in 1967
1937 TEESBANK. Lost in 1942 by a torpedo from U128. She was in ballast. The U boat was in turn sunk in May 43.
1938 TEVIOTBANK
1955 FOYLEBANK
1957 FIRBANK, the lead ship of 21 in one order…
1957 Riverbank pics – plus the bell!
1961 built – Larchbank. Sold in 1978 for a further 5 years of trading. One of the 21 vessels ordered from Wm Doxford – the lead ship being the Firbank.
1962 INVERBANK engine room
1962 SPRINGBANK from Harland’s..
1964 BUILT HOLLYBANK
1965 ERNEBANK – sold in 1979 and became ‘FAMILY UNITY’. 3 years later in 1982 became the Bangladesh vessel, ‘BENGAL STAR’ for 6 more years of trading.
1966 built Shirrabank at anchor.
1967 TEVIOTBANK
1968 GOWANBANK – became the KAVO GROSSOS for 6 years 1979 to 1985
1974 built BEAVERBANK
1975 SPEYBANK Cargo…..
1976 built CEDARBANK
1978 – 1986 CRESTBANK (see TAMAMIMA posts on this site)
1991 OLIVEBANK
35 years at sea – M.V. Carronbank, built 1957 at Harland’s, and in the company until 1974. One of a massive 17 ship order fulfilled between 1957 and 1964.
1950’s snapshots
2020 CALENDAR
A Bank Line inspired Poem
A Liberty Ship Apprentice (Article)
A Voyage around the world in Coronation Year 1953 in M.V. Ernebank. ( An article that can be downloaded)
An IRISBANK voyage in the 1950’s
APPRENTICE INDENTURES FROM 1950. (See first year pay of £55) offer of an apprentceship and a and list of kit to purchase…..
Article re ” A Bank Line Voyage”
Photographs from the Maritime World
Vintage Group photos.
What are your memories?
Maritime reading
Master at last…
The Engineers
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