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    • “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
    • 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”
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    • Cloverbank 1980
    • Compliments card….
    • Corabank, and the Liberty ship story.
    • Forresbank Enquiry
    • Foylebank in WW2
    • Gowenbank
    • Inchanga Days – An article about Bank Line’s ‘white ships’
    • India/Africa service vessels with passengers and cargo…… (see ” Inchanga Days”, an article about life on board in 1952)
    • Inver Tankers Ltd
    • Kelvinbank – First Trip
    • LAST TRIP OF THE CLYDEBANK
    • LINDENBANK LOSS 1975. (Loss report in full)
    • M.V. Southbank – Washington Island and Press cuttings from the time…
    • M.V. Springbank
    • M.V. Testbank
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    • M.V.Yewbank
    • Maplebank
    • Meadowbank loaded down
    • Poems about the Sea and Bank Line
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    • A Bank Line inspired Poem
    • The Log Of Davy Jones
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    • Profile of Captain T.D.Scott
    • PROFILES OF MASTERS, Chief Engineers, and the Bank Line Chief Accountant
    • Projects and Events
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    • Sailing ship Olivebank in 1898
    • Sailing Ship Stories
    • Sailing ship, Isle of Arran. Purchased in 1895 and served 20 years in Andrew Weir’s. Captured and sunk by a U boat in 1917.
    • SHIP ART
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    • Sibonga Rescue 1979
    • SIBONGA RESCUE REUNION
    • Southbank and her Sisters (published article)
    • The Ship List – Bankline early ships and their fate…….
    • The TRENTBANK loss…
    • Thornliebank – suffered the worst fate in WW2. Torpedoed when full of ammunition in 1941 and blew up killing all on board.
    • Trentbank Video
    • Westbank

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