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    • India/Africa service vessels with passengers and cargo…… (see ” Inchanga Days”, an article about life on board in 1952)
    • 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!
    • Pages and Posts
    • Bank Line People
    • Poems
    • Bank Line’s South Sea Adventure
    • BANK LINE’S ” White Ships”
    • Bank Line House magazines
    • Bank Line 1885-1985
  • Gallery – Click or scroll down
    • 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
  • How to see comments
  • Master at last…

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