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Ship Wrecks NZ: August 2011
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Friday, August 19, 2011. THE FOUNDERING OF THE. Captain Williams, proprietor of the sunken hulk Eli Whitney, has demanded of the Union Company £3000 in compensation of loss sustained by the Taupo running into the hulk. The Union Company have declined to pay any sum. Jan 29. A second and third attempt to blow up the hulk Eli Whitney were failures. CONVERTED INTO A HULK. June 27 The well-known.
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Ship Wrecks NZ: January 2014
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19400117-46-4. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 11. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 12, 15 January 1940, Page 6. At the subsequent enquiry Gresham gave a detailed account of the events leading up to the tragic loss of four lives:. Frank Gordon Gresham, owner of the Ngahuia, ...
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Ship Wrecks NZ: The Toiler (1912)
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Sunday, November 3, 2013. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19120208-14-2. The Toiler was launched in Te Kopuru from the yards of boat builders Brown and Sons on 22 January 1912. The steamer was built for Francis Lionel Kitching for a passenger and cargo service on the Northern Wairoa River. Auckland Star 9 November 1916. New Zealand Herald 9 December 1916. Sir G...
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Ship Wrecks NZ: The Eure - French Man o' War that became a coal hulk
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Monday, December 26, 2011. The Eure - French Man o' War that became a coal hulk. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19130206-16-2. Arrival in Port Chalmers. RRIVAL. March 7. Eure, French war corvette, 1600 tons, 10 guns, Captain Le Cuve, from Akaroa. The vessel again visited New Zealand waters in 1900 including a visit to Wellington. Where she was probably sent on...
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Leith Built Ships: “Constant Traveller”
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Saturday, 8 August 2015. 8220;Constant Traveller”. We are pleased to bring to your attention a new book from one of the crew on another fine ship built at the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb Ltd. Constant Traveller by Rod Baker. The ship was the lead ship in a large order from the Ellerman Wilson Line. MV SALERNO Ship No 495.
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Leith Built Ships: October 2014
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Friday, 31 October 2014. Leith Ship and The Pirates. The Ex Wilson Line Leith Built MV SORRENTO as Al Marjan receiving assistance from the U.S. Navy in this old released photograph taken from USS Whidbey Island. The ex MV SORRENTO. Links to this post. Thursday, 30 October 2014. Her owners were Compagnia Argentina de Lanches,.
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Leith Built Ships: July 2015
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Tuesday, 14 July 2015. The MV BRITISH COAST Maiden voyage. The MV BRITISH COAST. Model on her maiden voyage seen here in the U-Tube Video. For more photographs visit the website at www.leithshipyards.com. Links to this post. Design and lofting services. The BRITISH COAST Sails once more. Links to this post. Tales from the Yard.
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Leith Built Ships: August 2014
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Friday, 15 August 2014. Last remaining commercial shipyard in Scotland Closed. Better times at the yard from 2012 in this Herald newspaper picture, when they launched the Worlds first hybrid Ferry. Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited from a BBC website photograph Aug 15th 2014. The industry was massive throughout the. Such as and by...
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Leith Built Ships: September 2014
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Old Firm - New Order. Shipyard secures ferry contract. Book with confidence thanks to the Best Price Guarantee from Expedia.com. Shipyard in Port Glasgow has won its first ferry building contract since being rescued from closure. More details of the deal will be released later this week. It will use...
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Leith Built Ships: August 2015
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A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them. Help keep the site going. Saturday, 29 August 2015. Expansion plan for Ferguson Marine. Some good news for Scotland's few shipbuilders, with a bit of vision and capital perhaps this plan will come to fruition. Plans are being developed to employ up to 1,300 workers at a Clyde shipyard which went bust a year ago. For more on this BBC story click here.
