The Great Liners Part 3 Cargo Liners Of The World
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2022
- They were the smaller, yet equally graceful
ships of the sea, that carried millions of
passengers and crews to the most distant
corners of the world - in a style and pace that
sadly, will never return.
It's a difficult enough task trying to find
rare archive film of what were the world's
most celebrated passenger liners, but
to find film of the 1,000's of smaller,
beautiful cargo liners is almost impossible!
With a combination of sheer tenacity and
dedication, Producer Des Cox has scoured
the world to find this rarest of film. Once
again he has had it carefully restored
and spent 100's of hours dubbing and
editing it into what is a truly unique 58
minute video. The end result is: You can
almost feel the movement of the sea,
taste the salt, smell the ship's paint and
engine room fumes, as we circumnavigate
the world from East to West and West to
East from such famous ports as London
and Liverpool. We see the world as it
used to be during the days when the
British Merchant Fleet was the largest in
the World; through force 12 Atlantic
storms - into seas and ports full of those
magnificent ships all going lovingly
about their business.
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The good old days, carefree, hard work, respect and a pride in ones self and ship. Sadly all gone now, foreign crewed ships and containers. Dunedin was my favourite port in New Zealand. Very enjoyable one hour that was, thank you, much appreciated.
6 to 8 weeks ashore in NZ......what could possibly go wrong? Happy Days!!
I sailed to the Kiwi Coast on Blue Star & P&O we had fantastic times sailing from Port to Port with the odd passenger (Ring bolsters) as we called the girls who came with us!! Sadly all the famous ships shipping companies are no longer with us along with the proud Merchant Seamen that sailed the 7 seas. 45 years at sea from Boy to Man and I still ❤ my job 👨🍳👨🍳 @ 🌊🦈🐳⚓️🌅😘
As a New Zealand HF coast radio station operator from late 1964 onwards, I remember Otaio and Haparangi, also Brasil Star. Otaio and sister Piako were both were cadet training ships.
Thank you . Great viewing
I shipped out of Tilbury docks on SS Nevasa in the 70's.
Brilliant, thanks for posting.
My Father was a Master Mariner - he served as a deck officer during the entire 2nd world war. This video really brings back memories for MeV, as I grew with and also traveled on on ships very similar to all three of those depicted. Only they were Furness Withy Line & Prince Line ships. I used to sleep in the pilot’s cabin on coastal voyage from Lond to the four major Northern ports; Many, Liverpool Glasgow & Leith. I. can claim that I have travelled through the Barton Aqueduct on a ship going to Manchester- then after retirement, over the same in my Narrowboat. I also spent three months in my mid twenties aboard his container ship the ‘oriental Ambassador’. This time occupying the Owner’s Suite’ - I was supernumerary crew & earned my passage acting as an unpaid Purser/pay clerk. I also remember seeing steam. Operated winches, and even stream powered dockside cranes.
Excellent video, a trip down memory lane for me... At 67 yrs old now I can recall going fishing down the dock's in Grangemouth at every opportunity as a boy .. the docker's knew you, and repeat ships, wood from Russia and Patatos cargos to desert boots from Poland,. amongst a host of others..
Left foot - Boot this week, right foot Boot the next week, sorted and boxed in bathgate, all to prevention of theft by docker's... ( Seemingly ) Non the less, all the docker's kids were warring new desert boots to school the next week...the town was small in that time and everyone knew everyone else
...all true stuff..
Thom in Scotland.
My uncle was a chief engineer for New Zealand Shipping Company for many years. One of the ships he was on was the Haparangi.
I sailed on the NZ Co Rangitane many fond memories.Sailed on her pay off voyage sad trip as she was a a great ship and crew 😢
I sailed on the Rangitane in 1959. Signed on 04/04/59 - 28/07/59 as Officers Steward. After a spot of leave joined the DM 08/09/59 - 02/01/60 as 1st class A/Stwd.
Never went to sea.but really the videos keep them coming
Thank you for a great video. I enjoyed it immensely. I grew up in Wellington and saw a lot of these ships. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Nicely done! Great video!
SS Canberra used 500 ton of heavy fuel oil every day, that was her Achilles heal.
Containerization did away with most of this, which is a shame, as it would've been a treat to watch, especially the steamships and steam tugs billowing smoke and hooting their whistles.
Brilliant film and the great narration brings the scenes to life. So sad that all these shipping lines withered on the vine and disappeared after we joined the EEC - it was easier to trade across the channel than halfway across the world
Their disappearance had nothing to do with joining the European Union. It was the anti- Trade-Union and anti-industrial policies of the 1979 and subsequent Tory Governments that signaled the end for British Merchant Shipping as a world force. I had 20 very good years from 1958 until I "swallowed the anchor" and came ashore just as Mrs Thatcher's Government started the decline.
I would love to get the horns and sirens for my phone
Liners are passenger ships, then you also have dry cargo ships, container ships and tankers.
Some liners are passenger ships, some are cargo ships. Having a regular run (i.e. line) is what defines a liner.
One of the ships I worked was a liner working the route between Liverpool & Valparaiso with many stopoffs en route. We carried general cargo but no passengers.
Most containers ships are liners, as are many large tankers.
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Is there any body work on M/V Teviotbank /Glasgow????
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Do these ships carry passengers?
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England’s economy is dying
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