These old ships of past have an elegant beauty to me were built to slice through any kind of weather they were truly great ships, I kinda miss them so.
I remember one ship , shown here , the "Agamemnon" . She was anchored close to my ship, along with hundreds of others ,outside the Shat Al Arab River , Iraq/Iran , in 1975/76 . We were at anchor there for about six months waiting to berth . My first voyage as a Master . Excellent video .
I was 4th Engineer on that Agamemnon voyage and when I joined her she was alongside waiting to unload the grain I flew out with the Captain via Paris to Baghdad where they kept us in the lounge until our flight to the Shatt el Arab was ready. then we had a Taxi ride with plastic seats to the ship (sticky time) we eventually unloaded then sailed to Newcastle Australia where I left the ship to fly home as the 1st wife had scarpered with some low life. Short voyage but a nice ship.
This so reminds me of my childhood, when I used to go to the local port in New Zealand with a parent or two in tow and get on them when they had visiting hours. They were all 1950's style pre-container cargo liners, many refrigerated, some with accomodation for a dozen or more passengers. I had a subscription to "The Motor Ship", and loved going on board new ships written up in that journal. I best recall "Gothic", "Canopic" and "Port Brisbane". Those engines-amidships ships were often beautifully proportioned, classically like "Canopic" or modern streamlined like "Port Brisbane". "Gothic" was a bigger ship, famous for carrying the Queen during her great tour around 1954.
A nice trip down memory lane, thanks. I was in the engine room in Clan Line and Union Castle in the 70s and isn't it so true that you never get over it? My cap still hangs in the hallway!
Thanks Terence, Sailed 'Black Gang' from 1963 till retirement in 2003, also 40 years, from Wiper to 2nd Asst/Eng. Loved it all. Great ships, real vessels, true shipmates. Thanks for this. I have some photos of the ships on which I served, all steamships, but not as many as you present to us.. Still, I to thank you. We may have sailed different flags, but we are SHIPMATES. Blessed be the tie!
Dear sir, perhaps you may help me get into contact with people who served onboard the Royal Mail Ship Aragon, which plied the London-Buenos Aires run between 1960 & 1969. Aragon hauled bulk frozen meat from South America, as well as up to 500 passengers in both directions. My father, who was Spanish, would take me to the Port of Buenos Aires in 1965-68 when Aragon called at port, to visit an old friend of his, another Spaniard who was a waiter aboard Aragon. Well over fifty years after all that, I still keep fond memories of the lovely smell of the ship, and the few pictures I´ve seen online reminded me of her gorgeous lines. I would really like to collect stories related to the Aragon, from people who worked aboard her. Thank you!
Terry, 1st trip Eng cadet on ED Dixcove, then saw Nav cadets sunbathing on bridge so asked for transfer. Spent rest of my time on ED and Blue Flu vessels to W.Africa and Aussie as Nav Cadet. Great memories, thanks.
Hey my Elder Dempster buddies. So good to see the ships that meant so much to me. Deck apprentice early eighties and then on into Ocean Fleets. My years with ED were the best of my life - happy days.
Thank you for sharing you’re history at sea with us in the cyber world. At a very young age of around six my parents and I travelled from Australia to the Great Britain on the Blue Funnel Line, one way on SS Ixion and return on the SS Helenus, the crew were amazing and look my parents and me. I was told and have Photos somewhere of the crew putting canvas around the rails to stop the children from climbing on to the ships rails, Have been in love with ship travel ever since that time in 1960
Wow! Only 1,524 views? It deserves 1,524,000. Your videos are awesome, it's nice to see some behind the scenes, that there are actual people behind these ships. I like your old old style in music! The world needs more old school like this. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Corey. I've just found your post and wondered if you might be interested in some films that I have created about my own time at sea in the '60s. If you might, look for Geoff Cushnet. I hope you enjoy them Regards, Geoff.
Hi Terence, Thanks for the enjoyable video. I notice one of the ships was called Apapa. I was in a children's home with a guy called Chris Edwards who went to Sharpness in 65. His first ship was the Apapa which he sailed to Portugal and also down the St Lawrence. Unfortunately, his first leave was the last time I saw him. Is there any Merchant Association or club etc? that I can try and contact him through. I was supposed to have gone to Sharpness with him but my father withdrew his permission, wanting me to take up an apprenticeship......
Sailed on the Bay Boats OCL, Fyffes, the Mighty Blue Star Line ,P&O cargo I’m now a Chief 👨🍳 & Bottle Washer with RFA. I miss the real Merch great ships great runs ashore and good lads & lassies
I wanted to go to sea badly when I was young. I read books, and I loved the ship itself but I never did, It made me feel safe and was full of mystery and romance. What a boy. The reality of course is probably a lot different. I loved the conventional three island cargo ship like the Dieto, Ebode and Duruma here. I was a snob. I hated container ships, built carriers, tankers. Most of the ships I see look like 1950s vintage and thus perfect. I hust looked up MV Sulima. It was wrecked in '73 and then called the Anna MV or something. Fascinating. 1960s must have been hard on conventional cargo ships.
The ships of today are so functional and purpose built and to my eye have no beauty. The general cargo ships and probably the bananna boats run by Salen Stockholm in the mid 70's were the most beautiful ships. These massive container boats and tankers are again to my eye grotesque. Ah I was a sailor in the 70 so there you are..
Sailed with ED & AH and fondly remember my time down West Africa, but my time on the Bay boats was wonderful. Beautifully designed ships that sped round the world at 28 knots. Comfortable at sea, remember 60 knot head winds off Cape Aghulas and still charging along at 25 knots.
My husband was with blue star line his first ship almeda star la cieba and limon to east coast states also on california Columbia kiwi star and all act boats 1&7 last ship afric star 1986
F Ships Elder Dempster? I sailed on the Freetown. Followed by the Machaon later named the Obuasi sailing for the NSMO. Great company and ships. Unfortunately NSMO ended in 1978 about.
Totally beautiful. I was in ED down the West Coast on the Dunkwa. The far east on AH on the Menethsius and finally far east Australia on the Rhexenor. What a lovely video. Thank you .
Ah you said it.. In the 70's you could sit on the banks of the river Seine and marvel as the ships go up and down to Rouen Trying to figure what kind of contraption is floating down river these days is mind blowing. Ah I know its just nostalgia, I was a crew member in those days..
True .as a Shaw saviil wife I also grew to love these ships. My husband ,Don Coghill was Chief Ref. Engineer on many and I sailed with him for two months around the Aussie coast and most of N.Z.Wonderful memories.
Yes it was a great time sailing some of them old ships , my first was a triple expansion steamer on the great lakes , then deep sea on a Irving oil tanker , the Irving stream , with a magnificent walk threw MAN DIESEL engine
I returned, with my family, from Freetown to Liverpool in late '59 on the Apapa. The family Hillman Minx was unloaded from the hold and we drove to Dover to await my father's next posting to Germany. I see that her two named predecessors were both lost as a result of enemy action in the First and Second World wars.
Saw some of these, but saw more of the affiliated Glen Line boats.Believe me working on them was not as beautiful as seeing them from a distance, especially down below.
Not for the Radio Officer, nothing to do in port for up to six weeks except go up the road or prop up the bar stool, big drinking problems developed at sea..
@@hughsegrave3979 I'm an ex Sparks too Hugh....and yes... it could be a problem....But I spent my time in port down the engine room giving the lads a hand. I was a frustrated Engineer but the 4-year cadet-ship put me off.... two years for a MPT Cert seemed a better option....then along came the satellites of course!
I'm currently studying for merchant marine officer but I feel like it's the worst era to become a MM... every age has its beauty but I think that this one is the worst so far.
No, she was one of three passenger ships, together with the Aureol and the Accra, which operated the mail contract between Liverpool and Lagos, in Nigeria, for many a decade.
@@peter9180, one thing is for sure. Sailing or even more accurate, working as a crew member on cargo ships during the 1950's to 1980's was a very romantic job. For a single man, of course. I hate work on modern cruise vessels. Too much noise from thousands of human livestock (passengers).
Early 60's, NASM or by the more common name HAL, as the saying was GROEN WIT GROEN by the colors on the funnel, Geen Vreten, Hard Werken and Geen Poen, wel that was really not true. Had the most exciting time as a young mariner on two WW ll Victories, Axeldijk and Averdijk, up and down all the East Coast, Gulf Coast and all the West Coast before going on to the then Flag Ship the newly built Rotterdam. Not quite same as docking a Victory in Puerto Caballo a most beautiful colonial small port and Venezuelan Navy port down the mountain road from Caracas. And than the Jet Age took over. Caught it just in time.
My first trip ever was on the Enugu Palm as radio officer out of Liverpool down the west African coast in 1975, was 19 and sometimes I can re live the excitement of that trip, thanks for memory my friend.
Terrible grammar, should be "Some Ships in Which I Sailed". Never end a sentence with a preposition ! But I suppose it is what one would expect from an ex Bluey. Chris, ex Union-Castle
@@johnfalstaff2270 Maritime English was interduced for safe operation in the Maritime Industry. It should be a requirement for a career at sea. The World Maritime University in Sweden can assist with Maritime English and other dynamic studies for the great Maritime Industry. Thank you.
These old ships of past have an elegant beauty to me were built to slice through any kind of weather they were truly great ships, I kinda miss them so.
Radio officer in the 70's and 80's.. wonderful times shared with wonderful people in wonderful places. How I miss it..
Me too Hugh....1970 to 1987..... Where's that Tardis when you need it, eh? Cheers OM CT
@@patagualianmostly7437 Many thanks your kind reply. All the best my friend. - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - --
I remember one ship , shown here , the "Agamemnon" . She was anchored close to my ship, along with hundreds of others ,outside the Shat Al Arab River , Iraq/Iran , in 1975/76 . We were at anchor there for about six months waiting to berth . My first voyage as a Master . Excellent video .
I was on the Agamemnon897 at that time. I left at the anchorage to go home..
@@asphalion123 Lucky you . What a small world .
I was 4th Engineer on that Agamemnon voyage and when I joined her she was alongside waiting to unload the grain I flew out with the Captain via Paris to Baghdad where they kept us in the lounge until our flight to the Shatt el Arab was ready. then we had a Taxi ride with plastic seats to the ship (sticky time) we eventually unloaded then sailed to Newcastle Australia where I left the ship to fly home as the 1st wife had scarpered with some low life. Short voyage but a nice ship.
This so reminds me of my childhood, when I used to go to the local port in New Zealand with a parent or two in tow and get on them when they had visiting hours. They were all 1950's style pre-container cargo liners, many refrigerated, some with accomodation for a dozen or more passengers. I had a subscription to "The Motor Ship", and loved going on board new ships written up in that journal. I best recall "Gothic", "Canopic" and "Port Brisbane". Those engines-amidships ships were often beautifully proportioned, classically like "Canopic" or modern streamlined like "Port Brisbane". "Gothic" was a bigger ship, famous for carrying the Queen during her great tour around 1954.
I hope the creator of this video appreciated your comments, I liked the story
When I was a radio operator at Awaruaradio/ZLB during the era of those ships you mentioned. Worked them all on HF. I was at ZLB 1964-91.
A nice trip down memory lane, thanks. I was in the engine room in Clan Line and Union Castle in the 70s and isn't it so true that you never get over it? My cap still hangs in the hallway!
Thanks Terence, Sailed 'Black Gang' from 1963 till retirement in 2003, also 40 years, from Wiper to 2nd Asst/Eng. Loved it all. Great ships, real vessels, true shipmates. Thanks for this. I have some photos of the ships on which I served, all steamships, but not as many as you present to us.. Still, I to thank you. We may have sailed different flags, but we are SHIPMATES. Blessed be the tie!
Dear sir, perhaps you may help me get into contact with people who served onboard the Royal Mail Ship Aragon, which plied the London-Buenos Aires run between 1960 & 1969. Aragon hauled bulk frozen meat from South America, as well as up to 500 passengers in both directions. My father, who was Spanish, would take me to the Port of Buenos Aires in 1965-68 when Aragon called at port, to visit an old friend of his, another Spaniard who was a waiter aboard Aragon. Well over fifty years after all that, I still keep fond memories of the lovely smell of the ship, and the few pictures I´ve seen online reminded me of her gorgeous lines. I would really like to collect stories related to the Aragon, from people who worked aboard her. Thank you!
Terry, 1st trip Eng cadet on ED Dixcove, then saw Nav cadets sunbathing on bridge so asked for transfer. Spent rest of my time on ED and Blue Flu vessels to W.Africa and Aussie as Nav Cadet. Great memories, thanks.
Beautiful days , beautiful ships . IIt seems so long ago .
Hey my Elder Dempster buddies. So good to see the ships that meant so much to me. Deck apprentice early eighties and then on into Ocean Fleets. My years with ED were the best of my life - happy days.
Thank you for sharing you’re history at sea with us in the cyber world.
At a very young age of around six my parents and I travelled from Australia to the Great Britain on the Blue Funnel Line, one way on SS Ixion and return on the SS Helenus, the crew were amazing and look my parents and me.
I was told and have Photos somewhere of the crew putting canvas around the rails to stop the children from climbing on to the ships rails,
Have been in love with ship travel ever since that time in 1960
Some great ships you where on. When ships looked like ships.
Wow! Only 1,524 views? It deserves 1,524,000. Your videos are awesome, it's nice to see some behind the scenes, that there are actual people behind these ships. I like your old old style in music! The world needs more old school like this. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Corey. I've just found your post and wondered if you might be interested in some films that I have created about my own time at sea in the '60s.
If you might, look for Geoff Cushnet.
I hope you enjoy them
Regards, Geoff.
Beautiful. I can smell the wooden hatch covers and tarps. Forecastle crew quarters.
Hi Terence, Thanks for the enjoyable video. I notice one of the ships was called Apapa. I was in a children's home with a guy called Chris Edwards who went to Sharpness in 65. His first ship was the Apapa which he sailed to Portugal and also down the St Lawrence. Unfortunately, his first leave was the last time I saw him. Is there any Merchant Association or club etc? that I can try and contact him through. I was supposed to have gone to Sharpness with him but my father withdrew his permission, wanting me to take up an apprenticeship......
Sailed on the Bay Boats OCL, Fyffes, the Mighty Blue Star Line ,P&O cargo
I’m now a Chief 👨🍳 & Bottle Washer with RFA. I miss the real Merch great ships great runs ashore and good lads & lassies
these old ladies had class. not like the monstrosities coming out today. thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
Agreed
Ditto to what's written below by Allan J. That's a life time at sea you had. Thanks for sharing.
Sailed on the ED ships, Kumba, Kabala, on the west African run, then on the Blue flu Pyrrhus. fond memories.
Thanks for the memories Terry sailed on a lot of the same Blue Funnel and Elder Dempster ships myself in the early 70's
Most interesting but it would be good if you could put out a list of the ships names & owners.
I was at sea myself from 1967/79 finishing as 2/M
You are a great sailor. Your record as a sea farer outshine a lot of other working on the shore
i lived in Lagos and boarded some of those ships as my father was a NPA pilot in the 60s
Great nostalgia: Times never to be experienced in the same way again;
Terry, sailed with you a couple of times in the 90s with World Wide. Take care.
Hi Terence i sailed as Deck Officer on Blue Star Lines Reefers. Met you on Shore 1 time, great memories
Where was that
Where was that
I wanted to go to sea badly when I was young. I read books, and I loved the ship itself but I never did, It made me feel safe and was full of mystery and romance. What a boy. The reality of course is probably a lot different. I loved the conventional three island cargo ship like the Dieto, Ebode and Duruma here. I was a snob. I hated container ships, built carriers, tankers. Most of the ships I see look like 1950s vintage and thus perfect. I hust looked up MV Sulima. It was wrecked in '73 and then called the Anna MV or something. Fascinating. 1960s must have been hard on conventional cargo ships.
The ships of today are so functional and purpose built and to my eye have no beauty. The general cargo ships and probably the bananna boats run by Salen Stockholm in the mid 70's were the most beautiful ships. These massive container boats and tankers are again to my eye grotesque. Ah I was a sailor in the 70 so there you are..
Sailed on some of the Elders boats you did , went on to leave ocean fleets and join CP ships. These were the good times when we had a merchant fleet.
Ken Gilmour - I too left Blu Flu for CP Ships in ‘69
Sailed with ED & AH and fondly remember my time down West Africa, but my time on the Bay boats was wonderful. Beautifully designed ships that sped round the world at 28 knots. Comfortable at sea, remember 60 knot head winds off Cape Aghulas and still charging along at 25 knots.
My husband was with blue star line his first ship almeda star la cieba and limon to east coast states also on california Columbia kiwi star and all act boats 1&7 last ship afric star 1986
F Ships Elder Dempster? I sailed on the Freetown. Followed by the Machaon later named the Obuasi sailing for the NSMO. Great company and ships. Unfortunately NSMO ended in 1978 about.
Looking at those ships,I guess you knew your way to India Buildngs. 😉
Totally beautiful. I was in ED down the West Coast on the Dunkwa. The far east on AH on the Menethsius and finally far east Australia on the Rhexenor. What a lovely video. Thank you .
Some of these ships Aeneas, Asphalion main engines were 8 cylinder B&W double acting diesel engines. They had 3 pistons in each cylinder
Enjoyed
When ships looked like ships. Happy days !
Ah you said it.. In the 70's you could sit on the banks of the river Seine and marvel as the ships go up and down to Rouen Trying to figure what kind of contraption is floating down river these days is mind blowing. Ah I know its just nostalgia, I was a crew member in those days..
True .as a Shaw saviil wife I also grew to love these ships. My husband ,Don Coghill was Chief Ref. Engineer on many and I sailed with him for two months around the Aussie coast and most of N.Z.Wonderful memories.
I sailed on Tokyo, Osaka, Kowloon and Liverpool Bay, doing my steam certificate time.
Yes it was a great time sailing some of them old ships , my first was a triple expansion steamer on the great lakes , then deep sea on a Irving oil tanker , the Irving stream , with a magnificent walk threw MAN DIESEL engine
I returned, with my family, from Freetown to Liverpool in late '59 on the Apapa. The family Hillman Minx was unloaded from the hold and we drove to Dover to await my father's next posting to Germany. I see that her two named predecessors were both lost as a result of enemy action in the First and Second World wars.
Hi Terence Hunt. I as an ex seafarer love your postings But for those who didn’t have the experience maybe some dialogue would be helpful.
Banjo music.Steaming on the mighty Missisippi :)
I am curious about an explosion on one of the ships not sure if it was called the northumberlan
Nice pics but there are a few pre WW2 steamships among the pics and i am shure that they are scraped for at least 60 years.
Did you meet a C/E by the name of Bill Shearman?I think he retired early 1970's
I wish I could have sailed on stick ships, the new stuff just is not the same
Saw some of these, but saw more of the affiliated Glen Line boats.Believe me working on them was not as beautiful as seeing them from a distance, especially down below.
great video
Did you sail the Dido or Dunkwa
Must admit Blu Flu had some good looking ships.
Hi, did you serve on the Troilus or Stentor?
Must have been great before containers.
Capt Sirl It was believe me
Modern day sea life is no life at all.
Not for the Radio Officer, nothing to do in port for up to six weeks except go up the road or prop up the bar stool, big drinking problems developed at sea..
@@hughsegrave3979 I'm an ex Sparks too Hugh....and yes... it could be a problem....But I spent my time in port down the engine room giving the lads a hand.
I was a frustrated Engineer but the 4-year cadet-ship put me off.... two years for a MPT Cert seemed a better option....then along came the satellites of course!
Everything was great before containers!
(And bloody cell phones!)
Allen Jelen, you're right there. Monrovia is to shipping like Russia is to Cricket.
@mazmut
Most of these vessels were DC MSB
Union Castle. Thought they went bankrupt in the 60s
Hi Terence,
did you sail on a Norwigen Ship named Temeraire in the 1960s?
No
wonderfull movie
two yr articles at 60 a months with Hogarths ,on the Baron Bellhaven
I'm currently studying for merchant marine officer but I feel like it's the worst era to become a MM... every age has its beauty but I think that this one is the worst so far.
Stay strong, act Positive it will work out good.
Thats a career to be proud of.
Why not allowed to download?
Is the Apapa a ferry?
No, she was one of three passenger ships, together with the Aureol and the Accra, which operated the mail contract between Liverpool and Lagos, in Nigeria, for many a decade.
More Elder Dempster than Blue Funnel.
Lucky you.
Pity you did not name all the ships --- can not read the names on the B/F shps
Agreed....I'm sure I sailed on some of them but could not for sure make out the names.....opportunity missed.
golden time to be a seamen unique beautiful freighters of yesteryears.now ugly can ships rule the waves manned by cheap pilipino cheap labor.
Agreed!!
I sailed in the sixties and seventies, the majority of my crews were either Indian or Pakistani, they made good crews and good curry.
@@peter9180, you sailed with Hindus and eat curry? I feel sorry for you...
John Falstaff I was adaptable to different cultures and their habits which is why I joined the merchant navy.
@@peter9180, one thing is for sure. Sailing or even more accurate, working as a crew member on cargo ships during the 1950's to 1980's was a very romantic job. For a single man, of course. I hate work on modern cruise vessels. Too much noise from thousands of human livestock (passengers).
Early 60's, NASM or by the more common name HAL, as the saying was GROEN WIT GROEN by the colors on the funnel, Geen Vreten, Hard Werken and Geen Poen, wel that was really not true. Had the most exciting time as a young mariner on two WW ll Victories, Axeldijk and Averdijk, up and down all the East Coast, Gulf Coast and all the West Coast before going on to the then Flag Ship the newly built Rotterdam. Not quite same as docking a Victory in Puerto Caballo a most beautiful colonial small port and Venezuelan Navy port down the mountain road from Caracas. And than the Jet Age took over. Caught it just in time.
Are you sailing these days?
Well, more appropriate question is "Are you still sailing?".
Anyone else here remember the Africa Palm ?
Yes I remember the Palm Line servicing west africa and later on the Nigerian National Line
My father was on the Badagry Palm...
My first trip ever was on the Enugu Palm as radio officer out of Liverpool down the west African coast in 1975, was 19 and sometimes I can re live the excitement of that trip, thanks for memory my friend.
Not gonna put in links but HMS Glasgow HMS Leander and HMS Hecate here !
Not that I remember but the name does ring a bell.
Yes I did sail the Dido and the Dunkwa
Ships with character
They were very prone to having scavenge fires.
Terrible grammar, should be "Some Ships in Which I Sailed".
Never end a sentence with a preposition !
But I suppose it is what one would expect from an ex Bluey.
Chris, ex Union-Castle
International crew is everywhere and under Panamanian flag, of course. So, what do you expect?
Chris Isaac yes never and a sentence with a preposition -that is something up with which my English teacher would not put !!!
@@johnfalstaff2270 Maritime English was interduced for safe operation in the Maritime Industry. It should be a requirement for a career at sea. The World Maritime University in Sweden can assist with Maritime English and other dynamic studies for the great Maritime Industry. Thank you.
I retired in 2004
9i
For fucks sake! Lose the music if thats what it is.
Are all your comments so positive?
Struggling to find the Mute button?
Enjoyed