As an eight year old, I emigrated from the UK to Australia on her sister ship, Fairsea, in 1966. Very similar ship and history to the Fairsky.... I also think she caught fire as well. Funny, that... Wonderful memories of the trip. I think we were the last ship to go through the Suez canal before it was closed. We stopped at Aiden and Port Said, and spent the day as tourists in each place.
We came to Australia on the fair sea in April 64 I had my 4th birthday on the way over. I think it was 68 when she caught fire in the engine room and had to be towed to a port. The engines were so old they couldn't get the parts so it was deemed to expensive to repair and so they scrapped her. They replaced her with a younger ship and renamed it Fair sea. There is an episode of Skippy the bush kangaroo called Many happy returns witch has some really good footage of Fair sea cruising along of the coast of Sydney.
Sailed UK to Sydney as an. 11year old in march 1959, arrived may day in Sydney. As a young person all i remember is, having a (bunk) bed, being fed, going through the Suez canal, Perth on a Saturday was basically closed, as it still closes pretty much today. Wouldn’t live anywhere else.
TSS Fairsky is prominent in the family history of two of Australia's Prime Ministers. In 1966, Julia Gillard's family emigrated to Australia aboard this ship. Four years earlier, in 1962, a short-lived affair between a passenger going to the UK and a Sitmar Line steward produced Anthony Albanese, the present Prime Minister and Julia Gillard's successor as Australia Labor Party leader.
I was 2nd Mate with Master's certificate of competency, on the SITMAR's (Society Italiana Transporti ) cargo ship subsidiary company, Navigation & Coal Trade's cargo ship Lode Stone in 1961 in dry-dock in Rijeka. Transferred to the Fair Sea with the Radio Officer for one voyage as the company wanted English speaking officers carrying British migrants for English Sterling Pounds 10 to Fremantle, Australia. Met the owner Boris Vlasov at the Southampton dock. Strict dress code at breakfast/lunch/dinner was eye opening compared to casual dress code on cargo ship and tanker after 13 years at sea. .
My father served on a similar ship, a converted merchant ship, which was going to be the escort carrier USS Chatham, but became HMS Stinger. He only told me of his service on her a few months before he died...😢
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As an eight year old, I emigrated from the UK to Australia on her sister ship, Fairsea, in 1966.
Very similar ship and history to the Fairsky.... I also think she caught fire as well. Funny, that...
Wonderful memories of the trip. I think we were the last ship to go through the Suez canal before it was closed.
We stopped at Aiden and Port Said, and spent the day as tourists in each place.
We came to Australia on the fair sea in April 64 I had my 4th birthday on the way over. I think it was 68 when she caught fire in the engine room and had to be towed to a port. The engines were so old they couldn't get the parts so it was deemed to expensive to repair and so they scrapped her. They replaced her with a younger ship and renamed it Fair sea. There is an episode of Skippy the bush kangaroo called Many happy returns witch has some really good footage of Fair sea cruising along of the coast of Sydney.
Sailed UK to Sydney as an. 11year old in march 1959, arrived may day in Sydney. As a young person all i remember is, having a (bunk) bed, being fed, going through the Suez canal, Perth on a Saturday was basically closed, as it still closes pretty much today. Wouldn’t live anywhere else.
Thanks I was a passenger with my family in 1963 cabin No 7 from Southhampton UK
to Melbourne Australia
1970 Cabin 163!
We sailed in 1963 too, 3-31st May.
Southampton to Las Palmas to Cape Town to Perth to Adelaide to Melbourne - great trip
TSS Fairsky is prominent in the family history of two of Australia's Prime Ministers. In 1966, Julia Gillard's family emigrated to Australia aboard this ship. Four years earlier, in 1962, a short-lived affair between a passenger going to the UK and a Sitmar Line steward produced Anthony Albanese, the present Prime Minister and Julia Gillard's successor as Australia Labor Party leader.
My Scottish parents travelled on Fairsky too, in 1965. Destination, Melbourne.
The same thing happened to the USS charger it was bought by the same company SITMAR and was renamed fairsea
I was 2nd Mate with Master's certificate of competency, on the SITMAR's (Society Italiana Transporti ) cargo ship subsidiary company, Navigation & Coal Trade's cargo ship Lode Stone in 1961 in dry-dock in Rijeka. Transferred to the Fair Sea with the Radio Officer for one voyage as the company wanted English speaking officers carrying British migrants for English Sterling Pounds 10 to Fremantle, Australia. Met the owner Boris Vlasov at the Southampton dock. Strict dress code at breakfast/lunch/dinner was eye opening compared to casual dress code on cargo ship and tanker after 13 years at sea. .
I remember sailing on the Fairsky in 1964 from Sydney to Auckland. It was a fairly crude Liner compared to the P&O ships like the Arcadia.
My father served on a similar ship, a converted merchant ship, which was going to be the escort carrier USS Chatham, but became HMS Stinger. He only told me of his service on her a few months before he died...😢
Southampton to Las Palmae, then Cape Town then Perth Australia only 11 beautiful liner, but very sea sick. Emigrated.
Sailed on it in 1971.
Fairsky is the last steam ship in the world
This is interesting! A navy ship converted to civilian
there were a lot of careers that were converted into ocean liners.
@@OceanChannelProductions welp and this is the first ship Ive seen converted into a civilian
They're hulls remind of ocean liners
Dreadful - insurance reasons is why they um catch fire.
Thank you for the video!
My pleasure!
Drunk History !
I think u looped the vid
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