Photographed at Spithead on the 5 June 1994 in her position in the line up for 50th D Day Anniversary Fleet Review
Name / Owner: BROCKLEBANK :
IMO No: 6420408 / ON 306497
Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Flag: United Kingdom (Liverpool).
Built for Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd., Liverpool, as a ship-handli
This photograph which I admit is a poor one and has been heavily reworked, was taken from Mahseer outside of Colombo in late 1963 or 1964. At the time I never made a note of the ships name relying on memory (silly). It is only through a process of elimination by comparing this image with those in th
Taken in 1964 when Mahseer loaded prior to its return journey home. I guess its all changed now but I was always struck by how friendly the local inhabitants were
The picture was taken from Mahseer in 1963 just at the very end of a tropical
rain storm.
The main interest which does not show up particularly well was the aeroplane on the runway which I think was a Vulcan bomber. It had previously attempted to land
unsuccessfully I guess because of the amount of
Taken in 1966. My favourite of all the Brocklebank ships that I sailed on although I freely admit that I never had the chance of sailing on the more modern vessels
One of my favourite images. Taken in Colombo harbour I was actually trying to get a full length shot but by the time I had fiddled with the camera settings we were passing almost underneath !