Crusader - Built 1865 - Scrapped 1910, all I have on her Tony W

Looks to have completed conversion from fishing boat to dive support vessel. See: http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/115455/title/crusaderfrom-burray/cat/518

Photo given to me by schoolfriend in the 1960's. Crusader Built: 1958 Tonnage: 3,435grt Owners: Crusader Shipping Co 1958: Built as: Edith Thorden, acquired on the stocks Crusader (1958-72), Rentoneverett(1972-83), Scrapped 1983.

Postcard acquired in the 1960's. Crusader Built: 1958 Tonnage: 3,435grt Owners: Crusader Shipping Co 1958: Built as: Edith Thorden, acquired on the stocks Crusader (1958-72), Rentoneverett(1972-83), Scrapped 1983.

Dive boat Crusader getting some changes done at Kirkwall ,20/5/08.

lying in macduff harbour around 1996

The iron ship Crusader was built in 1865 at Glasgow by Charles Connell and Co, for J Lidgett a Sons London and in 1870 they sold her to Shaw Savill and Co, in 1898 she passed into Norwegian ownership and she was broken up at Dortrecht in 1910. Is that a Thames barge that is tied up along side her?

Not sure if it is Crusader Shpg Co.

Crusader Shipping's Crusader built 1958, 3435 gross. Ran for this company between NZ and Japan, and NZ to Hawaii/US Pacific Coast. Had an identical sister SARACEN which from 1972 to 1975 was renamed LANGSTONE and sailed under the Shaw Savill flag. See more of my photos of Langstone in the Gallery.