I'm wondering about what the arrangements for Kelly's steamships when they needed engine repairs would have been.
I've been researching the last voyage of the SS Camlough in 1932, when the ship suffered engine problems, which were repaired leaving the engine running on reduced power (and filling...
I've been spending a lot of time on the beach at Monreith in Southwest Scotland, observing wreckage, some of which almost certainly came from three different steamships. The wrecks that I know about date from 1932 - 35.
And I've entered into correspondence with others who have observed and...
Crude Petroleum Products Tanker, Turbine Steam Ship Melania (2), was constructed, to yard number 535, by Nederlandse Dok & Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, (NDSM), Amsterdam, Netherlands, and launched by that ship-yard, in two separate sections. The keel for the aft-stern section was laid, on Thursday,
Crude Petroleum Products Tanker, Turbine Steam Ship Melania (2), was constructed, to yard number 535, by Nederlandse Dok & Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, (NDSM), Amsterdam, Netherlands, and launched by that ship-yard, in two separate sections. The keel for the aft-stern section was laid, on Thursday,
Turbine Steam Ship Benrinnes, laid down, Monday, 01/02/1943, and launched, as the U.S.S. Auxiliary Escort Aircraft Carrier, Perdido, (CVE-47), (previously AVG-47, later ACV-47), Wednesday, 16/06/1943, by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, and assigned to Great Britain, unde
Turbine Steam Ship Benrinnes, laid down, Monday, 01/02/1943, and launched, as the U.S.S. Auxiliary Escort Aircraft Carrier, Perdido, (CVE-47), (previously AVG-47, later ACV-47), Wednesday, 16/06/1943, by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, and assigned to Great Britain, unde
Watercolour and gouache painting signed Ellis Silas, (1885-1972), untitled but thought to be ss Strathallan leaving port probably in 1939 prior to requisition.
The lovely little steamer Hansteen departing Trondheim harbour. She's been involved in a lot of duties through her long life but has now been restored to her original look.
The last of the 'mosquito fleet' steamers of Puget Sound still in use today (2010): VIRGINIA V taking on passengers at Longbranch, Washington State, USA in 1998. Launched at Lisa Buela, WA in 1922, length 125 feet, triple expansion steam engine built in 1898 and transplanted from the VIRGINIA IV,