[John Briggs]

Does anyone know where I could find any photos of Fort Glenora.

Type: North Sands
Tonnage: 7,126grt
Dimensions: 439.6 x 57.2
Builders: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver
Delivery Date: May, 1943
Owners;Managers: D.O.C.; Ernest R. Mund, London, for M.O.W.T.
Post war History: 1950: Greek owners, renamed GEORGE K;
1956: Liberian owners, renamed AFRICAN MARQUIS;
Feb. 25, 1958: Aground on Kassos Island (35°23N/26°59E), north-east of Crete, broke in two and sank.

Also I would particularly like to find out who were the owners immediately post war as my father was Master and I came out to Australia on her in 1946.

 

[gdynia]

John

I think this vessel was initially ordered by J Constantine Steamship Line of Middlesborough UK. If I come across any photos will forward on

 

[Braighe]

John,
Was your father Master on Fort Glenora when she was delivered in 1943?
My brother was one of the R/Os. Unfortunately he did not survive the war.

 

[John Briggs]

Braighe

That, unfortunately I don't know. I was seven years old when we came out to Australia and I joined the ship with my mother in Immingham. Although I can vividly remember a great deal about the trip I was far too young to know anything about what the old man had been doing in the few preceeding years. I doubt if he was as he was in Bibby Line and I know he was on a hospital ship.

 

[Hugh MacLean]

Hello John,
In case you cannot get a photo from the members on here, the National Maritime Museum has a print for sale. I know that it is quite expensive but I suppose you can use it as a last resort.

GEORGE K (Br) 50.1 1943
General cargo
ex FORT GLENORA
N G Kyriakides Shipping Co Ltd
P10458 (7) A Jun. 1951 In Cape Town harbour.

Website here:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/empower?DB=ShipsPlansAndPhotos

Rgds
Hugh

 

[John Briggs]

Many thanks Hugh. As you say, very expensive, particularly as one has no idea of the quality of the photo but as a last resort maybe an option.

 

[LANCE BALL]

Does anyone know where I could find any photos of Fort Glenora.

Type: North Sands
Tonnage: 7,126grt
Dimensions: 439.6 x 57.2
Builders: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver
Delivery Date: May, 1943
Owners;Managers: D.O.C.; Ernest R. Mund, London, for M.O.W.T.
Post war History: 1950: Greek owners, renamed GEORGE K;
1956: Liberian owners, renamed AFRICAN MARQUIS;
Feb. 25, 1958: Aground on Kassos Island (35°23N/26°59E), north-east of Crete, broke in two and sank.

Also I would particularly like to find out who were the owners immediately post war as my father was Master and I came out to Australia on her in 1946.

From Lance Ball, contact me by PM for my email address, please

 

[Dave Edge]

John,
There is a photo of "George K" attributed to Fotoflite in I. G. Stewart's book "British Tramps". He gives managers as Trader Navigation to 1946, Souter until 1949, Stott, Mann & Co until 1950 when sold to N. G. Kyriakides and renamed "George K".

 

[John Briggs]

Thank you Dave. I have a photo of George K in Capetown obtained for an exhorbitant amount of money from the Maritime Museum in Greenwich however the fact that she was probably Souters when I sailed on her is valuable information for me. Many thanks.