9551. BRECONSHIRE in Suez Bay - a classic British cargo liner. (1942/9,980grt/IMO 6112751). Launched as TELEMACHUS, completed as aircraft carrier ACTIVITY, rebuilt 1946 as Glen Line BRECONSHIRE. Broken up... Date: 23 May 1966 Image ID 5046
9552. PAPAROA homeward bound in the Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal. PAPAROA was built 1943 for New Zealand Shipping Company, 10,005 tons gross. She was sold and broken up in 1970. Date: 23 May 1966 Image ID 7183
9553. Tug SIR WILLIAM LUCE (1961/220grt) working NORTHUMBERLAND at Aden. Tug was built by W.J. Yarwood & Sons, Northwich, Cheshire. Date: 18 May 1966 Image ID 5049
9554. NORTHUMBERLAND leaving Aden. Swedish BATAAN (1946/4,742grt/IMO 5037917) and tug SIR WILLIAM LUCE (1961/220grt). The tug built by W.J. Yarwood & Sons, Northwich, Cheshire. Date: 18 May 1966 Image ID 5048
9555. CLAN MACIVER (1958/7413grt/IMO 5075139) working cargo at Aden. Date: 18 May 1966 Image ID 4805
9556. CLAN MACIVER (1958/7413grt/IMO 5075139) working cargo at Aden. Date: 18 May 1966 Image ID 4804
9557. Chandris liner PATRIS (1950/18400grt/IMO 5271836) approaching Aden. Built as BLOEMFONTEIN CASTLE for Union Castle Line. Sold to Chandris Lines and renamed PATRIS in 1959. Date: 18 May 1966 Image ID 4803
9558. FLAVIA leaving Fremantle. (1947/15465grt/IMO 5116139), ex MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA. Date: 2 May 1966 Image ID 5050
9559. Federal S.N.Company's NORTHUMBERLAND (1955/10,335grt/IMO 5257684) outward bound from Melbourne and Geelong approaching Point Lonsdale. Date: 23 April 1966 Image ID 4227
9560. Federal S.N. Co. NORTHUMBERLAND loading apples at Albany, West Australia.
NORTHUMBERLAND was built 1955, 10,335 gross tons, Official No. 186233. Date: April 1966 Image ID 8401
9561. GUGLIELMO MARCONI (1963/27905grt/IMO 5137391. Renamed COSTA RIVIERA in 1984, AMERICAN ADVENTURE in 1993, COSTA RIVIERA and then LIBERTY in 2002 prior to scrapping) seen here arriving in Fremantle,... Date: 15 February 1966 Image ID 4971
9562. WYOLA (1912/306 grt, Official Number 131636) at Fremantle, taken from NORTHUMBERLAND. The WYOLA was built at South Shields, UK. Date: 14 Feb 1966 Image ID 4015
9563. New Zealand Shipping Company's HAURAKI (1947/11,272grt/LR Number 5143974) at the normal loading berth in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. Coaster MERTOLA alongside. Date: 1 Jan 1966 Image ID 2994
9564. NORTHUMBERLAND (Official No. 186233 1955/10,335grt/IMO 5257684), Federal S.N. Co., bunkering at Caracas Bay, Curacao en route to UK from New Zealand. She later became KAVO ASTRAPI and GOLDEN CITY and... Date: 4 Nov 1965 Image ID 3331
9565. NORTHUMBERLAND Official No. 186233 1955/10,335grt/IMO 5257684), Federal S.N. Co., fully laden for the UK but still undergoing shaft repairs at Lyttelton. Date: 11 October 1965 Image ID 4014
9566. HOLMBURN at New Plymouth. She was built 1957, 845 gross tons, Official No. 187692. Renamed GOLDEN SUMMER in 1975 Date: 8 October 1965 Image ID 8402
9567. SUSSEX (1949/11,272grt/LR Number 5345948), CANOPIC (1954/11,166grt/LR Number 5060184) and CERAMIC (1948/15,896grt/LR Number 5067340) at Port Chalmers, New Zealand Date: 1 Oct 1965 Image ID 3453
9568. NORTHUMBERLAND (1955/10,335grt/IMO 5257684), SUEVIC, ELIN HAVEN at Lyttelton, New Zealand. Date: 14 Sep 1965 Image ID 3637
9569. Lyttelton, New Zealand and a busy port. Among the vessels are PARERA, ELIN HAVEN, NORTHUMBERLAND (Official No. 186233, 1955/10,335grt/IMO 5257684), SUEVIC and HINEMOA Date: 14 September 1965 Image ID 5898
9570. Steam ferry TAKAPUNA at Auckland. Launched 1924 for Devonport Steam Ferry Co. and originally the LAKE TAKAPUNA. She was decommisioned 1967 and buried 1981 in the reclamation works during the... Date: 10 September 1965 Image ID 8287
9571. Federal NORTHUMBERLAND alongside at Colon at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. She is outward bound from London for New Zealand ports, had a major failure on one engine the previous day, and is... Date: 26 June 1965 Image ID 7187
9572. REMUERA homeward bound for the UK from New Zealand, leaving Port Everglades, Florida for Bermuda. She was built 1948 as the PARTHIA for Cunard. Bought by New Zealand Shipping Company in 1962 and... Date: 3 October 1964 Image ID 7182
9573. New Zealand Shipping Company's HAPARANGI (1947/11,281grt/IMO 5142463) arriving Auckland from Liverpool. Tugs WILLIAM C DALDY (1935/IMO 5390345) and AUCKLANDER (1958/IMO 5030373. Renamed TAPUHI 2 and... Date: 9 September 1964 Image ID 2993
9574. REMUERA (1948/13362grt/Official No. 182417/LR No. 5292878, ex-PARTHIA. Renamed ARAMAC) seen berthed at Princes Wharf, Auckland, NZ. She sailed for the UK next day. Built for Cunard Line, she was... Date: 9 Sep 1964 Image ID 3338
9575. Crossing the Line Ceremony on REMUERA (1948/13,619grt/LR No. 5292878). REMUERA was formerly Cunard's PARTHIA and she became the ARAMAC. Date: 18 July 1964 Image ID 3523
9576. William Watkins' tug DHULIA (1959/300grt/LR Number 5089465) on the Thames. She was broken up in 1983. Date: 18 May 1964 Image ID 5912
9577. OCEANIEN (1938/10726grt LR/IMO 5541282) and BENGKALIS at Papeete. OCEANIEN was formerly Holland America's NOORDAM, scrapped Feb 1967. Taken from RANGITOTO ((Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed... Date: 17 May 1964 Image ID 3556
9578. ELLINIS (1933/24315grt/IMO 5423790, ex-LURLINE) makes an early morning departure from Papeete, Tahiti. ELLINIS was scrapped in Taiwan in 1986. Date: 17 May 1964 Image ID 4806
9579. RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR No.5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL.) at Papeete, Tahiti, homeward bound from New Zealand for the UK. Date: 17 April 1964 Image ID 3524
9580. ORIANA (1960/41923grt/IMO 5264742) berthing in Auckland, New Zealand assisted by Auckland Harbour Board tugs AUCKLANDER (1958/454grt/IMO 5030373. Renamed TAPUHI 2 and as of 2018, looking nothing like... Date: 7 Mar 1964 Image ID 1161
9581. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITANE (1949/21,867grt/LRNumber 5290167) berthed at Balboa in the early evening, en route for New Zealand. Photograph taken from sister ship RANGITOTO, homeward bound... Date: 13 Feb 1964 Image ID 2991
9582. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/IMO 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) homeward bound in Gatun Locks, Panama Canal. Date: 19 December 1963 Image ID 3522
9583. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR Number 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) departing Glasgow Quay, Wellington for UK Date: 29 November 1963 Image ID 2912
9584. RANGITOTO (renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) departing Wellington for UK. The masts of ZLW Wellington Radio Station are visible on Tinakori Hill. MAORI and HMNZS LACHLAN to be seen against the wharves. Date: 29 November 1963 Image ID 2913
9585. RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR Number 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) at Circular Quay, Sydney, during her cruise to Australia for the 1963 Melbourne Cup. Date: 2 November 1963 Image ID 7415
9586. KENT (1960/31763grt/IMO 5185312) - Federal S.N.Company tanker anchored in Suez Bay awaiting canal transit. She is part loaded and will top-up at Banias in Syria. Date: 5 Aug 1963 Image ID 4229
9587. DERBY (1960/31,791grt/IMO 5088851) - Federal S.N.Company's tanker passing Bandar Shapour. Date: 26 July 1963 Image ID 4228
9588. SUFFOLK (1939/11,145grt/ ON 167330 in Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, homeward bound from New Zealand. The SUFFOLK was built in 1939 for Federal S.N. Co. and had a long and largely uneventful life,... Date: 13 May 1963 Image ID 7185
9589. Federal SUFFOLK approaching the Culebra Cut on the Panama Canal, homeward bound from Bluff, New Zealand. SUFFOLK was built 1939, 11,145 tons gross, Official No. 167330, and scrapped in 1969. Date: 13 May 1963 Image ID 7186
9590. SUFFOLK (1939/11,145grt/ ON 167330) and AUSTRALIA STAR (1935/11,124grt/ON 163215) at the breakwater harbour at Napier, NZ. Date: 22 February 1963 Image ID 3454
9591. SUFFOLK (Official No. 167330 1939/11,145 grt) bunkering at Caracas Bay, Curacao. Captain Morgan's Fort in the distance. SUFFOLK was scrapped in 1969 Date: 4 Jan 1963 Image ID 3332
9592. New Zealand Shipping Company's passenger ship RANGITANE approaching Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal. She is homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand and the locks will take her down to the... Date: 17 August 1962 Image ID 7188
9593. Lazy days in the Pacific approaching Panama on the RANGITANE, homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand. There is a game of deck tennis in progress. Many will be having an afternoon rest away from... Date: 15 August 1962 Image ID 8197
9594. Lazy days in the Pacific approaching Panama on the RANGITANE, homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand. A view from the docking bridge aft, where some of the crew would enjoy the sun. The... Date: 15 August 1962 Image ID 8198
9595. Papeete, Tahiti. The islands trader is the APANUI, bought by H. Williams in the Cook Islands from the Northern Steam Ship Company the previous year. She had been built as the GOLDFINDER in Hamburg in... Date: 3 August 1962 Image ID 8196
9596. Morning arrival for New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITANE at Papeete, Tahiti. She is homeward bound from Wellington, NZ for the UK - Tahiti was a regular stop on both the outward and homeward... Date: 2 August 1962 Image ID 8195
9597. DUNEDIN STAR (1950/ 7,322grt/ ON 184273) and NORFOLK (1936/11,080grt/ON 165362) and TEMPLE MAIN (1958/8,005grt/ON 187760 at the breakwater harbour at Napier, NZ.
NORFOLK was built as ESSEX, renamed... Date: 8 July 1962 Image ID 9070
9598. HOTSPUR IV - one of two vessels operating the Southampton - Hythe ferry service on England's south coast. Ferries have served on this route since about A.D. 400.
Here she is seen at her launching in... Date: 1947 Image ID 6507
9599. DUNOTTAR CASTLE (1936/14583grt/IMO 5379717. Renamed VICTORIA, THE VICTORIA, PRINCESA VICTORIA and lastly VICTORIA 1 for her pre-scapping voyage to Alang in 2004) - Allied troops crowd the decks of the... Date: 1943 Image ID 1066
9600. RANUI (1936) was built by whaling Captain Korinius Larsen at Port Pegasus on Stewart Island, NZ. She has had a varied career including periods where she was a spy ship, an oyster boat ........and even... Date: 1937 Image ID 10044
9601. RANUI (1936) was built by whaling Captain Korinius Larsen at Port Pegasus on Stewart Island, NZ. She has had a varied career including periods where she was a spy ship, an oyster boat ........and even... Date: 1936 Image ID 10042