OneGuyFromBarlick

Stanley, They do if they are well maintained. When they get into port, thats when the work starts. Lube oil purifiers 6 inches thick in residue, same with the intake ports on the scavenges. The fuel oil purifiers are cleaned every day. The strangest thing is that you spend your life maintaining them...

They need to be Stanley. They have to propel thousands of tons of ship and cargo. Once the ships go deep sea, the engine will not stop for weeks.
Except for any emergency maintenance.

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Sulzer Warsillar

Succintly put Stanley.

Stanley, The realty was that the monopoly on shipping was coming to an end. Parts of the commonwealth, which were tied to agreements, where at the time expanding their merchant fleets. India was a classic example. Containerisation, and the new markets made container ships highly profitable. Three da...

In the late sixties Ellerman invested heavily in container ships, in partnership with several partners, blue star etc. They built a total of six ships, Act 1-6.

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Ellerman lines always named their ships after cities. Hence City Boats.
Benares is a city in India, known as the Holy city of the Ganges.
Sir John Reeves Ellerman, purchased George Smith and Co. City Line. Hence Ellerman City Line.

Its Eighty years since A German U boat torpedoed and sank the Ellerman Lines City of Banares, carrying child evacuees from the UK to Canada and the USA.

Poor guys. Gallipoli. What a fiasco.

It wasnt the damage to the PS Waverley.
You just cant go about injuring fare paying passengers.

I also read about the PS Waverley hitting the pier at brodick.
That is one Ships Master who will not be in command of a vessel for a while.

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Tizer, I never sailed in or out of Preston, but I have been there a few times, I think the last time I was there was, to board, the IOMSPCO ship Manxman, Which had been converted to a nightclub. When I left I was mortified to see the condition she was in, having sailed on her to the I.O.M as a passe...

Elder Dempster where renowned, for their cargo passenger ships. Mainly on the African west coast trade. Even Ellerman's big four, Cities of York, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Exeter. Where passenger cargo ships. Tilbury to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth. Sir John Reeves Ellerman Jr. Retired to South A...

Doesn't look well maintained either.

Tizer,
They certainly did. Passenger fares where a lot cheaper than ocean going cruise liners.
Though the officers and crew did'nt accept them to well. Very needy, required a lot of attention.

Weirdest thing is that when there was a swell on like in the film. It used to rock you to sleep in your bunk.

I only sailed to Canada, around three times in the winter months, and that was enough. The deckhands had their work, cut out for them. Chipping ice off the masts and rigging. Sometimes up to a foot or more thick. I seem to recall loaning out a few engine room ratings to the deck department, to assis...

Stanley,
Do you see any resemblance to the old Thames Lighters, or the commercial canal barges of days gone by?
By the way. All the bulkers on the great lakes get laid up from October to January nowadays.

These are not traditional lake freighters.

The Great Lakes can be as formidable as any ocean. I assume you are referring to the SS Edmond Fitzgerald? She was quite an old ship at her demise, built 1957, sank 1975. Although she had, had a few updates. Changed from coal fired to oil. When the inquiry was held, they initially tried to blame the...

Stanley, There where a lot of lessons learned from the Titanic disaster. If you look at passenger liners today, they carry lifeboats and survival craft far in excess of passenger requirements. Stability, it may appear to the untrained eye that modern day cruise ships are top heavy, what they don't s...

Stanley, you are absolutely right. When Robert Ballard found her, he left two plaques, one on the Stern, and one on the forward Capstan, saying leave the ship in peace as a memorial to all that perished on her. I could not agree more. A sad memorial to mans arrogance. God himself could not sink this...