Passenger ships and freighters of the 50's and 60's
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2018
- Ron Booth, who lived in Port Adelaide and who was a ships agent for Burns Philp during these busy shipping days of Port Adelaide took many pictures of the visiting ships which came to the port, some of which are represented here and which show a bygone era. Ron is now ill and I dedicate this sequence of pictures to him.
These old ships were built with pride and imagination. They were beautiful.. very unlike the floating apartment blocks that we have today.
Oh they're beautifully strong looking at they're least. Unbelievable they didn't stroke through the storms. God please Have their souls
Agreed. Cruise liners are so tall I don’t know how they have enough righting moment to avoid capsize in big seas.
As a boy, born 1945, I remember my parents taking me to Fremantle to see the ships at Victoria Quay and then for a feed of fish and chips at the Fishermens'Cooperative. I saw the Himalaya, the Canberra, the Arcadia and many others. Glorious vessels and still make my heart swell. Thanks for the video of that lost era. I will never forget.
Beautiful post,I was born in 1962 and I adore the old Ships,I guess that Wonderful old World.
As a boy born in 1978, I had the privulage of seeing some of these old cargo ships in the 80's, before they went completely out of fashion.
As a boy, born in 45 I sailed on cargo ships to Fremantle and a lot of other ports in Aussie
I agree with the the below.
These old ships were built with loads of character along with imagination.
These ships were fascinating to watch, especially the P&O lines
Wonderful set of photos - the like never to be seen on this high seas ever again. Now it's floating tower blocks and box boats.
What a revolution the Canberra was in 60's ship design, thank God I had the opportunity to sail on her before she was retired
my father worked on her construction in H&W
How beautiful and graceful looking the cargo ships were before the ugly container ships replaced them!
Yes they certainly were. Many times I wish that progress was not so rapid so that we could have enjoyed steam trains and freighters etc for a much longer time. But as we all know time stands still for no man!
Agreed.
There is some strange beauty in the organisation of cargo in ports. Visiting a container terminal at night with automated trucks going along and seeing nobody around is fascinating and the ships have become mere chains in the global transit. I lived in Rotterdam in the fities and those beautiful ships meant lots of heavy labour intensive actions with cranes etc which is beautiful but also less efficient. There lies a certain beauty in maximum efficiency and stressing everything to the max like in car racing. Everything is considered. For our comfort that is.
Those old ships were the very best, in their days. I saw many of them when I was still very young. 👍🇿🇦
Truly magnificent a wonderful collection from a magical era when life was far more interesting and colourful compared with the boring and carp times we live in nowadays.
Brings back memories. I emigrated to the U.S. on the s.s. Britannic. Then a couple of years later, I boarded the cargo ship, the American Clipper. Returning to the U.S. later, the American Producer. I met my husband on the Clipper. Great ships.
My father sailed on the MV ORONSAY for five years , he worked in the engine room, he had a massive sailing ship tattooed on his chest at the legendary "Pinkies" tattoo parlour in Hong Kong, he said they were the best days of his life, thank you for the upload.
Yes, I agree with your Dad. Those years were my best what I experienced in my life...
John Falstaff, thanks for the reply, hope you are well, cause your alright, your a Merchant sailor, did a few years my self sailing under the old " Red Duster".............there is nothing this world can't throw at us that we can't take, ha ha ...............may the trade winds be favourable too you and your kin.
Aaa the beautiful SAMOS…my father was a Swedish captain and great chunks of my childhood spent on those ships…SAMOS and MILOS my favourites ❤
I was a little kid in the early 60's and lived at Taperoo, my family would going fishing just about every weekend down Outer Harbor and Port Adelaide. I can recall seeing some of these old ships down the Port back then, thanks for posting these images and many thanks to Mr Ron Booth for taking these wonderful pictures
Thank you for your comment, much appreciated. Yes it must have been a wonderful time to have been living in Taperoo in those days and to not only see those ships coming in to Outer Harbor but also to be able to board them and wander around them. Coming from a small SA country town and very occasionally coming to the 'big smoke' I always went to Outer Harbor and got the chance to board some of them. Today I live close by in Osborne and I video the cruise ships coming to Outer Harbor, which you can see on my UA-cam channel Train Lord. Unfortunately we can no longer access the terminal building as before but we have the rocks at the entrance to the port to at least enjoy them coming in and even though some people say that the current cruise ships look like floating hotels etc most of them look ok to me and there is certainly an extra pleasure for passengers who have paid the extra for a balcony cabin.
Thanks for the upload. I travelled half way round the World on the wonderful ``Chusan`` in the late 60`s and around the Med in the ``Iberia``- great memories, I was probably one of the youngest passengers on board both ships (in my teens) but that didn`t stop me enjoying every minute! Ships today? No thanks, way over crowded, kitschy and looking like floating high rise condos - yuk!
Yes I agree with you. I too remember vividly my experiences on those passenger ships and I compare it to the voyages on the cruise ships. A world of difference. But at the same time I take what I can from the cruise ships by enjoying walking the Promenade Deck as often as possible to gaze out to sea etc.
With pseudo-sailors seeking diversions below decks! Ice capades! Bingo! Shopping! Swimming pools! Dramamine! Hit the ports- shop the traps! Over and over! Gag me w a spoon!
The passenger/cargo boats were great. Went to UK on the Ruahine(NZ Shipping Lines) in 1951 when she was brand new. Came back in 1956 on the Athenic(Shaw Savill Line) both trips were a real experience.
Indeed, they were beautiful ships. I wish I had the opportunity to travel in those days on a cargo liner or tramp steamer stopping in various different ports with their sights and smells etc.
Well done for a nice collection of photographs.
I think the 1960’s was a great era for shipping. I was born in 1958 and at the time, my father was actually at sea. He returned to shore for good in 1963, after making it to chief engineer with the Union Castle line. He always had an interest in ships and boats, having sailed and built boats as a hobby before joining the Merchant Navy.
As a kid I spent many holidays on The Isle of Wight so often saw ships in Southampton and remember with fondness The Canberra and Oriana. My favourite though, although I never saw it in real life was The United States.
I even had a small metal model of this, as well as one of the double funnelled Canberra.
Last year I started filming a few ships coming into The Tyne. Maybe take a look !
Wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing.
Many of these ships I worked in the '60s/70s, by radio telegraphy, from way down southern New Zealand, at Awarua Radio/ZLB. Sadly, the ships, like ZLB (closed August '91) are but distant memories.
Beautiful ships sadly all gone now I sailed on a few Blue Star ships I’m still at sea Working on the RFA only 7 trips and I retire that will be 44 years at sea
Neil
That's a very long time at sea. You got the best of good years with longer stops in port, less port restrictions, more girls on board visiting haha and you caught the new era with container ships etc and serious security issues where ship visits are severely restricted. Good memories for you!
I sailed on the English star from Sydney to London in 1960 when I was 8
My father worked for the vesties
The crew built a swimming pool on deck out of timber and canvas for us kids while passing through the red sea
Our cabins were directly under the bridge looking forward. The ship forced its way across the great Australian bight taking spray over the entire boat
Off Spain we got buzzed by their airforce flying old Second World War bombers. A large Union Jack was unfurled
The ship was carrying apples and wool
sailed on two Norwegian ship both carried 12 passengers MVThorshope Canada to Sth Africa and to Tanzania and Kenya and then MV Thorscape Singapore to Australia in the early 70s ..I was crew
Mum and Grandma went Melbourne to London on the Arcadia in '58 and came back on the Himalaya in '60. Born in '63 I was just old enough to see the very end of passenger ships coming to Melbourne, by which time it was the mid 70s and it was only the Chandris Line running regular services. Still I saw the odd P&O ex-passenger, then cruise ships. But of more intrigue to me was the elusive conventional cargo ship, (or a composite ship,( see 5:25 ) which were on their last legs at the time.There had been no end to the mysteries of the three island cargo liner, with a f'scle, a poop, derricks, various contraptions and buildings, holds etc. Once a Blue Star reefer lets us walk around the ship at Station Pier in Melbourne. It must have been around 1976. Unforgettable.It is funny that such a reality check, needs a physical representation to really drive home that these ships were simple a means of making money and not for my joyous adventure. All my mythology about these wonderous things and my wish for a life at sea evaporated instantly with the container ship. Finally I saw a huge souless box, a simple warehouse full of identical steel boxes and it was all over.
Thanks for your comment. And yes I can appreciate how your mum and grandma enjoyed their trips with P&O. And I too had voyages as a (too young boy) to and from Australia (1956 and 58) but it inspired me enough to have a huge interest in ships for the rest of my life, hence the videos currently of the cruise ships which come to Adelaide. I also just saw the tail end of the steam train era and freighters. A good time to have been at sea.
late great uncle harry was first vent officer on oriana from the beginning , he also served aboard orontes and orcades , but his happiest days were aboard chusan , he lived to be 100 , rest in peace uncle harry . an officer and witty gentleman
Had a friend who sailed on the Oronsay, one or more of their trips was Adelaide. I love the random stuff you can find on You Tube.
Cheers for that i live and worked Port Adelaide . So many ships back in the day now its a One ship port. . Place was full and Alive . And Stunning grand ships
I was also lucky. A friend of mine of those ancient days had a father who was a ships captain of the long gone State Shipping Service who sailed all around the coast of Australia. At lunchtime on the ABC radio we would hear that his ship was due at Pt Samson or similar at a certain time. Very impressive stuff for a kid to nearly know a real captain......
To you both...great ships...great times...great memories...thanks. I began in the Union Steamship Co Head Office Mailroom and Asst Pruser in New Zealand...then P& O Brisbane. Knew all of those Passenger Liners [except a couple before my time] and sailed on a few. Nga mihi / thanks !!!
I arrived on a Ship .... the Flavia .. Sydney 1968 From Southampton . ... I so amazed at the ships coming into Sydney Circular Quay. I'd never seen anything like it before coming from Nottingham in. the. uk I just use to go and watch ... all. the passengers .. exited and happy meeting family. members .. sunny happy days. of the. Late. 60s..I was in my early twenties came to Australia by myself. Thanks. Australia
Yes I remember the Flavia, and yes it was enjoyable to see passengers waving goodbye with streamers attached between ship and shore.
There used to be a magazine in the old days that showed details of ships it was small size. Love these pictures well done.
Thanks for those photos TL and of course Ron.
For me they were a lovely reminder of my past. As a one year old we travelled Australia on Fairsky and returned home when the time came on Orsova. My father was an engineering officer on Northern Star and made many visits to Oz on her on world cruises. In later years I spent my holidays on Canberra in the Med. Modern ships just don't have the same appeal and Beauty. Thanks for the memory. PG
You're welcome! Yes it was a great time, sadly that period was too short. I would like to have seen that period stick around for most of my life haha!
Great pics of these old-timers. I remember on several occasions in the early fifties seeing the 'Chusan' making it's way through the Suez Canal.
Kia ora Bruce...I was an Asst Purser with Union Steamship Co in New Zealand and also worked for P & O in Brisbane where we booked wealthy passengers on 'Chusan' on her Far East sailings. She was known as 'The Happy Ship'...to add to your Suez Canal memory. Ka pai !
@@gerrythegypsy Hi Gerry, I saw many of the passenger liners of the day traversing the Suez canal including the 'Empress of Canada', the Louis Pastur and many others whose names now elude me. As a kid at the time I was overawed by their sleekness and beauty - unlike the ugly monsters that sail the seas nowadays. I have been on several cruises in recent years and I always chose the smaller ships such as those of the Fred Olsen line, alas, now they are all ageing and headed for the breakers. Thank you for your memories.
Wow I know many of the ships in this video ,takes me back to my days in the London docks and the ships in the royals.
Some I photographed.i worked in the marine dept organising pilots tugs linesmen for ships arrivals and sailings.
Was a ships agent in Sydney doing similar work for many years .
I have similar photos though more modern ships taken on Sydney harbour of todays cruise ships .
Video was a pleasure to view 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Some of those cargo ships also carried a small complement of passengers and they were really nice to travel on. Facilities were rather limited - no swimming pool, ballroom, a-la-carte menu, etc - bu the service was very personal and the low numbers of passengers led to a friendly, intimate but respectful atmosphere...
Ah yes, the cargo liner days. Sadly I never took such a voyage. I have a Dutch friend who as a seventeen year old spent three months on such a ship voyaging from the Dutch East Indies back to Holland lifetime experiences that very much influenced his life and love for ships forever.
If ever I go to sea, thats the way I'd like it. Not these modern ammusement parks.
@@Hannodb1961 Several shipping companies do carry passengers - Maesrk (not sure of the spelling) do it regularly. There are videos on UA-cam of passengers on cargo ships, old and new.
Makes me happy and sad to watch this video, happy of course to see many ships I knew and very sad they have now gone. Those times were great and the world was a much happier place.
Well said
Thanks for the memories . Many thanks Ron
They were great days to be at sea .
We went to Australia as £10 poms on the fairsea and came back 1966 Angelina lauro.
It’s interesting to see how many had rust. Like a lot of cars back in the day.
Those old cargo ships were beautiful and each had its own character, its so sad to know they have nearly all gone replaced by structures carrying containers .
Agreed, another bygone era.
Yes Indeed, these vessels had style and individuality,
Excellent video, Thanks.
Thom in Scotland.
Besides the obvious ship's, the soundtrack was pretty good. First, with one of my favorite beach bands, the instrumentalists, 'The Ventures', and finishing with Johnny Cash👍!! I might add, that it fit in kinda perfect too, with the song mentioning old steel, and Ghost Rider's👻.
I thought so too but this music of course does not allow me to receive money. But that's ok too. Cheers
I sailed on the Chusan and Iberia in the early sixties, great times. Greetings to Robyn, Janice, Julie, Suzannah, Cheiko and others.
We came to Australia on The Fair Sea. 😊👍🏻
Great set of photos. I was a Cadet on the M V Rakaia - New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd -1958/9 and we visited Adelaide a number of times. I was hoping to see a photo of my old ship but alas although the was an NZS ship it was not mine.
I was looking for the MS Kuala Lumpur (previously MS Dilwara) which I cruised on twice in the 1960s. The images bought back quite a few memories as I have cruised on several of the ships featured including The Fairsky, The Northern Star, Sea Princess. Another one I didn't see was the SS Fedor Shalyapin though I think that cruise was the early 1970s.
I Served on and much missed
Oriana..Port New Plymouth...Post Wellington....Esso Oxford.....Esso Glasgow...Esso Austria...Hyahanites...Varicella...San Fabian.,,.La Hortensia...Methane Princess
Saw most of these ships at Tilbury Riverside in the 1960s when I was a lad !👦
That would have been wonderful back in those days as a lad, great memories for you.
My first trip as a 16 year old bellboy in 1963 ,a 51/2 month world cruise aboard the “ Arcadia “ changed my life forever 😂Thank you P&O
Yes I would have enjoyed such a trip also at that age. I tried to get on board as a purser but it was too difficult from Australia as all the passenger shipping lines were from Europe.
I was on Arcadia as a 12 yr old with my mom. Fun is an understatement. That old ship was such a pleasure and she was really good in rough seas. The ships from the 50's 60's and 70's were graceful and beautiful. Not like the barges with little condos on them.
My dad was stationed in japan and my mom, my black lab, and I sailed there to meet him. The dog and I, both 2, wore halters and leashes everywhere. I could swim before I could walk so I was untrustworthy.
Great music👍 Didn’t see the Chitral ship? My parents came out to Oz in 52, 10 pound Pomms!
That's wen shipping had style and class plus cargo as well far better than these steel cathedral s you see to day my last holiday with my perants in 63 I was 18 we went on are last family cruise because it was time to cast of and start living my own holiday although a lone I met a fantastic girl in Paignton s dev 3 years later I some wat looked cool in vauxhall concol and we were married for ever we still go every year great show ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I sailed on the Britanis in 74, Melbourne to Southhampton.
Great photo slideshow :)
Yes great took me back memories, but i eanted to see Canadian Pacific shipe especially Empress of France. But thank you for the memories.
These ships are the ones which came to Adelaide only. The Empress ships did not come here.
@@TrainLordJC sorry didnt realise you where from down under.. best wishes.
@@almelling6699 Where the women blow and the men chunder haha! Men at Work song line
I miss these ships shame they aren’t around anymore they are ugly today
I travelled on the Australis from Sydney to the UK in 1965 - lovely old ship
Yes she was a classic beauty. I sailed on her in January 1972 from Melbourne to Rotterdam.
When I was a kid during the '50s, we would take an annual trip by freighter between New York City and San Juan, PR. The ships were C2-class originally built for the US Navy during WW2. They had 12 staterooms and we ate our meals in the officers' mess before they did. There was a large sitting room for passengers directly under the bridge with books to read and games to play. The trip took three days in good weather. The ships operated for Alcoa Steamship and the Bull Line.
Thanks for your comment. That would have been a great time back then especially on the old freighters.
I came out on the S.S. ORION in 1959 from England to Melbourne. Arriving here in May 1959.
Would love to see some Moore McCormack ships, especially US Latin America routes, or the part they played in Korean War. Many vessels from that former prestigious line. Thx
Amazing !
Sailed on the Stratheden, Southhampton to Melbourne in 63,
Went on the Oronsay back in the early 70s on a 9 week cruise around the Pacific ocean..
As i' mentioned in an earlier text my father was serving on the MV "Oronsay" in the late 60s early 70s and one story he told me was about the ship being chartered do take passengers out of Frisco out too sea for a couple of weeks at a time, my father said their were a number of Vietnam vets on leave or "R and R" as they called it and my father said they all spent their time down below with my father and his buddies from the engine room, the vets wanted nothing too do with the other passengers up top, my dad said he met about a dozen of them and every one of them vets were kind funny and generous to a fault, my father never forgot them and when they left the ship my dad admitted many decades after even though they knew they were going back to Nam not one of them complain , my father always says he hoped they all got back home in one piece.
It amazes me how we had wooden ships man of war style for a thousand years and probably the same again! Can you imagine telling one of those old sailers how ships would be in another 1 of there life times? They would have thought you were totally nuts. While ships in the Titanic's age were leaving port there were still "men of war" anchored in Portsmouth or rotting away in muddy dried out old wharf's of the Thames even being used as storage in dock yards! I think it's amazing the difference between a young man starting his career 1800 could have worked for a short time with a man ending his career in say 1920. Would the first guy ever believe what the 2nd guy would see? I suppose it's the same with aircraft too but it's just that ships had been around forever and people thought they were the most advanced thing humans could build. Amazing!
Yes I agree with you. I have thought many times over such things and during one person's lifetime so many amazing changes can occur especially since the Industrial Revolution.
Treneglos 1968 blue flue charter brought new empty containers out from the UK/Europe to start the new container ship era. ACT 1 followed us out from Germany. Cap Nortie tagged us around the coast, missed the ship in Port Kembla along with Ray Messer the cook. When we got back to the continent missed it again with the cook and the bosun Alf Hughs, one guess why. Got the ferry from the hook of Holland to Harwich, next three trips to the Caribbean Harrison Line charter. Deck boy whilst on night watch stole cargo, Trebor mints, in French Serinam, after that the ship was regarded as a minty bit stronger.
Great pics. I sailed on a few of them.
Jim Crawford. no u did not
Love to see the southern cross and ocean liner
Ugly Box ships took them all out with greedy owners,but a time will come even the box ships will be gone nothing remains forever,but I must say they were beautiful ships,Ahoy.
Sadly the British crewed conventional cargo liners all but gone by 1983. Container ships took all the fun out of life at sea. Although my son is enjoying his time as a Super~Yacht Captain.
served on iberia 1964 we were a floating hotel for tokyo olympics also had a patch welded to hull as we clipped a bit of the barrier reef which put a hole in one of the bilge tanks also had a whale wrapped around the bow and because of schedule could not slow to let it off never slept that night as it kept on slapping the side was a good ship had some good mates on there
Who is the music by? I always liked the Ventures & I know they were not the only group that did music with no vocals. I think I heard walk don't run by the Ventures. Oh now that Jonny Cash. Great music.
Stan Taylor The first section of the video featured the Shadows. 😃
" Apache " The Shadows.
Hi Bruce, I am sorry if I have already posted this video to your group, of our ships from yesteryear.
The Europa was built in the 80s. The Vistafjord was built in the 70s.
very nice
I would go and get the ships names on the Thames many years ago.
I sailed on the Angalina Lauro in Aug 1969 to Sydney Australia
It probably was on the next trip to Australia that I went on board the Angelina Lauro in Adelaide in January 1970 and while I was on board I saw a pretty lady from New Zealand and that moment changed my life. I actually have a teaspoon of the Dutch ship Oranje which became the Angelina Lauro.
@TrainLordJC I've been trying to get the passenger lists but don't know how to go about it ? Any idea's?
@@carolthresher2682 I am on a fb page dedicated to the SS Australis because I went back to Holland in January 1972 on that ship and somehow members within this group have found passenger manifests. I saw my name on it and my surname was spelt incorrectly. You could try to find the Angelina Lauro fb page or Floto Lauro fb page.
The Maritime photos are nice....BUT, the Music is more suited to some LandLubber Cowboy Movies.
Yes I realise that in retrospect. Watch a similar video posted yesterday with just the sound of the ocean while I was walking the Promenade Deck of the Diamond Princess. Cargo Ships and Freighters of the 1960's
It was ok by this son of a blue H2O seafarer ... my old man would’ve gotten a kick out of it, too. He wound up in AZ. Yee-ha.
@@TrainLordJC ....The Shadows music was the right music for those days...well chosen.
Can never find a picture of the "Oxfordshire" when in the army i went to singapore on her,
I kinda (without professional knowledge) just wonder why the rear of the ship seems to lie lower than the front? Equal balance rather? Dumb question to some I suppose
Nice to see a NZSCo Rangi boat
GREAT
Sorry one photo shows the arcadia but is listed as the orcades just being picky
Yes, at 1:52
kool, real passenger ships.
I was ol the skeleton crew when the Northern Star was launch
0:01 rms Queen Elizabeth 2 Horn?
Then as now, the freighters look better than the cruise ships.
What's with the surf guitar followed by Johnny Cash?
Some old music of the period.
Wistful tunes, Times gone by, journey music ...
Best funnel? Blue star line!
Mine was Moore McCormack!
Heri. Romadhon😃😈😂😇😈
I miss the liners hate airplanes
in 1950s. and 1960s.
I see some USSR ships :)
To many P&O no Cunard Union Castle NZ Company however good older vessels
They didn't come to our port.
I would love to see a hospital ship burn coal and make it's way to the united states!!!!!!!
I’m trying to workout if it’s just nostalgia or were ships more characterful and beautiful than the courant cruise and container ships. In my estimation the ships of today are short on aesthetics and not to put to finer point on it just plain ugly.
Yes ships, both passenger liners and freighters certainly had lots of interesting character and lines which added to their overall style back in the day and having travelled on some of them in my younger years the impressions left behind create an indelible appreciation of them.