The Great Liners Part 10 Ports and Bens
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2022
- There was a time not so very long ago when
just about every port in the world was crammed
full of merchant ships all flying the Red Ensign.
At any one time as many as 200,000 crew served
aboard these ships. To maintain the crewing level
shipping companies helped finance special sea
training schools and colleges to provide cadet
officers and boy ratings to man their ships.
In this the 10th episode of this highly acclaimed
series we see the training schools and follow the
cadets and ratings as they join their first ship and
embark on voyages of true adventure. That first
ship could easily have been a tramp steamer or a
luxury transatlantic liner.
Two of the most popular companies in the British
Merchant Navy were Port Line and Ben Line both
were at the fore in having distinctively styled ships
with streamlined profiles. In this episode, with the
use of very rare archive film we see just what it was like to have worked and sailed aboard these classic ships, in those remarkable days when shipboard entertainment meant reading a good book, playing cards or just relaxing on deck with a duty-free drink and listening to the soothing sounds of the passing wake as they sailed through the warm Southern oceans. These evocative scenes are a wonderful and nostalgic experience for anyone who worked with or sailed aboard these classic Great Liners.
The picture miniatures shown on the back cover
are purely representive of the ships we see in this
truly magnificent production which is produced
predominantly in colour.
Thank you so much for the memories, I sailed with the Ben line from 64 to 68. Great times.
I was one of them "Young Men" In the MN from 1968 to 2010. Great times.........
great memories sailed with many british ships clan ljne ropners sugarline harrison london harrisons liverpool jebsens ect many happy days
Thank for the Memories
Great series, I hope you get to post all of them eventually.
Great video, really enjoyed it. As a boy I built an Airfix kit of the "M/V Benledi" in the early 1970's. Going to look back and see if you have done a series on the Blue Star Line, Bank Line and BP tankers.
Love this !! Port Sydney and Melbourne became two wonderful cruise ships. ❤️Daphne/Danae
Old seamen dont die, they just drifted away
Superb!
You had to be particularly thick to fail to fail any exam at the National Sea Training College at Gravesend..
I know!.. X Class June 77 to October 77 .. From memory..
Nobody wears his uniform anymore…
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What happened to the British merchant Navy? Was is the seaman's strike in the 1960's ? It seemed to evaporate..
Cheap air travel, cheap foreign labor aboard ships and in ports, cheap foreign flagged ship registration, cheap and efficient foreign ship building, failure to readily adapt to more efficient concepts like containerization, changing world shipping patterns, and I'm sure some will blame the Gov't for some reasons that I am not knowledgeable to speak on.
@@johnstudd4245 Same thing happened in Australia, unions virtually killed it all off. Now it's foreign flags serving out ports. Australia's once proud merchant navy now history.
@@dieseldavetrains8988I did not specifically mention Unions, but I guess I my overall opinion of them in todays world is a bit negative. Historically, they tend to drive business away, as we have seen.
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Typical treat them like shit and then wonder why there are no takers
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