Skipsea.

Skipsea.

Postby Stephen Swinhoe » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:24 pm

Ship No 628,built 1936.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby northeast » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:49 pm

Built for Wm. Brown, Atkinson of Hull, better known as shipping agents in later years. They had her for only 2 years but she went on to have a long life.

1936, 4974grt, Doxford economy tramp
Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland (628) as SKIPSEA for The Sea S.S. Co. (Wm. Brown, Atkinson), Hull
1938 CROMARTY. B. J. Sutherland, Newcastle
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At Vancouver

1954 OSTBRIS, Red. A/B Bris (J. Larsson), Stockholm
1958 CARLA, Red. A/B Petra (J. E. Manne), Gothenburg
1959 STECKENPFERD, VEB Deutsche Seereederi
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Coll. Wolfgang Kramer

1968 PELOPIDAS 2, Cyprus
Arrived Kaohsiung for breaking 6/1973
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby creemaster » Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:55 pm

CROMARTY in colour, Blyth pre 1954 when she was sold by Sutherlands and renamed OSTBRIS.
Slide appeared on ebay for a ridiculous amount
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby magoonigal » Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:09 am

CROMARTY (2).jpg
To the right of the picture upper picture is the Chapel which was built on the side of the German Sheds for the Submarine Base.

The extra shows the BHC WATERBOAT and the commissioners tug, the JOHN DENT.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby northeast » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:23 am

Interesting to see JOHN DENT, Dave's Tyne-built site shows her only as a ferry, when was she converted?
Fine set of cobles also ... and a bonny motor cruiser.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby Hornbeam » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:30 am

Indeed a fine Motor Cruiser looks like possibly one of Silvers best with a Canoe Stern?
Fortunately the Skipsea was one of the lucky Vessels to survive through the War, best quality Wrought Iron riveted Aux Boilers ?lasting the lifetime of the ship given that the main anti corrosion treatment as such was Anodes bolted inside the Boilers.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby northeast » Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:45 am

Good enough for the Deutsche (Un)Democratikische Republic at 23 years old, in a period when they were on a buying spree for tonnage, even though their own yards were producing some fine motorships.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby Hornbeam » Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:26 am

I would think the Germans would feel at home certainly down the Engine Room with the Doxford being a variant of the Junkers Engine :) preWar Doxford offered all sorts of inducements in order to persuade Shipowners to move over from Steam to their Diesel bearing in mind the installation costs were a lot more than a Steam Plant. One of the inducements was a Doxford 'Specialist' would be placed aboard for at least six months and possibly a year to monitor the M.E. and train the Engineroom Staff, puts a whole new meaning of Guarantee Chief who usually only did the Maiden Voyage. Sailed on two Doxford powered vessels can't say they were my favourite engine.
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Re: Skipsea.

Postby magoonigal » Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:34 am

The JOHN DENT was used as a Ferry, come Commissioners vessel, come tug. When the new fangled Motor Ferries came into operation the Aft Cabin was removed and she was used for "General Duties" about the Port.
Dave's second picture shows her with the CAMBOIS, taking the Commissioners on a tour of inspection, so they rigged an awning to keep the rain off. The CHIPCHASE took over the duty of COMMISSIONERS YACHT.
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