The ship was built in 1852 and was the first entirely successful steam collier. It traded for 81 years before sinking in a storm off Spain.
Paining by Alan Storm
STORM AND COMPANY
STEAMSHIPS
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SS John Bowes leaving the
River Tyne. The ship was built in 1852 and was the first entirely successful steam collier. It traded for 81 years before sinking in a storm off Spain. Paining by Alan Storm |
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One of the three vessels of the Whitby & Robin
Hood's Bay Steam Packet Company. She was bought in 1857
for rescue and towing work, scheduled passenger services
to Hartlepool and occasional excursions to Scarborough
and Sunderland. Among the many Bay shareholders was the company trustee Sampson STORM 1803-1865. See Sampson's share certificate. About 1860 the master was Pattison FRANK 1815-1886. |
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SS ROMA was swept inland in the Galveston storm of
1900. Members of the crew included William STORM 1857-1950, master Thomas Andrew TAYLOR 1879- ,chief officer Thomas STUBBS 1877-1956, junior officer William Storm HARRISON 1883-1959, apprentice. |
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| SS ROMA photographed in 1889. |
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Raymond STORM 1892-1971 made his first voyage in SS KILDALE under Captain MILNER in 1909, sailing from Cardiff to Durban, Montevideo and back. | |||
| SS KILDALE of the Rowland & Marwood fleet, Whitby |
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Commanded by Captain Alfred CHURCH 1889-1955. Awarded OBE in London Gazette 10 June 1948 |
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HMS DUKE OF CORNWALL was a paddle steamer, Rushden
Castle, converted to a naval ship in WW1. Lt. Lawrence Stanley CHURCH RNR served aboard her 1917-1919 having previously served in HMS Attentive and HMS Osiris.. Picture from: Tom Lee, Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery. |
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| HMS DUKE OF CORNWALL |
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Owned by Turnbull Scott of Whitby & London the
PARKGATE was Raymond Storm's last command. Family
connections with Turnbull Scott included: |
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| M/V PARKGATE |
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Lt Alfred Thomas CHURCH RNR served in HMS Suffolk in
1916/1917, and then completed his service in HMS Mimosa. In January 1944 was Mentioned in Despatches. |
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| HMS SUFFOLK |
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SS Widestone. with Captain William STORM b.1904 and
2nd Officer Verrill ELLIS, was lost in Atlantic convoy
ONS-144 on 6th November 1942, reportedly torpedoed by
U-184. For further information see John Bateson's account. Photos provided by John. See Anne Roberts and her photo of the Tower Hill panel |
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| SS WIDESTONE |
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London Gazette 11 January 1944 "For oustanding services in operations which led to the capture of Sicily by Allied Forces: Mention in Despatches ...Captain Alfred Thomas Church, Master" |
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| SS MONARCH OF BERMUDA |
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In 1909 the then Captain, Herbert Maher Brown, who
served with Turnbull Scott for 45 years, saved the lives
of a German crew; and a newspaper reported as follows "On February 21, 1910, Captain Brown attended Plymouth Police-Court where the Mayor (Ald Joh Yeo) presented him with a gold watch given by the Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany, in recognition of his bravery in saving the lives of the crew of the German steamship Eva, which had caught fire in the North Sea". This report provided by James Clark, the great grandson of Captain Brown. |
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| SS EASTGATE - the first. .Launched in 1889 and sold to Sweden in 1913. | The photo is taken from an actual painting held in
the family descended from William Hill Forrest b1855 of
Whitby. It is provided by www.mcevoyfamilyhistory.com . |
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The fifth ship - a tanker - to be named
Eastgate by Turnbull and Scott built in 1957. It was
seiously damaged as a result of a collision off Hong
Kong..The master, Captain Trevor Price, was completely
exonerated from any blame for the collision. Photo provided by www.mcevoyfamilyhistory.com. See John Bateson's account The editor's nephew, Andrew Storm, served under Captain Price on the MV Trongate and spoke highly of his seamanship. Andrew also served with the Chief Engineer, John Bateson, and knew that he had saved at least one crew member as the Eastgate sank. |
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| SS EASTGATE |
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William Emmerson Stubbs OBE, 1901-1978, was master when stopped and sunk by the Graf Spee in the Atlantic on 2.12.1939. | |||
| SS DORIC |
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Passing Teeside the SS Hethpool may have been one of Runciman's. | ||
| SS HETHPOOL |
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Owned by the TYNE TEES shipping company who gave their ships north east town names. | ||
| SS ALNWICK NEWCASTLE |
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Raymond Storm, master, with whom Alan voyaged to the Baltic just before WW2.. | ||
| SS SHEAFWATER |
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In the River Tyne unloading timber from the Baltic when Raymond Storm was Chief Officer. Alan recalls losing a finger nail idiotically trying to fend the ship off the quay with a broom handle.. | ||
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| SS GENERAL HAVELOCK | SS BERNICIA | SS DUNSTANBURGH |
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The Empire Harmony was a heavy lift ship used to load
and unload heavy cargo between ship and shore. Here it is
busy in WW2 helping out in the North African campaign
under its master Raymond Storm. See Gordon Mumford's
story at: |
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| EMPIRE HARMONY |
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The SS Rondo was one of the Pelton Steamship
Company. Alan's father-in-law, William Rifle Forster, was master. |
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| SS RONDO |
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Master Raymond Storm | |||
| MV DERRYCUNIHY |