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Ayton
AYTON
ON 147934
2,117 grt; arch deck steam cargo ship
Built 1924 Burntisland SB. Co. Ltd, Burntisland; Yard
Nr 132
as CARLBEATH
For Grahamston Shipping Co Ltd [T L Duff & Co], Glasgow.
Jim McCreadie writes - under the command of my great-uncle William
McCreadie,
the
CARLBEATH was involved in a daring rescue as follows:
“The
People’s Journal” dated Saturday, November 27, 1926.
The
collier Carlbeath, Captain William McCreadie, sailing from Rotterdam to Marseilles, received a cryptic
message in German, wirelessed from a tug, which had been towing the schooner
Anne Marie, bound forHamburg from London, but could not approach sufficiently
near to save the crew. The message
read
– “Schooner Anne Marie, auf 5119 West, 27 E. in senot dix.” In a raging gale, the Carlbeath ran to the
windward within six inches of the stern of the Anne Marie, and all the Germans,
six men and one boy (five Germans, one Swede and one Austrian), were able to jump
to safety. Eloquent testimony to the magnificient seamanship of Captain
McCreadie was paid by Baron A D Benno von Stulpnagel, who was the owner of the
lost schooner, and was serving on the ship in the capacity of second mate. The Baron is a former District Commissioner
of German East Africa and Aide-de Camp to Field-Marshal Von Hindenburg during
the First World War. Captain McCreadie received the following telegram from the
German Chargé D’Affaires in London; “Please receive sincerest thanks for your
heroic action in saving lives of my countrymen in most difficult circumstances.
Shall report the matter to my government on receipt of further news.”
1937 Guardian Line Ltd [C.A. Roberts], Glasgow; Renamed
MACBRAE
1941 Hudson SS Co. Ltd, London
1949 J.B. Shipping Co Ltd [H.P. Marshall & Co. Ltd], London;
Renamed AYTON
1956 Cia Isla de Oro Ltd, Panama; Renamed ANGE
1958 Mediterranean Shipping Co, Panama; Renamed
ALCYONE
On fire and stranded, 24 August 1958 near Cape Sidheros, Crete, on
voyage Split to Aden with cement. Refloated 28 August and towed to Piraeus.
Declared a total loss and sold for demolition 1961.
Bowcombe
BOWCOMBE
O.N. 168412
Built 1943 S P Austin &
Son Ltd, Sunderland.
as BOWCOMBE
For Stephenson Clarke
2,760 grt; 1,533 nrt; 311.4 ft
x 44.5 ft x 19.3 ft
1946 Coastwise Collier Ltd,
London (Mgrs: Wm. France Fenwick & Co);
Renamed COLWYN.
1949 Repurchased by Stephenson
Clarke; Renamed BOWCOMBE.
1966 Sold to Skrot &
Avfailsprodukter;
Converted into a lighter for
Torsten Johannisson, Sweden.
Corglen
CORGLEN
ON 161309
2,822 grt; steam collier
Built 1929 Cowpen Drydock Co, Blyth; Yard Nr 245
For Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London
1941, 29th April; Damaged in Air Attack. See below.
1955 St Michaels Corp; Renamed MICHAEL A
1961 Tamis SA, Liberia; renamed
CAPETAN ANDREAS
1962 Siconen Shipping SA, Liberia
Arrived at Ferrol, Spain, 15th March 1966 for
demolition
North
Sea Air Raids : 24th to 29th April 1941
He-115
3./K.Fl.Gr.506 and Ju-88 1./K.Fl.Gr.506.
24th
Sinking BOLIUS (5507 BRT) East of Dundee.
26th
Sinking PATIA (5355 BRT) off Sunderland.
28th
Sinking MARIE DAWN (2157 BRT) East of Dundee
28th
Damage to EMPIRE STRAIT (2324 BRT) off Great Yarmouth
29th
Attack on a convoy off the mouth of the Tyne
Sinking
KALUA (722 BRT)
Damage
to CORGLEN (2822 BRT)
Heavy
Damage to Norwegian ASKELADDEN (2498 BRT).
Devon City
DEVON CITY
ON 161620
General cargo vessel
Built 1933 Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Haverton Hill,
Middlesbrough
For Reardon Smith Line Ltd,
Bideford.
4,928 grt; 442 ft x 56 ft x 25
ft
Diesel engine, single shaft;
12 knots
1958 Maritime and Industrial
Corp, Liberia; Renamed CINDERELLA
1965 Cheyenee Cia. Nav. SA,
Liberia; Renamed OINOUSSAI
28the August 1967 Wrecked 35 miles north of the mouth of the
Orange River, South West Africa, in position 28.08N : 15.50E, while on voyage
from the Philippines to Europe.
Reference REARDON SMITH LINE by Paul Heaton.
Egidia
EGIDIA
ON 169441
Cargo Vessel; 12 Passengers
9,952 grt; 497.1 ft x 64.3 ft
x 29.8 ft; 15 knots
Built 1945 Lithgow's, Port Glasgow
Yard Nr 999
Engines by Barclay Curle &
Co Ltd Glasgow
For Anchor Line, Glasgow;
Registered Leith
1935 Anchor Line put into
liquidation. Bought by Runciman (London) Ltd.
1960 Cunard joined Anchor. The
company name Anchor Line Ltd.
1962 BENHOPE, Ben Line E.G.
Thomson (Shipping) Ltd., Leith,
1972 Scrapped Kaohsiung
Kenrix
KENRIX
Built 1931 NV Scheepsbouwerf,
Gebroeder Pot, Bolnes, Netherlands
as the MV MARABOE; Yard Nr 843
For NV Motorship Maraboe,
Rotterdam.
Launched Friday, 13th November
1931.
Engines comp 6cyl SA oil;
Motorenfabrikr Deutz AG, Koln Deutz; 9 knots
151.5 ft x 26.5 ft; 511 grt;
245 nrt; 670 dwt.
ON 165074; Signal Letters
MMMY.
1936 W A Wilson, Southampton;
Renamed NGARUA.
1937 James Fisher & Sons Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness;
Renamed LOCH FISHER.
1946 T Bagley & Co, Middlesborough; Renamed ROXTON.
1949 Rix Shipping Co Ltd, Hull; Renamed KENRIX.
1951 Engines replaced with
reconditioned 3 cylinder 4SCSA oil engine;
(Built 1938
Humboldt-Deutz Motoren A.G, Germany).
1958 C D & C Ventouris Brothers & N Diakos, Piraeus, Greece;
Renamed KIMOLOS.
10th November 1963
: Sank off Dago Island, Baltic; crew were picked up by the Russian salvage
vessel, HERMES and landed at Tallinn.
She
suffered many mishaps in her 32 years,
reflecting
upon her Friday the 13th launch.
For her full story go to …
www.shipsoflongago.co.uk/text%20roxton.htm
Llandaff
LLANDAFF (1)
ON 165463
4825 grt; Steam cargo ship
Built 1937 Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
For Evan Thomas Radcliffe
& Co
1938 Wimborne SS Co Ltd
1951 Bornhofen, Hamburg; Renamed MAX BORNHOFEN
1951 Robert Bornhofen, Germany
1959 San Anastassias Cia Ltd, Costa Rica; Renamed ANASTASSIOS
10th July 1959 Arrived Ghent, Belgium,
for demolition by Van Heyghen
Freres.
Raymond Forward
Thanks to Jim McCreadie for
the report on the CARLBEATH