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SAINT BRANDAN Imo 5305596
SAINT BRANDAN unknown location, undated
Photo collection:Peter Schliefke (copyright unknown) Built by Gideon Koster, Groningen, Yard No:245 699 GT, 906 dwt - 54.9 x 9.1 Launched:25-05-1960.Completed: -07-1960 1960 SAINT BRANDAN J. & A. Gardner & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Gbr. 08-09-1970 fire 45nm NNW Trevose Head 1973 renamed BETEIGEUZE and converted to inland waterways sand carrier Details of fire from HMS Cavalier website HMS Cavalier was with the Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal in early September 1970 when she intercepted an SOS during night exercises. In a very heavy storm in the Bristol Channel a Scottish coaster, Saint Brandan, was on fire. The crew had been taken off by a French trawler and the vessel abandoned, apparently about to sink. However, the ship stayed afloat and after standing by for 36 hours, still in heavy weather and with the derelict coaster nearing the rocky Welsh coast, HMS Cavalier succeeded in putting a boarding party on board and secured a towing hawser. The two ships made slow progress away from immediate danger and finally reached safety at Milford Haven 52 hours after the original SOS. For the remarkable seamanship displayed in this operation the ship's company of HMS Cavalier later found themselves with a £11,000 salvage award for their troubles! http://www.thedockyard.co.uk/HMS_Cav...1960_1970.html |
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SAINT BRANDAN Imo 5305596
SAINT BRANDAN,1960, - J.& A.Gardner & Co Ltd ,GBR Glasgow. 699 grt x Gideon Koster,Groningen.
Shoreham,undated. Subsequent History:73 BETEIGEUZE Disposal Data:fire 45nm NNW Trevose Head 8.9.70 & made into an inland-waterways sand carrier 1973 Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer. |
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SAINT BRANDAN Imo 5305596
British, SAINT BRANDAN,at Bangor,Northern Ireland.5/3/1962, - J.& A.Gardner & Co Ltd, GBR Glasgow. (Built by Gideon Koster,Groningen;699grt, comp. 7/1960.)
Subsequent History:73 BETEIGEUZE Disposal Data:fire 45nm NNW Trevose Head 8.9.70 & made into an inland-waterways sand carrier 1973 Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer. |
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Londonderry
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Most of my photos were taken in Londonderry (or nearby) in the 1960's. |
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