London Harmony 1964 Ship details and List of officer shipmates

Ship details

Officers on board

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Builders    N.V. Kon MIJ DE SCHELDE Vlissingen Call Sign         =   GBKA         Port of Registry   LONDON Length  B.P.     538'  00 7/8"  Length Overall  =  559'  10 5/8"  ( 170.60m) Breadth ( Mld)     71' 09"       Breadth (ext)     =    71'  11"       (  21.92m) Depth  ( Mld)       39' 05"       Depth    (ext)     =    39'  07 5/8"  (  12.08m) ZONE                DRAUGHT      FREEBOARD      DEADWEIGHT Tropical          30'  07 7/8"           8'  11 3/4"        19,820 Summer          30'  00 3/8"          9'   07 1/4"        19,214 Winter             29'  04 7/8"        10'   02 3/4"        18,620 W.N.A.             28'  11 3/8"         10'  08 1/4"        18,200       Summer T.P.I.    =   80.1 tons              F.W.A.  = 8 1/4" Light Displacement    =  6,736 tons Registerd Tonnage      13,157.23 Gross        7,371.07 Net Suez canal   "             13,567.95 Gross      10,450.36 Net Panama       "             13,533.57 Gross       11,793.67 Net                                   Propelling Machinery Engine    5 Bladed Single Screw Motor ship               6 Cylinder Schelde - Sulzer               7,200 B.H.P.  at 115 r.p.m. Generators                3  Smit - Slikkerveer                180 KW  230 Volt D.C.                1 Steam Crompton Parkinson   75KW  230 Volt D.C. Cargo pumps                 4 x 450 t.p.h. Caruthers Vertical Compound Duplex                 2 x 150 t.p..h       "              "            "           " Consumption                27.6 tons per day  HEAVY FUEL                  1.0 ton    "     "    DIESEL                10.0 tons   "    "     DOMESTIC FRESH WATER                  6.5 tons   "    "     ENGINE ROOMFRESH WATER Service Speed  = 15 Knots Lifeboats    1 Aluminium  Coventyr-Victor Diesel Motorboat                  3       "        ( Rowing  ) Each of the 4  lifeboats had 40 person capacity Anchors      3 Stockless Bower of 5.5 tons each Chains        2 x 165 fathoms     2   3/8"  special steel Derricks    For'd  2 x 6 ton S.W.L.     Mid  2 x  5 ton S.W.L.                   E.R.. 1 x 3 ton  S.W.L.    Poop 2 x 1 ton S.W.L.

Captain                      Morton Chief Officer              R.E.A.Jones 2nd. Officer               Douglas                                       (Capt. Douglas' son) 3rd. Officer                 Walsh with wife Apprentices                Richardson                                      Pope                                      Leck Radio Officer              Morrison Chief Steward            Hildreth

Chief Engineer             Fletcher 2nd. Engineer               Corkhill 3rd. Engineer                 White 4th. Engineer                  Taylor with wife Junior Engineers            Guire                                          Stevens                                           Purdy Electrical Engineer         Keating

London Harmony. I joined as Chief Officer      17th. November 1964                    and left             13th  February 1965             ******************************

Mutiny on the "Harmony".....Click here to read about it

London Harmony 1964 - 65 Joined 17th Nov 1964  left vessel 13th Feb 1965 Order of ports only: No dates or distances recorded 1 Isle of Grain, 2 Caracas Bay, 3 Thameshaven, 4 Shellhaven, 5 Purfleet, 6 Sunderland, 7 Emmastad, 8 Thameshaven, 9 Sunderland, 10 Milazzo, 11 Southampton.