London Harmony 1964

Ship details and List of officer shipmates
Ship details
Officers on board
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

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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.