London Majesty 1953 to 1955 Ship details, Ports visited & Officer shipmates |
Captain D.M.Muir 22/11/53 - 14/7/54
F. Osler 14/7/54 - 9/2/55 Chief Officer G Fox24/12/53 - 6/3/54 CED Brierly 6/ 3/54 - 9/2/55 2nd Officer N Evans 24/11/53 - 9/1/54 E St.Roas 9/ 1/54 - 9/2/55 3rd Officer R MJ Rowley24/11/53 - 6/3/54 K Wearmouth 9/3/54 - 9/2/55 Sparks Watson ,Robertson, Robinson Chief Steward Maughn, I. Forrester, MillsTowell |
Chief Engineer
Hesketh, Nicolidis Supernumary Thomas (Green); Panaretos 2nd Engineer Kelly ; Emmerson Greek:Golfinos 3rd Engineer S Wilson 4th Engineer Driever,Milne, Fraser,Maton, Hepburn, J Lee Junior Engineer Jim Sinclair , Black, N. Jackson Electrician F Maine, G Galloway Eng. Apprentices Greek: Stalia Mesianes, Theo Antipas Theo Rouveus |
Officer Shipmates |
LONDON MAJESTY G P F T Joined 23/11/53 Left 9/2/55 Port of Registry :- London Built 1952 Class 100A1 Lloyds carriage of Petroleum in bulk Deadweight tonnage 18070 (s) draught 30' 05.3/4" TPI 74.42 17512 w 29'10.1/4 TPI 74.12 Light ship draught 12'03f16'01aft Length BP 525'0 Beam Mld 71'0" Depth Mld 39'03 OA 553'6 Evt 71.4" Reg Dimensions 533.0 x 71.35 x 39.1 Suez canal tonnage Gross 12382.89 Net 9561.63 Panama Gross 12337.77 Net 8827.13 Heights Light Draught Foremast 84'07 Mainmast 102'04 Funnel 58'07 Speed loaded 12.1/2 knots light 13.1/2 knots Anchors Byres stockless weight 100 cwt 2qr 2lb port 100 0 14 starboard 85 0 0 spare 37 2 14 stream Cable port and starts each 165 fathoms 2.3/8" Tayco Steam windlass Clark Chapman 12" diam x 14" stroke Winches Steam, extended warping ends Ford 1 x 8" x 12" Aft 1 x 8" x 12" Poop 1 x 8" x 14" |
Compass magnetic stand aft docking bridge Mk II reflector binnacle (monkey island) Gyro Sperry (Mk XIV - lease lend) D.F Marconi lodeston Echo sounder Marconi seagraph Radio Marconi mercury electra ocean span Auto Alarms Marconi vigilan Patent log WalkersTtrident electric Sounding machine Kelvin Bollomly and Baird type- hand propelling machinery Markers:- North Eastern Marine - Single acking, 6 cylinder Doxford 670m/m 2320 m/m BHP 6800 Av revs 119 Propeller Solid bronze 4 x 17'8" blades 13.43 mean pitch 102.4 sq ft expanded surface Linislip Boilers 2 scotch 18'6" ext. diam x 12; long total heating surface 60.3 sq. ft working pressure 150lbs Installed by Richardson Westgarth - Hartlepool Pumping installation 4 cargo pumps horizontal duplex steam pumps 400tph each by Howard Taylor Suction pipes 12; x 1 12" suction in each tank Discharge 12" amid ship 10" stern discharge Drain pump 10" x 7" x 12" Thomas Lamont Ballast FW Pump 9/.12/" x 11" x 18" forcastle pump room Oil fuel pump 9.1/2 x 11 x 18" Derricks Forward 1 length 54'7" swl 5 tons 2 27'6" 5 Aft 2 27'6" 5 fidley 1 39'6" 4 |
London Majesty 1962 Port Arrived Left Speed Distance Gibraltar 3rd Aug 62 Valetta (Malta) 6th Aug 10th Aug 13.98 984 Odessa (Russia) 15th Aug 17th Aug 13.52 1,034 Ceuta 24th Aug 24th Aug 12.99 1,987 Santiago (Cuba) 7th Sept 12th Sept 12.98 3,836 Casilda 13th Sept 15th Sept 12.61 280 Ceuta 28th Sept 29th Sept 13.41 1,104 Skaramanga 4th Oct 29th Oct 13.76 1,506 Novorossisk 1st Nov 2nd Nov 13.01 Ceuta Kiel Canal 15th Nov 16th Nov Naantali (Finland) 18th Nov 21st Nov 12.84 4,182 Kiel Canal 22nd Nov 23rd Nov Odessa 6th Dec 7th Dec 13.02 4,103 Ceuta 14th Dec 15th Dec 12.76 1,989 Santiago 27th Dec 29th Dec 13.22 3,872 Ceuta 27th Jan 63 Total 28,442 miles |