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- The
UK Passenger Ship Fleet of 1967
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2: Fleets Br-Bu
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- This is the
second in a series of ten pages devoted to postcards of the complete
UK Passenger Fleet of 1967. It is based on the fleet lists of
Colin Worker's book The World's Passenger Ships, published
by Ian Allen in that year. 1967 was the the end of an era for
British passenger ships, since it was the last year that the
famous Cunard Queens sailed together across the Atlantic. In
1967, there was still a substantial fleet of British ocean liners
and cross-channel packets, and the purpose-built cruise ships
and multi-purpose car ferries that would change the shape of
passenger shipping were largely still to come. The availability
of such an excellent work of reference, plus the interest of
the year, makes it a most suitable one to survey. I have relied
on Colin Worker's book for selecting the ships to include, thereby
omitting many vessels under 1000 gross tons.
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- 1967 UK Passenger Fleet
Pages:-
- Letters:- A-Bl, Br-Bu, Ca-Cu, D-G, Isle, M, N-O, P-R, S-T, U-W
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- Companies on this Page:-
- British
India Steam Navigation Co Ltd
- British
Railways Board
- Burns
& Laird Line
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- British India SN Co Ltd
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- Devonia
(1939)
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- Educational
Cruises
- 12795
tons, 517ft long, 190 passengers + 830 school children
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- British
India official postcard of Devonia.
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- British
India official postcard of Devonia.
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- Dumra
(1946) & Dwarka (1947)
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- Bombay-Muscat-Dubai-Umm
Said-Bahrain-Kuwait-Basra service
- 4867
tons, 399ft long, 62 saloon passengers + 1036 deck passengers
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- British
India official postcard of Dwarka.
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- Dunera
(1937)
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- Educational
Cruises
- 126205
tons, 517ft long, 190 passengers + 830 school children
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- British
India official postcard of Dunera.
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- British
India official postcard of Dunera.
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- British
India official postcard of Dunera.
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- Kampala
& Karanja (1947)
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- Bombay-Seychelles-Mombasa-Zanzibar-Dar
es Salaam service (Karanja continues:- Beira-Durban)
- 10304
tons, 507ft long, 60 first, 180 tourist & 800 deck passengers
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- British
India official postcard of Kampala.
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- Kenya
(1951) & Uganda (1952)
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- London-Gibraltar-Port
Said-Aden-Mombasa-Tanga-Dae es Salaam service
- 13464
tons, 540ft long, 300 passengers
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- British
India official postcard of Uganda.
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard SS.753 of Uganda in Valetta harbour, Malta.
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- British
India official postcard of Uganda
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rebuild to educational cruise ship).
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard L6/SP.5779 of Uganda
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rebuild to educational cruise ship).
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- British
India official postcard of Uganda
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rebuild to educational cruise ship).
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- HHH
postcard 619 of Uganda in Hamburg harbour, with sail training
ship Libertad.
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- Nevasa (1956)
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- Educational
Cruises
- 20527
tons, 609ft long, 307 passengers + 783 school children
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- British
India postcard of Nevasa as a troop ship.
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard SS.1768 of Nevasa as a troop ship.
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard SS.1768 of Nevasa
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in new colurs as an educational cruise ship).
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- British
India official postcard of Nevasa
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new colurs as an educational cruise ship).
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- Goeta Empteus (Stockholm) postcard of
Nevasa at Stockholm.
- Click to open larger image in new window
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- Rajula
(1926)
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- Madras-Penang-Singapore
service
- 8704
tons, 477ft long, 37 saloon & 133 tourist passengers
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- British
India official postcard of Rajula.
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- British
India official postcard of Rajula.
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- Sirdhana
(1950)
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- Bombay-Muscat-Dubai-Umm
Said-Bahrain-Kuwait-Basra service
- 8704
tons, 477ft long, 37 saloon & 133 tourist passengers
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- A
class of three sisters, Songola, Santhia and Sirdhana.
British India official postcard of Santhia, which
was sold to India in 1966. Songola had already been scrapped
by 1967.
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- British Railways Board
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- The British Railways fleet is be covered on this
page
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- Burns & Laird Lines Ltd
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- Laird's
Loch (1944)
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- Glasgow-Dublin
service
- 1736
tons, 275ft long, 700 passengers (summer).
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- I
do not have a commercial postcard of Laird's Loch (any
help in finding one would be appreciated).
- Photo:
Alistair Deayton
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- Lion
(1967)
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- Ardrossan-Belfast
service
- 4100
tons, 365ft long, 1200 passengers).
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- Official
Burns & Laird Line postcard. Lion was later transferred
to Normandy
Ferries.
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- Simplon
Postcards sp1080 issued December 1991 (photo by Alistair Deayton).
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- Royal
Scotsman (1936)
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full history of this ship is shown on this link.
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- Glasgow-Belfast
night service
- 4100
tons, 365ft long, 1200 passengers).
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- An
attractive and accurate painting of Royal Scotsman on
an official postcard. She entered service with her sister Royal
Ulsterman in June 1936, on the Glasgow-Belfast night service,
which they operated until October 1967.
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- A
less accurate painting of Royal Scotsman, published by
Valentines (serial: A690).
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- A
real photo on a painted sea, published by OTC.
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- A
superb real photo card, published by W.E.Walton, Belfast.
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- Royal
Ulsterman (1936)
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- The
full history of this ship is shown on this link
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- Ardrossan-Belfast
service
- 4100
tons, 365ft long, 1200 passengers).
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- A
painting of Royal Ulsterman, no publisher shown (presumed
to be a Burns & Laird official card). She entered service
with her sister Royal Scotsman in June 1936, on the Glasgow-Belfast
night service, which they operated until October 1967. The full
history of this ship is shown on this link.
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- A
real photo on a painted sea, published by OTC. From the window
layout, this is a mirror image of the port side negative used
for Royal Scotsman above.
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- A
post-war real photo card, presumed to be a Burns & Laird
official. This is again a mirror image of a port-side negative.
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- A
superb real photo card, published by W.E.Walton, Belfast.
