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UK Passenger Ship Fleet of 1967
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4: Fleets D-G
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fourth 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:-
- Eastern
& Australian SS Co
- Elder
Dempster Lines
- Elders
& Fyffes
- Ellerman
& Bucknall
- Ellerman's
Wilson Line
- Fishguard
& Rosslare Railways & Harbours Co
- General
Steam Navigation
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- Associated Pages:-
- Elder
Dempster Lines - complete history
- General
Steam Navigation - complete history
- Ferry
Postcards
- Cruise
Ship Postcards
- Ocean
Liner Postcards
- Simplon
Postcards Home Page
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- Eastern & Australian Shipping Co
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- Aramac
(1949)
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- Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane-Yokkaichi-Nagoya-Tokyo-Kobe-Keelung-Hong
Kong-Manila-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne service.
- 13619
tons, 534 ft long, 350 passengers
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- Aramac
was originally
the Cunard Parthia, then the New Zealand SS Co's Remuera. I do not have a postcard
as Aramac, but the scan below of an official Eastern &
Australian postcard was supplied by Michael Kenyon, to whom many
thanks are due.
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complete postcard history of this ship is available on
this link.
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is an official New Zealand SS Co card as Remuera.
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- Elder Dempster Lines
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- Complete
history of Elder Dempster
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- Accra
(1947)
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- Liverpool-Las
Palmas-Bathurst-Freetown-Tema-Lagos-Apapa service.
- 11644
tons, 451ft long, 297 first, 24 tourist, 145 deck class passengers
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- An
official Elder Dempster postcard of Accra.
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- Apapa
(1947)
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- Liverpool-Las
Palmas-Bathurst-Freetown-Tema-Lagos-Apapa service.
- 11644
tons, 451ft long, 297 first, 24 tourist, 145 deck class passengers
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- An
official Elder Dempster postcard of Apapa, with original black hull.
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- An
official Elder Dempster postcard of Apapa, with later grey hull.
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- A
colour postcard of Apapa at Liverpool (serial PT19372).
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- Enlargement
of the colour postcard above of Apapa at Liverpool (serial PT19372).
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- Aureol
(1951)
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- Liverpool-Las
Palmas-Bathurst-Freetown-Monrovia-Tema-Apapa service.
- 14083
tons, 537ft long, 295 first, 100 cabin class passengers
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- An
official colour postcard of Aureol.
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- An
official postcard of Aureol.
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- Elders & Fyffes
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- Camito
(1956)
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- Southampton-Avonmouth-West
Indies service.
- 8687
tons, 448ft long, 96 first class passengers
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- An
official Elders & Fyffes postcard of Camito.
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- Golfito
(1949)
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- Southampton-Avonmouth-West
Indies service.
- 8687
tons, 448ft long, 94 first class passengers
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- An
official Elders & Fyffes postcard of Golfito.
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard SS.7296 of Golfito.
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- Ellerman & Bucknall
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Lines)
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- City
of Durban (1954)
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- London-Las
Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban-Beria service.
- 13350
tons, 541ft long, 100 first class passengers
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of Durban.
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official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of Durban.
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard, published by Terence J.McNally,
of City
of Durban.
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- City
of Exeter (1953)
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- London-Las
Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban-Beria service.
- 13350
tons, 541ft long, 100 first class passengers
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of Exeter.
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of Exeter
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just after the one above - compare the clouds).
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- City
of Port Elizabeth (1952)
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- London-Las
Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban-Beria service.
- 13350
tons, 541ft long, 100 first class passengers
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of Port Elizabeth.
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- City
of York (1953)
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- London-Las
Palmas-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth-East London-Durban-Beria service.
- 13350
tons, 541ft long, 100 first class passengers
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of City of York.
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- Ellerman's Wilson Line
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- Borodino
(1950)
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- London-Copenhagen
service.
- 3206
tons, 312ft long, 36 first, 20 second class passengers
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of Borodino.
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- A
modern postcard of Borodino published by Humber Museums (No.7 in a series
of eight).
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- Spero
(1966)
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- Hull-Gothenburg
service.
- 6916
tons, 468ft long, 408 one-class passengers + 124 cars.
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of Spero.
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- An
official Ellerman Lines postcard of Spero.
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- General Steam Navigation
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- Complete
history of the General Steam Navigation
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- Queen
of the Channel (1949)
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- Cross-channel
excursion services from Thames and Kent (Withdrawn 1966).
- 1472
tons, 272ft long, 1536 passengers
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- GSN
excursion services ceased in 1966, but the three ships below
were still in their ownership during 1967. GSN was a P&O
subsidiary. The excursion services were marketed as 'Eagle Steamers'.
The company effectively became the British half of Normandy
Ferries.
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