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THE 'BULLETIN'

'The Bulletin' is the quarterly journal of the Liverpool Nautical Research Society and is sent out to all members by post in March, June, September and December of each year.

To join the Society and receive 'The Bulletin' please contact:

The Secretary,
The Liverpool Nautical Research Society,
Archives and Library,
Merseyside Maritime Museum,
Albert Dock,
LIVERPOOL,  L3  4AQ
U.K.

or e-mail:  <  editor@lnrs.co.uk  >

From: 'Lloyd's List', Monday 14th January, 2008:
"The Liverpool Nautical Research Society publishes a hugely readable quarterly journal 'The Bulletin' and has done so since 1938, when some like-minded maritime folk got together on Merseyside to gather records and facts that might otherwise have gone missing.
Whatever happens, the Liverpool Nautical Research Society will doubtless put it all into perspective."

"A concentrated Journal of  real professional nautical knowledge - I love it!"


CONTENTS AND SHORT SYNOPSIS OF ARTICLES APPEARING IN RECENT 'BULLETINS'


THE BULLETIN, Volume 52, No.2, September 2008

THE THEFT OF THE 'FERRET' (John Kennedy)
The amazing story of the Scottish Islands' steamer Ferret and how she was commandeered by her officers and sailed out to Australia under the names of Benton, and later India, in 1881.

H.M.S. 'CONWAY' - THE END OF AN ERA
A nostalgic look back at life on board the training ship Conway.

MERSEY FERRIES - THE IRISH CONNECTION (Malcolm McRonald)
An account of redundant Mersey ferries which found new employment in Ireland

THE 'WOODSIDE' AND BERMUDA
The Birkenhead ferry Woodside which sailed out to Bermuda in 1930

PILGRIMS (Ian Jackson)
The carriage of pilgrims on Blue Funnel's Ajax from Singapore and Penang to Jeddah in 1948.

THE CUNARD LINER 'ASCANIA' OF 1925
The career of Cunard's Ascania on the Canadian service, and an account of her war service.

H.M. ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER 'ASCANIA' (Guy Stafford)
Life on board the Ascania between 1939 and 1941

FAREWELL TO THE MERSEY (John Fletcher)
The delivery voyage of the Mersey tug Wellington from Liverpool to Bandar Abbas in 1983.

CANON BOB EVANS, M.B.E. (John Shepherd)
Canon Bob Evans was awarded the M.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June, 2008. This is a 'snapshot' of his work as Chaplain Superintendent to the Mersey Mission to Seamen from 1962 to 1989.



THE BULLETIN, Volume 52, No.1, June 2008

PROPOSED CIRCULAR FERRY FOR THE MERSEY (Gordon Bodey)
In August 1863 the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board instructed its dock engineer G.F. Lyster to look into the circular-vessel principle for the Mersey ferries.

THE 'YAVARI' ON LAKE TITICACA (G.Dangerfield)
The story of the Peruvian steamer 'YAVARI' which has spent her working life on Lake Titicaca, 12,500 feet above sea level.

THE WRECK OF THE 'MEXICO'  (Commander G.I. Mayes)
The German barque 'MEXICO' was wrecked in the Ribble estuary on the night of 9th December, 1886.

FROM FINISTERRE TO FITZROY (Charles Dawson)
The renaming of sea area 'Finisterre' to sea area 'FitzRoy' on 4th February 2002.

P.S.N.C. LINER 'REINA DEL PACIFICO' OF 1931 (John Shepherd)
The story of the 'REINA DEL PACIFICO' from 1931 until 1958.

THREE WEEKS TO COLOMBO IN 1945 (Peter Clowes)
A first-hand account of a trooping voyage on board the 'REINA DEL PACIFICO'.

THE KYLSANT CRASH (Tony Barratt)
The crash of the Kylsant Empire in 1933 was perhaps the defining moment in the structure of the British Merchant Navy in the 20th century.

LIFE ABOARD TWO LATTER-DAY CHESTER RIVER COASTERS - part 2 - 'THE NORMANBY HALL' (Ken Davies)
Conditions on board Coppack Brothers' 'NORMANBY HALL' in the later 1950s

THE 'EMPIRE ORWELL' / 'GUNUNG DJATI' (Martin Young / Michael Houghton)
The full story of the Blue Funnel Line's pilgrim carrier 'GUNUNG DJATI'

BOOK REVIEW - 'GREAT MERSEY LINERS'
The 'Liverpool Daily Post & Echo' have recently published a new 90-page photographic record of the heyday of Liverpool's passenger liners.



THE BULLETIN, Volume 51, No.3 , March 2008

ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING  (John Shepherd)
An appeciation of the BBC radio4 Shipping Forecast

THE OVERLAND ROUTE (The Editor)
The story of the 'overland route' between Alexandria and Suez taken by all P&O passengers bound to the Far East prior to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

CRUISING THE MED FOR 15 GUINEAS (A.H.Joyce)
In the 1930s the Lamport & Holt liners Vandyck and Voltaire offered 15-day cruises from Liverpool to the Mediterranean for 15 guineas (£15-75p)

VOYAGE TO THE WEST COAST ON THE 'DEIDO'  (J.E.Cowden)
LNRS Member Jim Cowden relates the amazing story of the launch of the Deido at Ardrossan in January, 1928, and recalls a voyage he made in the ship as Purser from Liverpool to West Africa.

LIFE ABOARD TWO LATTER DAY CHESTER RIVER COASTERS
Part 1 - the HAWARDEN BRIDGE  (Ken Davies)
An account of life on board John Summers' steam coaster Hawarden Bridge in the mid 1950s.

ICELANDIC INTERLUDE (Ron Hunter)
Wartime exploits of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Orbita.

LIVERPOOL PILOTS' WORKING ROUTINES, 1897 (Harry Hignett)
Some of the problems faced by Liverpool Pilots at the end of the 19th century recounted by the Society's vice-president Harry Hignett.

plus news, reviews and readers' letters


To view the Society's archive of 'LIVERPOOL'S LAST PASSENGER LINERS, 1945 - 1972', visit  <   www.lnrs.co.uk   >







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