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Category Archives: transportation
Asian and African Warships to the Cape
I was given a whole stack of prints that were photographed of warships that called in Cape Town and Simonstown roughly between 1994 and 2002. The photographer was Patrick Gavin Worman, and unfortunately like so many of us he was … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military, Personal, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation, Warships
Tagged Cape Town, San, South Africa, South African Navy, Warship
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Durban Shipwatch: Anastasis
My handy ship visit book records that we visited on board this classic beauty on 18 May 1996. Rudi and I went down specifically to see her, and I was carrying a large video camera but no stills camera. Rudi … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ships, Natal, Personal, shipbio, shipbook, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged 1996, Anastasis, Durban. shipbook, Mercy Ships, Ship visit, Youth With a Mission, YWAM
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Tugboat Canning in Swansea
The preserved tug Canning, is permanently berthed in Swansea at the Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum. She was built in 1954 and built by Cochrane & Sons of Selby for the Alexandra Towing Company and was based at Liverpool until being transferred … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Outside RSA, Personal, ships and shipping, transportation, United Kingdom
Tagged Canning, Helwick, light vessel, museum, preserved, Swansea, Tug, Tugboat
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Swindon Railway Works Plaques
The plaques in this post were photographed at Steam. Museum of the Great Western Railroad that I visited in 2015. Unfortunately my images did not come out well, it really has to do with camera shake and long exposures associated with not … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, Trains & railways, transportation, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Great Western Railway, GWR, Roll of Honour, Steam Museum, Swindon, Wiltshire, World War
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Waterline Ships Master List
Master list of ships in my collection. Unfortunately it fell behind because it is difficult to add to it, but I am updating it as at 22/06/2019 Ship Maker Ship Maker Cunard Line Queen Elizabeth Triang Minic … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ships, Personal, ships and shipping, Titanic, transportation
Tagged 1/1200, 1/1250, AH Models, CM, collection, Hein Muck, Mercator, Ships, Triang minic, waterline
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Virgel
Our visit to Virgel is also undated, so I can only hazard a guess. Suffice to say that by the time we undertook this visit her sisters were no longer, and she was the only one of the three left … Continue reading
Posted in Natal, Personal, shipbio, shipbook, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged Constantia, dry cargo, Durban, Morgenster, Safmarine, ship, Vergelegen
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The Ross and the Woltemade
When it comes to talking about salvage tugs two names really stand out: the John Ross and the Wolraad Woltemade. The John Ross was built in Durban in at the James Brown & Hamer yard in 1976 and was named … Continue reading
Posted in Cruises, Personal, shipbio, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged Durban, James Brown & Hamer, John Ross, Safmarine, salvage, salvage tug, South Africa, Wolraad Woltemade, ZTOW, ZTUG
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Tugs of my past (2) 1980’s builds
Continuing where we left off from page 1 This page deals with the 1980’s built tugs, and once again I may not have images of all of the vessels as I was in Durban more than elsewhere. The first group … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Natal, Personal, shipbio, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged Durban, Portnet, SAR&H, tractor, Tug, Tugboat, vessel, Voith Schneider
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Tugs of my past (1) 1970’s builds
I have always liked tugboats, and South Africa had some amazing steam powered vessels that are still admired by tug buffs long after they have passed on. In this series I am going to finally make a bit more sense … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Natal, Personal, shipbio, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, tractor, Tug, Tugboat, vessel, Voith Schneider, Z Peller
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HTV Horner on the beach
These images of the HTV Horner on the beach in Mozambique in 2010 were taken by Isaac Bohlken.and are used with permission © DRW 2016-2018 Created 20/07/2016. Images of HTV in Mozambique courtesy of Isaac Bohlken
Posted in Outside RSA, shipbio, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged East London, Harbour, HTV Horner, Pilot Boat, Transet
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