MV CRESWELL UPDATE

We now know what happened to the Dredger MV CRESWELL and lots of other stories about the ships built in Leith

The MV CRESWELL heading South from Newcastle to Lowestoft in 1992
Photograph from J. King and shown here by permission

New ship updates

So many new updates on the ships built at Leith all now on the revamped website.

The famous old veteran of the Dunkirk beaches GALLIONS REACH Ship No 229
seen here in dry dock in a photograph taken by one of her old crew Del Sowter and shown here by permission

We still have the Mystery of what or where is the GALLIONS REACH SHIP as the hulk seen in Greece is not the same ship. So where is she,

HMS RINGDOVE

For the latest update on HMS RINGDOVE Ship No 264

Leith Shipyards

Hi all,
Just to let you know that one of the best maritime history websites out there is having some what they call technical problems, it would appear that some very, very, very, very, very, very, very clever A1 A-Hole has been messing about with the website so the technical people are working on it and we hope that the better of the maritime website's will be back to what you are used to seeing soon.

WATCH THIS SPACE

And thank you to all who have ever visited the website except for one of course.

EIGAMOIYA - Yard No 504 Update

There is now a correction on the pages about the MV EIGAMOIYA from someone who was activley involved in the dealings with the Nauru people and Government at the time. And in the interests of historical accuracy we are always happy to hear from people with first hand knowledge of events and only to willing to change things should they be found to be not quite accurate.

AGUARAY Update

We also have an update about the MV AGUARAY from our contacts in South America
She was built at the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb in 1928 as Ship No 112 and information shows that she was still around in 1986 although it is not known what happened to her after this time.

HMS CARDIGAN BAY Update

HMS CARDIGAN BAY seen in this postcard sent in by the Daughter of Stoker "Jack Parle"

Who served on her for three and a half years, she was of course built at the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb during the dark days of World War Two as Ship No 348 being the first of Three Bay Class Frigates built and launched from the yard. More about HMS CARDIGAN BAY here.

May we also take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very good New Year for 2013