The Blue Funnel Line 1866 - 1986
These pages are not a history of the Blue Funnel Line as but reflect some of my experiences as an Engineer Cadet then Junior Engineer with the company from 1966 to 1972 together with those of others who sailed Blue Funnel Line, Glen Line and Elder Dempster Line.
Click on a link to see the first and last of the Blue Funnel Line ships, some of the ships on which I sailed and many more.
Rick Foster joined Blue Funnel at the age of 17 having been at HMS Conway. Here is his story. (pdf file 1.28MB)
Notice Board - please have a look. You may be able to help someone.
New Link to Kerry Garland's Blue Funnel and Glen Line web site
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© Columbia Pictures Industries 1962 MELAMPUS? When did filming start? The film was released in 1962. Melampus in the Bitter Lakes update - Junior Electrical officer found! |
Dick Tucker Was There! Dick sent me this email:I am fairly certain that it was the Melampus on its maiden voyage. We retuned through the Suez Canal round about the 20th November 1960 (because we arrived at Liverpool on the 29th) having seen a film crew in the dunes beside the canal. If you see the film again I was the small white figure on the starboard wing. There were two shots of ships at that moment in the film. The second was a new BI ship. While the ships in the bay of Aquabar in the film were of the right vintage these two clearly were not. I remember being at the first showing of the film in Liverpool and the audience hooting with laughter and derision at this very short sequence. |
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SS Dardanus 3rd RO Roy Warwick adds his personal account. He was there! |
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Pembrokeshire in Hamburg 1970 Photo Kerry Garland |
The Agamemnon and her two sister ships, Ajax and Achilles, were the first ships of the Blue Funnel Line. Built at Scott and Co, Greenock in 1866. They were scrapped in 1899 The last ship built for Ocean was the Myrmidon in 1980 also built at Scotts. |
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My thanks to John Clarkson of Ships in Focus for permission to reproduce some of the photographs from an excellent book titled The Blue Funnel Line. Click hereto see my discharge book. If you have any comments about these pages or can add something please contact me
Visit the Lairig homepage for a look at a typical Scots cottage. Please come back to see the site develop. |
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Link to additional Blue Funnel pages Typhoon Wanda Polydorus and Elpenor were both caught in the typhoon Peter Mathot was 1st trip Middy on the Polydorus at the time. Here is his report - frightening it must have been!! also |
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