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12th December 2017, 16:54
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Cuebal, you're some sleuth! Thank you very much. They are beautiful ships. Wish I could find out more about them. The information on google let me wanting more. Was Germany noted for its ships? Growing up on the west coast of Canada in the 1940's-50's, I saw mostly ships from Australia, England, India and the U.S.A.
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#129
12th December 2017, 18:19
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22nd December 2017, 19:40
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Although not exactly a marine vessel (depending on how much you've had to drink) we will shortly be celebrating the 40th anniversary of a famous movie ship: The Nostromo.
Those of you who remember the film Alien will probably remember that this was a merchant ship, rather than all the interstellar military monsters of Star Wars and the like. It had a small crew of people whose job was the familiar one of getting the ship and its cargo from point A to point B. I particularly liked the round the table scenes when people were whinging about their wages, and the hint of a bit of needle between deck and engine crew (sound familiar ?) Of course this crew was wholly unprepared for their somewhat unfriendly visitor. They didn't have blasters and energy weapons like their Star Wars counterparts, and had to make do with a bit of netting, a cattle prod and home made flame throwers (which looked as dangerous to the user as the nasty they were chasing.) To top it off, the nasty shipping company had planted a robot crew member in their midst as part of their plan to increase their profits. Director Ridley Scott is a Geordie, I can't help but think there's a bit of Tyneside lore in this film. And what about those model builders of the ship, and it's detachable parts (the landing vehicle.) This was pre CGI so true anorak types get to build wonderful models of what is a not very pretty, but wonderfully complex working cargo and processing ship. I never had a nasty alien invade the ship when I was at sea, but I think I might have sailed with a few …. 
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#132
23rd December 2017, 07:58
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bob clay, ridley scott did a short film "boy on a bicycle" when he was at hartlepool college of art, some great scenes of hartlepool from the 60's, if you are into that sort of thing.
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#133
27th December 2017, 12:34
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North Sea Hijack was on the telly again this morning. A highly improbable scenario of some "journalists" who turn out to be the hijackers almost as soon as the rig supply vessel casts off. Even worse, the skipper had been warning everyone on board, including the "guests" that it was going to be a terrible trip out to the rig as the forecast was bad, and they should all hold on tight. Unfortunately for the credibility of the film, the sea was flat calm for the entire voyage, at least for the bits of it that were in the film. I turned it off at that point. (I had seen the end of it some time ago anyway.)
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#134
27th December 2017, 14:12
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I got to thinking about non-military based sea going films recently, and one I remember, but I've never seen or heard of since, was a 70's Walport Box movie called 'The White Dawn.'
This was story of part of the ships crew of a 19th century whaling sail ship who get stranded in the Arctic and were taken in by the Inuit Eskimos where the extreme environment and clash of culture leads to a bleak and grim tragic ending.
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#135
16th February 2018, 07:59
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An old film was showing on the digital channel, Talking Pictures, last evening. Called "The Steel Key," and made in 1953, there were some sequences shot at Newhaven. In the background was the ferry "Brighton", and to represent a private motor yacht was the MV "The Mae MacCleod." She was a converted Fairmile "B" motor launch, with seating for passengers around the deck, and was clearly a pleasure cruiser for paying passengers.
Anyway, compared to some of the acting, the "motor yacht" was the least wooden thing on the screen... 
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#136
16th February 2018, 09:23
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Talking Pictures is a great channel and a favourite in our house. A surprising number of British made films in the 1950s and 1960s - which the channel specialises in - have ships and/or transport scenes of the time. Many of the studios in and around London, where the majority of them were, for obvious cost reasons used London and the South East to shoot the films in and it is fascinating to see Britain as it was when many of us were growing up. There have been several recently involving mainly the Port of London and it is great fun trying to identify the ships. If you haven't seen it check it out. Sky 343 and Freeview 81, I think most people can get it.
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#137
3rd March 2018, 14:05
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On Turner Classic Movies channel (TCM) the other night they re-ran the film 'Moby Dick' released in 1956. With Gregory Peck as Ahab and Richard Baseheart as Ishmael together with some very familiar faces of that era.
Now it looks a bit corny in terms of special effects, but bear in mind it was made more than 60 years ago and I remember being very impressed when I first saw it at the cinema, probably only 10 or 11 years old at the time.  It was filmed in places all over the UK and Ireland and Madeira as well as Elstree Studios. I did a bit of online searching for the ship used which was originally the 1887 built Ryelands, later named the Moby Dick and was used in Treasure Island and the TV series The Buccaneers. Sadly she came to an end in fire at Morecambe in 1972. Given her age definitely a ship with a bit of history. http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/...ort_comments=2
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3rd March 2018, 17:39
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I'm sorry I missed seeing that on TCM. They have had many good ones lately that I've enjoyed, for example, "Anatomy of a Murder." I saw it when it first came out, read the book, but still found it fascinating. Judge Weaver was played by Joseph Welch, who had been active in the McCarthy trials.
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3rd March 2018, 20:31
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I still have the soundtrack of that film up in the attic somewhere. Very distinctive music from Duke Ellington.
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8th March 2018, 16:05
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17th June 2018, 12:12
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Unless I've missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "San Demetrio London", one of the most moving films from WW2, which my Dad took me to see during the war.
It's about the oil tanker San Demetrio when hit by enemy fire, the crew abandon ship. But after several days adrift in a lifeboat, some of the crew find the ship miraculously still afloat. With courage and determination they steer the tanker home. Couple of links here for anyone interested. http://ww2today.com/6th-november-194...ard-their-ship http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/457226/ But then, perhaps you're all too young.......................... 
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17th June 2018, 12:37
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Too young? I have it on DVD and watch it frequently. Does that make me too old?
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17th June 2018, 16:43
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Dad had seen the San Demetrio when she arrived on the Clyde when he was still an apprentice in Shell. Roy.
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#145
17th June 2018, 21:18
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Yes Roy, your life story sounds very much like mine.
Although my Dad was not at sea, I grew up on and was fascinated by true stories like the heroic San Demetrio, Malta convoys including Ohio and many others, Flying Enterprise etc and many other tales of that time. I always wanted to go to sea and eventually went as an apprentice with Reardon Smith straight after leaving school. Subsequently then interestingly found that an RSL ship, the 'Cornish City' was the Commodore ship of the merchant ships in the San Demetrio convoy (HX 34), the famous "Jervis Bay' convoy, attacked by the 'Admiral Scheer'. The 'Jervis Bay' sacrifice allowing enough time for the rest to disperse, resulting in far less casualties than there would have been. On my first trip as Second Mate on Vancouver City in 1971, the Master had been an apprentice on 'Cornish City' at the time...'the world goes round' Great stuff. "Lest We Forget" Regards Last edited by Ozzie; 17th June 2018 at 21:45.
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17th June 2018, 21:33
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Hi Ozzie, my Dad's cousin Desmond Oldfield served in Reardon Smith in the War. One of his ships was New Westminster City. I know he was sunk, but don't remember which ship.
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#147
24th July 2018, 07:57
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Yep Pat and Dave, It is the Manxman as she was the only one of that class with the raised lifeboats slung under the davits and not stowed on deck with luffing davits like the others. Manxman being the last of the class built in the mid fifties with gravity davits. Steve
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24th July 2018, 08:04
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What was the ship's name which featured in the movie 'Doctor at Sea'?
Often thought after being a number of years at sea, how close in some parts that film was to reality. Especially down the WC of S. America with PSNC.
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#149
24th July 2018, 11:01
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I had a look on IMDB but there's no mention of the ship there. I hadn't realised there were two versions, made in 1955 and 1973.
Neither gives any detail of a ship used. (Perhaps it was all studio and backdrop ?) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048001/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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24th July 2018, 14:35
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Back in 1981 I was in the frigate HMS Achilles when we were the subject of a 'B' movie called 'The Unexpected' about hurricane relief. It was made by a company called 'Emitel' whilst we were stationed in the west indies as guardship (7 months).
Most of us onboard were involved in one way or another, essentially we were a source of free extras for the film company! I did some of the boat work and filming both on the beach and onboard. It was a low budget affair - and I recall that as it was filmed in mid summer, the weather was astoundingly calm and very warm, meaning that for any of the disaster/hurricane scenes ashore - we used several fires hoses attached to a portable fire pump to create rain, with our trusty little Wasp helicopter generating the high winds! As you can imagine - it wasn't ever going to win a prize at the Cannes film festival (no trained actors featuring in it), but there are some fine film sequences of HMS Achilles, RFA Green Rover at sea and '430' (our Wasp) in and around the beautiful island of Antigua. We were all invited up to London several months later (the ship was alongside in HMNB Chatham) once they had produced the film for the 'Premiere', this involved 30 minutes of cringing through some dreadful acting in the film, lots of free beers, a meal and an open invite for the whole crew into Stringfellows club to round the night off (courtesy of our Ops Officer who was a regular there) - most certainly the best part of the whole experience! The movie is on Youtube for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRc2KuRheU
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