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veshengro
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Happy memories. Smart little motor ships, but they killed the British coasting trade.Wansworth
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I only served in secondhand Dutch coasters occassionally saw an Everard ship
veshengro
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Fred Everard..
I almost joined one of his bigger ships, the Yellow Perils as they were known (Yellow hulls) like the Georgina V Everard, used to trade to the Med. But instead I joined the Luminence, London Rochester Trading Company, later known as Crescent Shipping. She was ex Dutch and a nice little ship. Later I spent a winter in a Collier, North East Coast, occasionally Scotland to the London River Power Stations. A hard life for a deep sea man used to sunshine...
The Hudson Sound, Hudson Steamship Company. Learned a lot though, the old man was a great Seaman.
I almost joined one of his bigger ships, the Yellow Perils as they were known (Yellow hulls) like the Georgina V Everard, used to trade to the Med. But instead I joined the Luminence, London Rochester Trading Company, later known as Crescent Shipping. She was ex Dutch and a nice little ship. Later I spent a winter in a Collier, North East Coast, occasionally Scotland to the London River Power Stations. A hard life for a deep sea man used to sunshine...The Hudson Sound, Hudson Steamship Company. Learned a lot though, the old man was a great Seaman.
Wansworth
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Yes used to come across the Rochester boats often……the Dutch coasters had more accomodation and further from the sea if I recallFred Everard..
The Hudson Sound, Hudson Steamship Company. Learned a lot though, the old man was a great Seaman.
Wansworth
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The skipper of the first coaster I worked had been a skipper with Everard under sail
penfold
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No, that was fair competition and the fit survived; coastal trading in the UK was mostly killed by govt subsidising road transport and leaving water transport to wither on the vine. High time that was corrected.
Wansworth
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Yes used to deliver two ship loads of coal from Goole to Gweek a year…….the job went to road transport…Late 1970s
veshengro
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Yes I agree, it was fair competition. The Dutch had the right ships and were willing to carry the cargoes that British coasting companies turned down because of profit margins., and I well remember the green British Road Services lorries too.
A long time ago now, but I think there was about 13 or 14 of us aboard the Collier, while a Dutchman had about half that number and the Skipper's wife was probably ship's Cook.
A long time ago now, but I think there was about 13 or 14 of us aboard the Collier, while a Dutchman had about half that number and the Skipper's wife was probably ship's Cook.