Info needed on ships

[quinn-94]

Hi,

I'm in the process of researching my Granddad's time at sea. I've found some info on some ships, but not much on where they went. I was wondering if there is any info available?


He was a merchant seaman in the 1950s mainly.


Here are the first ten ships he was on-

• BRITISH ESCORT, NEWCASTLE, 1952-3
• SCOTTISH EAGLE, NEWCASTLE/ SOUTHAMPTON, 1953-4
• AVISVALE, MIDDLESBOROUGH/ GLASGOW, 1954
• CAPE HOWE, FALMOUTH, 1954
• CALTEX MOZAMBIQUE, TILBURY/ IMMINGHAM, 1954
• CALTEX WELLINGTON, NEWCASTLE, 1954-5
• BORDER LAIRD, NEWCASTLE/ AVONMOUTH, 1956
• BORDER LAIRD, SWANSEA/ NEWCASTLE, 1956-7
• THISTLEMUIR, MIDDLESBOROUGH/ MANCHESTER, 1957
• MERCIAN, LIVERPOOL, 1957

Any information I recieve will be greatly appriciated,


Thank you,


James Quinn

[R58484957]

Greetings James and welcome to SH. Bon voyage.

[Hawkey01]

James,

I would suggest that you best try a web site called - MIRAMAR - which details ships information. If you have trouble with any of the listed ships please come back and we will try and help you. It will take you a little time. Also there are likely to be name changes from the original so search using - any part of field -

Neville.

[Frank_P]

James, looking at the ships names quite a few of them are oil tankers.....

Frank