Blue Funnel's Ajax, completed by Vickers Armstrong at Walker in 1958, heading up the Clyde on 1 May 1971.
Re: AJAX (1958)
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:42 am
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!
AJAX (5006463), China Mutual SN Co Ltd., Liverpool, 5435gt, completed Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker, Newcastle, 1-1958 1958 AJAX - 1972 DEUCALION - 1973 KAILOK - BU Kaohsiung 6.7.82 [Gwo Yeong Enterprise Co]
Liveerpool - 6 August 1970:
Later, as DEUCALION at Liverpool. Photo by John Collins from a negative in my collection:
Actually MENESTHEUS, see details below.
Ron M
Re: AJAX (1958)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:41 am
by Davenz
Name of the last ship appears to be Menestheus.
Re: AJAX (1958)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:26 am
by northeast
Well spotted, Dave!
Re: AJAX (1958)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:06 am
by teesships
Dave,
Thanks for the correction. Will now amend the negative packet!
MENESTHEUS (5232103), China Mutual SN Co Ltd., 8510gt, completed Caledon SB & E Co., Dundee, 2-1958 1958 MENESTHEUS - 1976 ONITSHA - 1978 ELISLAND BU Kaohsiung 19.3.79 [Lung Fa Steel & Iron Co]
Ron M
Re: AJAX (1958)
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:30 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY I was delighted to see the DEUCALION in Hull on 2 October 1972. As can be seen from the details above she carried that name for only a short while. I took a photograph but, unfortunately, the negative was so badly fogged that it became one of only a handful of ship negatives I have ever thrown away.