BUSIRIS

[fitter]

BUSIRIS yard number 698, 1960. For Moss Hutchinson. Parsons Turbines, 17,600SHP first ship to be launched from Thompsons new berth, now auniversity campus and National Glass Centre.
Broken up Kaohsiung 1976

[northeast]

Thanks for this one Tom, not many photos appear of her, saw her fitting out on 01/11/1960.

[fitter]

Sorry about two identical pictures in one post, edited the sea trial photo in as intended.

[magoonigal]

Launch Date. 4th October 1960.

24,268 Gross. 37,558 Dwt.

Mythological King of Egypt, son of Poseidon and Lyssianassa, who sacrificed all foreigners to Zeus so not a nice family to visit for your Holidays.
He carried Hercules to the Alter, bound hand and foot but he managed to escape and slew Busiris so allowing the start of Tourism to Greece.

[magoonigal]

Opps forgot to ask. Why the two rowing boats?? One each side.

In the first picture he does appear to be attatched by a light line to the ship.

Some thoughts come to mind...........Safety Boat in case someone falls off the ship..............Crowd Control!!............taking a line from the ship to one of the tugs............Etc.

[fitter]

I seem to remember the rowing boats having something to do with helping to retrieve the launch ways. Somebody must know. Its bad enough in a rowing boat on Derwent water when one of the launches passes by, imagine being in that boat and being caught in the wash of a ship launch, and not even a life jacket in sight! Were they not called Foyboatmen??
Thanks for the Greek lesson. Its interesting. North Sands was later Aeolus, keeper of the winds, but there were three such Greek characters who are so named, son of Helen, son of Posiedin, son of somebody else. One version blind folded his crew and tied himself to a mast, for if they looked at the half fish, half women that leapt out of the sea, the ship and they would be lost. Its very vague and a long time ago that I read it, so I cannot fully recall the detail.

[fitter]

Opps forgot to ask. Why the two rowing boats?? One each side.

In the first picture he does appear to be attatched by a light line to the ship.

Some thoughts come to mind...........Safety Boat in case someone falls off the ship..............Crowd Control!!............taking a line from the ship to one of the tugs............Etc.

City of Rome berthing on the Tyne assisted by foyboatmen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEw5fS6wN7U

Where does "Foy" come from? no one seems to know with certainty

[TEESMAN]

BUSIRIS on the Tyne,date unknown,photographer unknown,from my collection.

Photo Michael Green collection

[magoonigal]

foy (foi)
n. Scots
A farewell feast, drink, or gift, as at a wedding.

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[Dutch dialectal fooi, from Middle Dutch foye, journey, from Old French voie, from Latin via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

None of this really seems to fit!

[magoonigal]

Foyboatmen is the term used to describe the men who tie the mooring ropes of larger ships at their berths when they come into port and untie them when the ship is ready to leave. The foyboatmen use small rowing boats to get around the busy port and are paid a small fee by the port authority for their services. They are all extremely talented at manoeuvring around boats many times their size and are jolly important in the port system.
Despite their apparent necessity, the only foyboatmen I could find are in the North East of England, perhaps they trade under a different name elsewhere. As far as the name goes, "foy" meaning "faith" or "allegiance" doesn't seem to fit, a corruption of "fee" was suggested by my local Foyboatmans Association, which seems slightly more probable, men who charge a fee to use their boats seems about right.


This seems more like it!