The Great Liners Part 14 Tankers
They were the great ships that the World depended on for it's vital supplies of oil. Crewed by men who sacrificed their lives in times of war and enabled the world to prosper in times of
peace. In the 1950's, during the heyday of Merchant shipping. there were over 2,000 ocean-going Tankers in service. This video is a tribute to all those people who worked and sailed aboard Tankers during the 20th Century.
In the early 1960's, if you had seen a massive
ship on the horizon you would naturally have
expected it to have been one of the hundreds
of great liners of the day. Then came the great
decline in sea travel as passengers took to the
skies. But, as the world grew more thirsty for
oil, a new breed of ocean-going leviathans had
to be created - the super tankers, culminating
in today's gigantic 'Jahre Viking' at 564,763
tons deadweight.
But when did the story of seagoing tankers
begin and how did they evolve into the ocean
going titans of today. To find out we need to go
back to the year 1861 in Pennsylvania, USA,
when rock oil began to be extracted for
commercial use.
In this remarkable video, using only moving
images taken from rare archive film, we tell
the story of the Tanker and how it evolved
from frail sailing ships to the giants of today.
Not only do we see these wonderful old ships
but sail aboard them through mountainous
storms on their voyages around the world.
We're above and below decks and experience
just what it was like to have gone to sea on
these ships from the turn of the century through
to the present day.
Ships featured include: 'British Grenadier' and
'Viscount' (1921), 'British Fame' (1936),
'Seminole' and 'Esso Hull' (1936), 'Esso Glasgow'
(1946), 'Liparus' (Shell-1948), 'British Adventure'
(1950), 'British Explorer' (1969), 'British Reliance'
(1975) and the world famous 'Manhattan'.
Thanks for watching
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My first tanker was shell tanker 'Horomya', then many other Shell tankers. It was a good time to be alive!
Man, I have been in love with ships and maritime history in general for the last 34 years of my life, and I have had MANY jobs in my lifetime, but I have always wanted to serve on a big beautiful ship. Reading the stories of those who have served is really good to read. Thank you for posting this video for the world to see what life was like onboard these merchant vessels!
@lriper4702
3 ай бұрын
It’s never too late mate. I joined the merchant navy here in Greece at 43 yrs old. It was my childhood dream but I never managed to fulfill it. This year though I took this great decision
How much we have lost. Great job making this film.
@ro6742
8 ай бұрын
Just keep voting Democrat. 🙄
I joined my first British Tanker,the British Isles in Jan 1951 as apprentice. A pig of a captain but we literally sailed round the world across the pacific and Indian oceans. I grew up fast.
Lovely, @ 54:07 , my first ship, British Reliance, joined at 16, 45 years ago, all good memories. Thanks for upload.
Excellent History captured for all.
Sailed twenty years on tankers in the national maritime union out of Boston, QMED, FIREMAN, PUMPMAN ,DMAC best job I ever did, I love Curacao, been all over the world
At approximately 11:30 mins, the captain of training schools speech, ( you are the ambassador's of Britton ) .... LoL, I recall an almost Carbon copy from our sea school captain in 1973 / 74... The prince of Wales... Dover, I left February 1974, went to sea with B.P.. on the British Trust, one of the bird boats as they were termed... Cool well made video... Thanks... Thom in Scotland.
My first one was British kiwi joined at Isle of grain payed of Isle of grain 14 months later saw the world develop into a man loved every second of it
I worked on Esso Tankers from 1978 to 1985 I remember being alongside a birth ( Hamburg) with the British Tay. Very fond memories.
British Renown was my first ship as a cadet.
Was expecting to see Jack Hargreaves from "Old Country" at 51:05. I remember the "H" class Shell Tankers in Australia in the late 1960's when I was a lad, HEMIGLYPTA was one I remember and SOLEN, then came CELLANA in 1968, a products tanker built in Australia for Shell. Others were ESSO GIPPSLAND, MOBIL AUSTRALIS, BP ENTERPRISE, AMANDA MILLER, R. W. MILLER, NANCY HEATH, EXPRESS and JOHN HUNTER, all Australian owned and crewed, all gone now. All fuel products in Australia imported from Malaysia and Singapore now, no Australian flagged tankers either, utter disgrace.
I was an engineer with Shell Tankers. I have to say, some of this gave me a good laugh.
British Navigator... Then called the SS Sivand was my 2nd ship.. Blinkin hated the thing!.. I was also on the British Loyalty, British Test and the British Security which were much better..
Greta Thunberg watches this everyday at breakfast.
Interesting to see the tanker Seminole. My father was 2nd Officer on her when she was torpedoed during WW2.
I was on the sister ship to the British Explorer.. The British Navigator..
Hindsight is raising a lot of questions.
Fantastic Tankers
My first trip "British Engineer" as j/eng.
13:10
11:45
My first tanker was the mv Bedford of the Blandford shipping co the skipper was a complete idiot best skipper i ever new the next i was on was the shell boat Hemmimactra the first mate had us painting the decks in snow in Sweden and painting the centre castle in a sand storm in the red sea how daft can you get.
My first trip to sea was on the British Adventure ❤
19:42
@itzjustbryan123
Жыл бұрын
What ship is that
Why no mention of the gas tankers?
@patagualianmostly7437
8 ай бұрын
Gas Tankers? In the 50's....? Are you for real?
@Kimdino1
8 ай бұрын
@@patagualianmostly7437 Re> "Are you for real?" - No, I'm a figment of my own imagination. (Note: Don't think too much on that as it's a brain-fryer, but what else might I be if there could be any point to your question?). Or are you saying that I'm a god? Gas tankers existed well before the 1950s.