Joe Clark first went to sea as a nine year-old boy in the newly re-conditioned RMS Orion. The voyage to Australia took five weeks. He returned in the same ship some five years later by which time his love of the sea and ships was firmly embedded.
As soon as he was able to leave school, he joined the Orient Line as a Cadet Purser. He served on Otranto, Orontes, Orion, Orcades, Orsova and the Empire Orwell.
All the footage in his films was taken by amateurs - often crew members - on 8mm or 16mm cine cameras. The films are an authentic record of how it actually was - rather than how the shipping companies would like to portray it in publicity films.
He died in 2019 and this channel has been put together by his family in his memory by publishing the hundreds of films he had collected and documented. They are available for non commercial use to anyone who finds an interest. They are uploaded in good faith that Joe owned the copyright, though he kept no documentation.
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Anyone remember sailing off Cape Town, and the Cape rollers were quite rough?
@@richardbowness1595 They could be very rough especially when leaving Cape Town and turning to go up the coast
As a NZPO shore based coast radio station radio operator, 1964-1991, I worked a lot of these ships on HF CW. Including Canberra, Orcades, Oronsay, Ruahine, Tijilwah, Papanui, etc. to mention a few. I definitely remember Patonga as an infrequent caller. Thanks for the memories of ships since gone to razor blades, long ago. Later you mention the scene with Himalaya and Chitral, both are also on my list of contacts.
Got to see the remains of The Himalaya in Kaoshiung when we arrived there to scrap SS Nevasa.
Windsor Castle was layed up in the Fal in the late 90's. She still looked well maintained then, as I recall.
My Parents were Eric and Iris Hutchinson
My parents,sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s from cape town to Southampton ..Capetown castle,Windsor castle,Edinburgh Castle plus Caledonia in 1957 we were Sally and Susan Hutchinson.i remember dressing up for Father Neptune boarding!!
My Parents and 3:16 sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s
Couldn’t help but shed a tear watching and listening to the narration on this beautiful ship. I’m 87 now and remember with happy memories of 1964 when my husband and I as immigrants (10pound poms) sailed from Southampton thru Lisbon Portugal thru Suez on to Fremantle in Australia. We had a gloriously wonderful holiday, in fact best we ever had even though we had very little money. I shall never forget. Thank you ORIANA❤
So nice to get your comment Mary. The videos were made by my father Joe, who sadly passed away a few years back. It brings us great joy to see his videos still making people happy.
Wonderful!
Thanks so much for taking the time to post these wonderful films, Joe, they brought back many happy memories. I remember as a lad of seven, being a stowaway on Harrison Line's Custodian from Liverpool to Salford. My late father was a member of the deck crew, and he took me onboard MV Custodian, to pay off in Manchester, I was told to stay in his cab.in and remain very quiet. You can imagine how thrilled I was to be part of this adventure ! I never went to sea due to ill health as a young man, but spent the whole of my working life in the Shipbroking and Freight forwarding business. From the day I made my illicit voyage,I knew I wanted to be around ships. It was a very rewarding career, which took me to the Far East and many other interesting places. Very best wishes and thanks again for posting.
Wonderful!
Hi Joe! Stunning footage. The footage of Lakonia at the start has strange grey bars over it - was this an artifact in the original film or some kind of compression error! I'd love to see it without them!!
I will need to check the original tape again to see if it was an error when transcoding it.
OMG HI MIKE.
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Excellent video. Brings me tears. I’m know 57 but as a teen cruised on her in the Pacific in 1979(so she was in Australia by then doing cruising). Then we did another cruise around 1982/3. She was a wonderful ship to wander round. So many lovely rooms both large and small. Some quite hidden. And a big range of shops sprinkled throughout the ship and 3 pools.
Omg the memory of working in the British India head office my first employment after school in 1966. They were the best days all my colleagues were awesome to work with. The ships like Kenya ,Karanja,in the video were my everyday involvement as were all the BI fleet. My involvement was in the technical then marine departments .happy days a great company to work for. I'm older now and sailed on QM2 not that long ago .great ship. In my lifetime seen Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth,and the three new Cunard passenger ships all under way. Looking forward to Queen Anne next year. Back in 1968 on Nevasa then in 1969 on Uganda did my first two cruises on the educational school ships being staff it was at one pound a day.thats how brilliant British India was to staff. I later did more on Nevasa , then Himalaya and the cargo ship Chakdara to Europe . I started my ship photography passion in the time i worked in the London royal docks. I thought the Kenya was a great looking ship and still have her photos from that' era. I still photo ships today in Sydney including the 3 Queens this past few days. I also found Resilient Lady and Celebrity Edge interesting.
I loved that ship. I remember my dad Jack Scott brought me on it with my mom. I was 4 years old, I had a Fanta orange soda. I've been trying to find Jack Scott but to no avail. Did you know him? I don't know what rank he was but I remember he stored his car here in Vancouver it was a 65 or 66 mustang convertible California plates copper colored. Ide love to find my dad
Gentler times indeed. I was at sea 1976 until 82 when British crews & traditional cargo ships came to a sad end. Fond memories & missed to this day. Always think I was born 10 years too late.
Still remember crossing the equator on the Edinburgh castle as a child, 1974 I think. Think there might have been a smaller celebration for the tropics. Have a photo of me cuddling a lion cub on board at some point during the journey (possibly on arrival in Cape Town), but crew might remember if this cub was onboard during the journey. I won the children's disco dancing competition much to my sisters disappointment as she fancied her chances. Not that I could dance. Quite a lot of fun for a child. Pity those that never got to experience emigrating like this.
So you emigrated southbound? I emigrated northbound in May 1974. Cape Town to Southampton. I really enjoyed my time on the ship.
What a joy for me too see meany ships I sailed on thank you.
Oh dear! No baseball caps, flip flops, tattoos, water slides et al, the horror of things to come, these crimes committed aboard Lego boxes, no sheer, very little style, with propellers stuck on the back!
Oh when ships were ships, exciting, glamorous, adventurous, elegant with a real sense of purpose!
Many thanks for showing the lovely ships of union castle line. Nicely put together.
Some great vessels here. I sailed on SS&A ships from 1971 to 1982 and remember seeing the Hobart Star in Auckland. I was a J/E onboard the M.V.Amalric and the Star boat had a main engine failure on departure; I recall them asking if we could lend them some spares as we had the same main engines (9 cyl MAN).
Amazing content Joe. Thanks for capturing and sharing this maritime history. Priceless.
Sailed on her with my parents December 3-21, 1981, San Francisco to Sydney. I was 18 years old and she was my first and only cruise to date. Very fond memories of the ship, and the crowd of young Canadians I hung out with the whole time. Thanks for this video memory
Crewed on the Edinburgh Castle for seven voyages in the early 70,s
I sailed on her in 1971, aged 9. Do you remember a steward who had the nickname 'Speedy'? he was our favourite!
@@richardbowness1595 Hello Richard sorry I do not remember Speedy I was in in the deck department at that time so we did the tying up and letting go of the ship,painting,lowering the lifeboat,s and general washing down the decks first thing in the morning
I done the last five years on Reina del Mar mostly as Deck Steward, a great little ship!l also did a couple of voyages on the Pen and then the Vaal then Clan line ,King line and the rest until made redundant in 1982, we had a great Captain whilst l was on Reina,Captain Alister Sillars,great days ,Jt wagg
@@jimwagg2386 Took the Reina to scrap ,sailed on most type of the companies vessels during my 18 yrs 69/85
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Hi Joe, I'm afraid that gross tonnage, which you quote above, is not a ship's "weight" - it is a measurement of her cubic capacity, as measured by surveyors. It's unfortunate that it is measured in tons and called tonnage. 100 cubic feet used to equate to one ton gross when Oriana was built, but has changed slightly now, though it remains based on volume. Net tonnage is also based on volume, with deductions from the gross tonnage for the volumes of spaces such as crew accommodation and an allowance for the volume of propelling machinery spaces. A ship's weight is determined by the mass of water she displaces when afloat, thus it is called displacement tonnage. It's a figure that is not often quoted. It was measured in tons of 2240 pounds when Oriana was built, but is now usually measured in tonnes of 1000kg. Oriana's displacement was 39,020 tons, according to this website: ssmaritime.com/build-oriana5.htm Tonnages varied a little as alterations were made during a ship's life.
The Tanker At The End Of The Black And White Film Is Comeing Out Of Eastern locks At The End Of The MSC Going In To The River Mersy Not On The Thames It Is 12 mins In To The Vid
Joined Reina del Mar in 1970 done four and half years on that one, two voyages on the Pen and two on the Vaal then six years on cargo division ,enjoyed every minute of it,then Cunard the RFA finishing in 2011 a great career,love to do it all again,regards Jim Wagg
Thank you Joe for a very enjoyable and informative collection of the Orient Line, I remember mostly P&O ships in Sydney NSW (early to mid 1970's) when I was a boy, Arcadia, Orcades, Oronsay, Oriana and of course Canberra (P&O). Arcadia was the most regular in Sydney port. An era of proud and grand ocean liners, not like the floating apartment blocks, (cluttered with shopping malls and casinos) of today.
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Wonderful video, thank you for posting!
Great video and narration, thank you! Family migrated to Sydney on her in 1967 via Suez Canal, I think we were the last ship through for a while due to regional unrest. I had an amazing 21st pool birthday party onboard! Been smitten by ships ever since as Oriana was a beautiful and rare liner, not any old ship. Very fond memories ❤
This is priceless stuff
Is that Union Steamship Company Ltd (NZ) or was the company registered in the U.K hence the red funnel markings of USSCo minus the 2 black stripes as part of it's amalgamation with the consortium?
It's the UK-registered company. They served the Africa routes from Southampton, the most famous being the route to South Africa. IIRC, Union-Castle Lines ceased to exist in the 1980s
Unfortunately the audio is very poor
Try using headphones.
I Just love films like this brilliant. Disappointed that there were no PSNC ships transiting Panama or in Willemstad Curacao (Pronounced "Cure a sow")
Cruised on Oriana in 1971. I was 21. Southampton, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Palma. I recall very serious vibration mainly experienced in the large bar at stern. The effect was that your drink would fall off the table if not supervised😢. At that time a very large crack had developed on the superstructure port side / stern caused by the engine vibration. This was my second P&O cruise, the previous year on the original Arcadia. I was smitten. After that Canberra after the Falklands with my wife and 2 young children. Very many cruises followed.
Great film, brings back so many memories and to see some old Australian ships on this film was a bonus for me, as I did sail on the Lake Illawarra before she hit Tasman Bridge and sunk and all the other Aussie ships of the ANL I knew very well indeed. Good to see those Port Line, Blue Star, Blue Flu's and others, they were the days and I thank you. Cheers from Tasmania👍
Lovely ship. Would have loved a trip on it. Had to make do with the newer model, less iconic. Thanks. Aussie Bob ❤
Bergen Line named all ships after stars and planets. The Queen of the North sea, M/S Leda