Johnston Warren Lines, Liverpool apply to change the name of their EMPIRE FAITH to JESSMORE

Johnston Warren Lines, Liverpool apply to change the name of their EMPIRE FAITH to JESSMORE

Liberty ship PONCE DE LEON goes aground on Gantocks Rocks off Dunoon Pier

Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. BRILLIANT assists Liberty ship PONCE DE LEON aground off Dunoon Pier

Able Seaman John Singleton Lees, from Maidens, dies on his ship in Jamaica.

From "Ayrshire Post" dated 22nd February 1946

Maidens Seaman Dies In Jamaica

Mr. Robert Lees, Station House, Maidens, has received information that his youngest son, Able Seaman John Singleton Lees, Merchant Navy, died, as the result of an accident on board ship at Kingston, Jamaica, on February 13.

He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 16 years, and during the war took part in numerous convoys to and from the USA.
He was on home leave last September.
Apart from USA convoys, Able Seaman Lees saw service in many other parts of the world.
Seaman Lees, who was only 25 years of age, was serving on board the "Empire Plover" when the accident from which he died, took place.

Liberty ship PONCE DE LEON aground off Dunoon and Clyde puffers lightening her of cargo

Liberty ship PONCE DE LEON aground off Dunoon and Clyde puffers lightening her of cargo

From Wikipedia : Juan Ponce de León 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area in 1513. Though in popular culture, he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no contemporary evidence to support the story, which is likely a myth.

Ponce de León returned to southwest Florida in 1521 to lead the first large-scale attempt to establish a Spanish colony in what is now the continental United States. However, the native Calusa people fiercely resisted the incursion, and de León was seriously wounded in a skirmish. The colonization attempt was abandoned, and its leader died from his wounds soon after returning to Cuba. He was interred in Puerto Rico, and his tomb is located inside of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan.

EMPIRE HELMSDALE expected to berth in Glasgow with 1,100 tons of Bananas (about 40,000 packets)

"Salmoor," a new salvage and mooring buoys Company starts at Ayr

From "Ayrshire Post" dated Friday 22nd February 1946

SALVAGE COMPANY TO WORK AT AYR

A new industrial enterprise will shortly start in Ayr when work begins at the salvage and mooring buoys depot of Salmoor Ltd.

Three ships will be stationed at Ayr, two of which have already arrived, the "Garthclyde" and the "Sweet Promise," both Ministry of War transports, and the third is expected shortly.

In an interview with the chairman of the company, Mr. A. J. Minoprio, who is also technical supervisor, the "Ayrshire Post" learns that working under the Air Ministry, two stations have already been established at Maryport, Cumberland, and Pinllehi, North Wales.

The firm are directly concerned with the Department of Chains and Moorings, and will maintain air/sea rescue moorings, lifebuoys and rafts for bombing practice that are brought in for repair and repainting.
There will be two 30ft and two 16ft rafts put out for bombing practice.
The distance from shore depends on the situation, explained Mr. Minoprio, and these rafts are not placed so as to interfere with fishing but are in stretches of water that are no use for anything else.

Divers are maintained at all the stations, and the Ayr depot will not be used for experimental purposes such as testing of breaking strain,etc.,which is carried on in Wales.

LOCAL LABOUR

Mr. R. May will be in charge of the Ayr offices and sheds, which have been taken on the north quay at the harbour.
All labour is local except for the ship's crews, and twenty men will be trained to act as teams.

The company is also an agent for the Danford anchor, an American patent that is attracting a great deal of interest on account of its extraordinary holding power in relation to its weight.

Mr. Minoprio paid a warm tribute to the people in Ayr with whom the company has come in contact, particularly the harbour master and his colleagues for the assistance they have rendered.

"Salmoor," a new salvage and mooring buoys Company starts at Ayr

From "Ayrshire Post" dated Friday 22nd February 1946

SALVAGE COMPANY TO WORK AT AYR

A new industrial enterprise will shortly start in Ayr when work begins at the salvage and mooring buoys depot of Salmoor Ltd.

Three ships will be stationed at Ayr, two of which have already arrived, the "Garthclyde" and the "Sweet Promise," both Ministry of War transports, and the third is expected shortly.

In an interview with the chairman of the company, Mr. A. J. Minoprio, who is also technical supervisor, the "Ayrshire Post" learns that working under the Air Ministry, two stations have already been established at Maryport, Cumberland, and Pinllehi, North Wales.

The firm are directly concerned with the Department of Chains and Moorings, and will maintain air/sea rescue moorings, lifebuoys and rafts for bombing practice that are brought in for repair and repainting.
There will be two 30ft and two 16ft rafts put out for bombing practice.
The distance from shore depends on the situation, explained Mr. Minoprio, and these rafts are not placed so as to interfere with fishing but are in stretches of water that are no use for anything else.

Divers are maintained at all the stations, and the Ayr depot will not be used for experimental purposes such as testing of breaking strain,etc.,which is carried on in Wales.

LOCAL LABOUR

Mr. R. May will be in charge of the Ayr offices and sheds, which have been taken on the north quay at the harbour.
All labour is local except for the ship's crews, and twenty men will be trained to act as teams.

The company is also an agent for the Danford anchor, an American patent that is attracting a great deal of interest on account of its extraordinary holding power in relation to its weight.

Mr. Minoprio paid a warm tribute to the people in Ayr with whom the company has come in contact, particularly the harbour master and his colleagues for the assistance they have rendered.

Lieutenant E. Munro, of Dunure, Ayrshire, on LST 3025 in China Seas

From ?Ayrshire Post? dated 22nd February 1946

IN CHINA SEAS

With modern arms it is often impossible to beat the proverbial swords into ploughshares, but Naval vessels in the Far East are doing the next best thing.

Invasion craft which once landed tanks, guns and men on hostile beaches are now carrying life-saving rice to the destitute peoples of South-East Asia Command.

Lieutenant E. Munro, RNVR, 44 Henry Drive, Dunure, Ayrshire, is engineer on such a vessel.
The Lieutenant has served in minesweepers and tank landing craft for six years. He took part in the Normandy landings.

His ship, LST 3025, sailed for the East last July to take part in the planned invasion of Malaya. Fortunately the Japanese surrendered before D-Day and 3025 with an armada of other invasion craft was transferred to essential freight carrying.
Now she is plying between Siam, Malaya, Java, Borneo and Sarawak with rice, cloth and medical supplies for the millions of native peoples for whose well-being the British Government have assumed responsibility.

Lieutenant Munro is enjoying the change.
The China Seas? ports are very different from his native Scottish Harbours.

Company postcard of Federal Steam Navigation Company's DEVON

Contributed by Bryn Jones (Swansea)

HMS Cardiff arrives at Troon for breaking up

From The "Ayrshire Post" dated 22nd March 1946

HMS Cardiff, the Clyde-built cruiser which led the surrendered German Fleet to its allocated anchorage in the Firth of Forth on November 21, 1918, has arrived at Troon Harbour, to be broken up.
The ceremony of striking the flag was carried out on Saturday in the Gare Loch, but her removal to the shipbreaking yard of W.H. Arnott, Young & Co. Ltd., which was scheduled for Sunday was cancelled at the last minute.
She was towed to Troon on Tuesday.
HMS Cardiff was laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited, Govan, in July 1916, launched in April 1917, and commissioned two months later.
In August 1942, HMS Cardiff was adopted by the citizens of Cardiff, and her commander and officers sent the ship's trophies and badges to the Lord Mayor of the city.

"Empire Warner" launched at Troon

From "The Ayrshire Post" dated 22nd March 1946

Launch At Troon

The launch of the "Empire Warner," a Scandanavian-type cargo ship of 4,700 tons deadweight, took place yesterday afternoon from the yard of Ailsa Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Troon.

The naming ceremony was performed by Lady Angus Kennedy, Links Lodge, Turnberry.

The "Empire Warner" was the last of six standard ships built for the Merchant Shipbuilding Division of the Admiralty, but being no longer required for war purposes was listed for sale.

GLEN SANNOX resumes her Ardrossan to Arran service after the end of World War 2

At Ardrossan Harbour on Monday, for the first time since November 1939, the regular passenger steamer on the LMS Arran service sailed from this port.   The GLEN SANNOX carried a fair complement of passengers.