London Docks

[@williamfogarty4001]

How loverly as well sad, to see these magnificent vessels which would have been manned by proper Merchant Navy colleagues who were all so professional and took great pride in their work and Service to this once great Nation. I must have been one of the last few blokes to sail into KG5on a Clan Line Vessel, the Clan Maclean and depart on her last voyage to South East Africa before being sold to a Chinese company and handed over in Mauritius and Columbo, Ceylon. I was Junior Engineer and those were the best days of my life. Thank you for your site. Kind regards to all those that understand what it meant to be part of this. God Bless. Bill Fogarty

[@neilturner6865]

Reminds me of the good old days KG5 Shipping out of London on the Blue Star and P&O cargo ships Long gone now but never forgotten

[@MichaelReardon]

Brilliant footage of times gone by, Would of loved to have seen this with my own eyes, born some years too late, but I never get tired of viewing old footage and photos of what it used to be like, well done and thanks for posting, a breathtaking beautiful video 👍🏻

[@billmcgarry5474]

So sad to know all these beautiful ships are all gone and we will never see the like again .

[@stevegroves4221]

Too true Bill. As a 15yr old I sailed from the royals to Buenos Aires on Duquesa of Houlder Brothers Shippng Co. Beautiful beautiful vessels.

[@tygapaul]

@@stevegroves4221 my dad was doing that run to BA on Houlder Brothers ships around time of this video. Wish he was around to share this vdo etc

[@tygapaul]

Not sure if it was really but watching this video it makes me feel the world was more relaxed but more exciting and interesting too

[@petergraves2401]

I worked for Scruttons Maltby and remember when HMS Belfast came into the King George v dock for repainting and refit before she went up river.

[@belhudson71]

Thanks for posting. Great days when London's docks full of ships and the Red Ensign flew proudly over many. This must be early sixties as Aaro built in 1960 ,Corfu scrapped 1961and Gallic sold in 1962.

[@kenmillwall1885]

Remember standing on Greenwich Park and looking over the river a and seeing all the cranes and the ships in the docks when I was growing up in the 60s All that history and proud people now gone My parents were born in Deptford by the Surrey Docks in Blackhorse Road which has now gone as well These times will never return London was a great city to live in then now it's a cess pit with no sense of community

[@janvisser5850]

Thanks for sharing this video from times when ships still looked like ships, even the steam driven tramps also spotted a civilized liberty (0:46) stretched way beyond their live span but were kept going mainly by the Greeks until their bottoms fell out! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I cannot get excited about modern ships with their multi-storied accommodations balancing over a cutoff butt (excuse: stern). They may be super economic and efficient re short turnarounds in port but for the seafarer this has taken most of the joy out of sailing.

[@1redge101]

Burn Burnie, I'm watching your videos slowly but surely. Well Done

[@fivewestmount9283]

One of the Royal Mail A boats at 12:53. Amazon, Aragon, Arlanza. Happy days.

[@stevenmcgrail4910]

brilliant thank you

[@robertedwardson7857]

California Star Joined 1963 liverpool Galley Boy West Coast America Run Were In Oakland California When Kennedy Was Shot

[@AlphaCharlie999]

Any idea of the identity of the white ship at 12:55 with yellow funnel and odd forward accommodation or bridge structure ?

[@johnhunt4505]

As mentioned above - one of Amazon, Aragon or Arlanza - ca. 20,000 tons built for Royal Mail at Harland & Wolff 1959/60. Sailed in the S.America/N Zealand trade for about 10 or 11 years before being on sold for conversion to car carriers by Leif Hoegh. Good looking ships affectionately referred to as "The Three Graces".

[@direktorpresident]

I was a Customs Officer at KGV, also looking after the ICD at Silvertown run by K&N, and this facilitated a job at Kuehne and Nagle in Kanada...but now the entire superstructure has collapsed, and rightly so. Free Trade Forever! Let's hope BoJo's posturing doesn't return us to those idiotic days of Nationalism and T Forms