Furness Bermuda Line: ships’ crew reunited

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Ocean Monarch joining Queen of Bermuda in Hamilton harbour, Bermuda c. 1965.                  Photograph: Judi Davidson

Photo: Allan Davidson.

 

Welcome to Furness Bermuda Line: ships’ crew reunited 

Edition no. 42,

Thursday, 17 May 2012

 

You may have missed from the previous update:

 

· Memories of the late Fred Burney.  Click here

 

· In Archives 6, dramatic British Pathé newsreel of the rescue of Student Prince II . Click here

 

· News about the formation of Furness Bermuda Line (FBL) Association and how to join.  Click here

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the material used may be copyright © Furness Group Archives and is reproduced here by kind permission of Richard Alexander, MIPR, Furness Group Consultant Archivist and Historian.   All other material is copyright © www.furnessbermudaline.com, unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Help for newcomers to the website,  Click here

The first FBL Association Reunion in Bermuda, held on Wednesday 16 May 2012, will feature in a future update.

 

In this update:

 

· Newly discovered ship’s wheel from Queen of Bermuda on display at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art Musson Exhibition.  Click here

· In Archives 7, newly acquired programmes of entertainment on board HMS Queen of Bermuda during her trooping voyages in WWII from the collection of Derek Lewis, and news of a find of Musson prints in an attic in Surrey. Click here

· In Memories 8, news that the Market Diner lives on in New York, and  Eric Fear and Martin Simpson reunite after 51 years. Click here