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Loss of the Ship
16. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & REFERENCES
First our archive of photos has come to
us from dozens of sources all over the globe and we have strived valiantly
to identify the ownership of everyone - essentially an impossible task.
Some photos taken from the Menai suspension bridge are virtually identical
so some photographers must literally have been standing shoulder-to-shoulder
and capturing the same few moments in time. If we have published any
of your copyright photos without your permission, we apologise. Please
contact us so we can rectify the situation email
address.
| Conway Cadets
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Too many to list for
their photos, reminiscences, documents and support. |
| Bill Hughes |
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Of Llandegfan, Angelsey
who very kindly provided us with some photos of the ship on her
last trip through the Swellies (and for a couple of the earlier
tow from Bangor to Plas Newyedd). These are all private photos that
have not been published before. Bill used to load coal into the
ship with the cadets at Penrhyn Dock near Bangor Pier. |
| Captain G A B
King |
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Second Officer in the
ship in 1953 and on board on the day for the use of his sketch maps
of the Swellies (I trust he will forgive my minor amendments) and
for information gathered from his published material. |
| Ian Murcott |
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A professional photographer
from the Llangefni Camera Club for his splendid series of photos
taken from Menai suspension bridge. |
| Pete Widders |
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For use of material from
his web site that also features the loss of the ship. |
Emrys Jones
Richard G Jones |
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Current Menai Strait
Pilot and his son
Harbourmaster at Caernarfon. Richard's great grandfather was the
pilot in the ship, and his grandfather was pilot in the lead tug.
They provided much information, photos and charts used throughout
this site. Richard's own very detailed analysis of the loss of the
ship is here. |
| Mr Hampson |
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Member of Conway staff
and keen amateur photographer for his many still photos taken onboard
that day. |
| John Southwood |
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"JRS" - indomitable Old
Conway who is veritable mine of information on everything Conway.
He has encouraged and supported the authors throughout and provided
all sorts of information and images. There seems to no question
he cannot answer. |
| David G. Wiliams |
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Many people have contributed
to this site, but David deserves the real credit. He is the author
of the substantive part of the site - the analysis of causes of
the loss. Over many years he has examined a mass of data much of
which he reproduces herein, and gradually evolved what must be the
definitive explanation of what happened and why. He is an Old Conway,
a first class pilot of 20 years standing and formidable intellect. |
G Pari Huws and
Terry Beggs |
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For their excellent fully
illustrated book, 'The Menai Strait', and permission to use several
of the photos therein. For Capt Pari-Huws' several informative letters
and many patient telephone conversations, and for providing copies
of what we believe to be Capt Goddard's chart and the tidal streams
diagram by the Royal Welsh Yacht Club, Caernarvon, all herein reproduced. |
| Dr.
Toby Sherwin |
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Director
of Estuarial Research, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge,
for his copious fascinating correspondence, and for the three papers
published by the J R Astr. Soc., herein reproduced. |
The
Met Office...
Bidston Observatory Proudman Institute. |
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Our
grateful thanks to all the people who provided the synoptic charts,
weather records and tidal information covering both the 1949 and
1953 transits which are reproduced herein. |
Sources
- The Loss Of The Conway
by Captain Brian McManus (Conway cadet 42-44). Privately published.
- The Loss Of The Conway
by R J Jones great-grandson of the senior pilot on the day. Privately
published.
- The Cadet Magazine
January 1953. Copies held in the the Conway Archive in the Merseyside
Maritime Museum.
- Report Of The MMSA Sub-Committee
of Inquiry. Privately published.
- Rea Towing Company Report
by Captain Durrant to the MMSA Inquiry dated 16th April 1953. Privately
published.
- The Skyline Is A Promise
an autobiography by Wing Commdaner TEW Browne MA Msc (Headmaster of
Conway 1934-64). Published by Rondo 1971 SBN 85619 000 4
- Captain G A B King autobiography
(Conway's second officer and in charge of the aft party).
- Death Of A Veteran
by Captain G A B King (Conway's second officer and in charge of the
aft party). Published in the BP Apprentices' magazine in 1953.
- The Menai Strait by
Gwyn Pari Huws (ex Caernarfon Harbourmaster) and Terry Beggs (ex Principal
of (Indefatigable at plas Llanfair) and both Old Conways. Published
by Gomer in 2003 ISBN I 84323 271 5.
- Letter from Lt Cdr
J Brooke Smith (Conway's first officer) to his mother.
- Interviews with the Emrys
Jones (Caernarvon pilot). Son and grandson of the two Menai Strait
pilots with the ship, by David G Williams, the author of the main
body of this web site.
- HMS Conway Ship's Log Books
(1951 to 14th April 1953). Held by the Friends Of The Conway
prior to being added to the Conway Archive in the Merseyside Maritime
Museum.
- The Conway by John
Masefield. Published by Heinemann in 1933, revised 1953.
- Two Bridges Too Far
by Captain David Williams. See other part two of this site.
- The Cadet Magazine
September 1953. Copies held in the the Conway Archive in the Merseyside
Maritime Museum.
- Interview with Cadet Owen Roberts,
part of the stern working party under Captain King.
- Interview with Cadet John Ellis,
one of the 17 cadets who remained on board for the transit.
- Interview with Cadet Noel Roberts one of Lt Cdr
Brooke Smith's runners on the Upper Deck.
- West Coast
of England Pilot, Vol 37.
Admiralty publication.
- Anglesey and
North Wales Coast Pilot.
Henry Glazebrook and John Sheldrake.
- The Navy List
1815 - 1845.
Admiralty publication.
- The Ship of
the Line 1815 - 1845. (Unknown
author.)
- Admiralty
Tide Tables, 1949 & 1953. Proudman
Institute, Liverpool.
- Laver's Liverpool
Tides. Laver
publishing, Liverpool.
- Menai Strait
Tide Tables. Institute for Coastal and Estuarial Studies, Menai
Bridge.
- Mean Spring
Tidal Conditions in the Menai Strait .
Institute for Coastal and Estuarial Studies.
- Mena Strait
Tides at a Glance. Royal Welsh Yacht Club, Caernarvon.
The Flow of Water
through the Menai Strait.
Professor JG Harvey, JR Astr. Soc.
- Electro-magnetic
Measurements of Water Flow in the Menai Strait. Prof.
JH Simpson, JR Ast. Soc.
- Synoptic Charts
and Coast Station Reports covering
the '49 & '53 transits, Met Office.
- Bidston Observatory
Weather Reports covering
the '49 & '53 transits, Bidston.
- Effect of
Weather on Water Level in the Menai Strait. Professor
JG Harvey, J.R. Astr.Soc.
- From the Mersey
to the Menai Strait. Captain
T. M. Goddard.
- Correspondence
and telephone conversations,
Captain Gwyn D Pari-Huws (44-45). Former Caernarvon Harbour Trustee.
- Correspondence
and telephone conversations,
Dr. Toby Sherwin, Director of Estuarial Research, Marine Science Laboratories,
Menai Bridge, who was fascinated by the physical aspects of the loss.
- The Anatomy
of Nelson's Ships. C. Napean Longridge. Nexus Special Interests
Ltd.
- Interview with Cadet Mike Begley,
signalman on the poop deck at the stern of the ship.
- Interview with Cadet Ian Grindrod,
signalman on the foredeck.
- Email from Cadet Rob Cammack
who helped with the unloading the day after the grounding.
- Email from Cadet Peter Beverage
a cadet in the ship at the time of the burning.
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