MACANDREWS VESSELS

The PALOMARES 1938 built

The POZARICA sister ship

MACANDREWS was a company 100% owned by UBC, themselves a 50/50 joint venture by Andrew Weir and the East Asiatic Company. Both of the above vessels served on the Russian Convoys in WW2.

UNITED BALTIC CORPORATION

UBC as it was commonly known had an interesting history, being founded at the request of King George V. to serve Poland and the Baltic countries. Shares were equally held by Andrew Weir in the UK, and the East Asiatic Company in Copenhagen. It commenced trading in 1919.

The 1924 built BATAVIA purchased in 1937. Passengers and cargo.

Some vessels of the UBC fleet. For the Bank Line mariners, hooked on world-wide sailing, UBC and the subsidiary company, MacAndrews serving the Mediteranean were sometimes regarded as a bit ‘down market’ – but hindsight suggests that they were a ‘best kept secret,’ offering the most interesting short voyages!

WESTMAN ex PIKEBANK

A couple of views of the WESTMAN, the ex PIKEBANK, built in 1979 and sold in 1987 when she was named WESTMAN which was her name until scrapping in 2001.

Photos courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield.

Dacebank/Anna L

Ex DACEBANK

ANNA L ( ex DACEBANK) arriving Liverpool 8.2.88 – Malcolm Cranfield jpg.

(WASHINGTON STAR 91/94. ANNA L 94/97.ARIS K 97/99. PARADISE 1999.)

372 TEU vessel

RUDDBANK 1979 to 1983 when she became the ROMNEY of Lamport & Holt.

LOSSIEBANK

The LOSSIEBANK of 1963 at Gibraltar Dec.1965. She became the Greek EVIOCOS GULF in 1979 for a further 6 years.

Image courtesy of the Malcolm Cranfield collection

Fenbank, built in 1978 by Doxford, and one of a dozen designed with a container capacity of 192 teu’s. Sold after 6 years.

MARABANK

A stunning view of the nice lines of the loaded MARABANK in the ‘ New Waterway’ in 1973

NB: Built by Swan Hunter in 1963. Sold out of the fleet in 1978 and continued under Greek owners until 1985 as the ‘GOOD LADY’.

Picture courtesy of the Malcolm Cranfield collection

WILLOWBANK VESSELS

100 years of history

PURCHASED 1885 – SUNK 1895

BUILT 1939 – TORPEDOED 1940

PURCHASED 1947 – SOLD 1956

BUILT 1960 – SOLD 1978

BUILT 1980 – SOLD 1988

TENCHBANK/MULTI TRADER

(As the TENCHBANK)

Cyprus Maritime Co. Ltd. of Athens’ 1979 Sunderland built MULTI TRADER is seen at Birkenhead on 23rd February 2001. She had arrived on 4th February from Belem via Nantes with a cargo of timber which was poorly stowed and so difficult to unload – this cargo has of course long since been containerised

TENCHBANK was introduced in 11/79 and was the 6th and last of the ” Fish Class” vessels. Sold in 1987 when she became the EASTMAN. 2 years later she was bought by a London based company and then became the TAMATHAI. IN 1995 Panamanian interests bought her and renamed her CLINTON K. 1997 saw her owned by a HK company and a new name of JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA. A year later she was the MP TRADER of Greek Cypriot ownership, who then renamed her MULTI TRADER in the year 2000 which was her name until 2008 when she went to the breakers at Alang.

Photo credit for the MULTI-TRADER – Malcolm Cranfield

CORABANK – Lead ship of 6 from Swann Hunter