May 17
1966 Seaman’s Strike - Photos of Stranded Ships
I found these photos in my Dad’s stuff. In May 1966, a strike by seamen caused several cruise liners and other large ships to be stranded in Southampton Docks. My family were on holiday down there at the time, and they went on a boat trip around the docks. My Dad took these photos (click for larger versions, or here for the full set in Flickr). Amongst the ships are the SS Canberra and the Queen Mary.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I took the liberty of posting up one of your images on our article about the seaman’s strike (linked above) since it was Creative Commons. Just noticed you’ve got comments enabled, so figured I’d retrospectively ask for permission. Thanks for posting these!
May 20th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
No problem - they are CC’d, and yours was the best description of the strike I could find.
July 26th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Hello there,
This photo reference 2484542854 shows the RMS Caronia, the ship in the right background. Could I please ask you to send me a high resolution scan of this photo which I’d like to add to the Caronia Timeline. I will of course need yours and your Dad’s proper names so that I can apply the correct credits - many thanks.
Regards,
Steve (Peter S.)
Caronia Timeline Webmaster
July 29th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hello Peter, all pictures sizes available by clicking on the images.
Here’s the one you want.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muteboy/2484542854/sizes/o/