Steam Tugs of Capetown

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10 жыл бұрын

Geoff Thompson's Super 8mm home movies shot in the late 1960's/early 1970's.
Various tugs and ships visiting Captown.
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@michaelgirton9578 Ай бұрын

A friend had a Royal Cape One yacht, used to often go sailing, such great memories, now 83. Thank you.

@richarddrummond949 Ай бұрын

Noted John Woodend at the end and the barbecue. My Father, John Drummond, was the Master of the Danie Hugo tug and John Woodend took over from him in July 1971 as the tugmaster.

@richarddrummond949 Ай бұрын

In fact, John Woodend spoke at my Father's memorial service in July 2011.

@steveowen2789 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful memories

@struck2soon 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I left Capetown aged 13, but memories of days at work with dad are good ones!

@belhudson71 9 жыл бұрын

Great footage of Capetown and the harbour. Union Castle and P&O liners berthed at 1.15 and looks like a Glen Line cargo ship at 5.54. Went there many times when in Merchant navy. Great place then.

@nixops 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome QE2 footage there. She definitely looked better with the Red/striped funnel.

@johnclarke9506 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful footage and golden memories there. I can't help wondering if, together, Smoky Sue and McEwen might be responsible for all this hot and unpredictable weather we are having.

@danhayward9186 6 жыл бұрын

ST McEwen was Smoky Sue

@struck2soon 10 жыл бұрын

Matter of opinion I guess. Personaly, I like the original slim funnel and colour scheme, the red seems more appropriate for the older shaped funnels.

@manusfraser3882 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, this footage is great! I've been restoring a pipe organ with a man who came to the UK from Cape Town by ship in 1960. I'm putting together a film about him and would love to use a couple of clips. Would that be possible?

@struck2soon 4 жыл бұрын

Help yourself!

@manusfraser3882 4 жыл бұрын

@@struck2soon That's amazing! Thankyou! It will be a documentary and I'm hoping to get it into film festivals later this year. I might need to get written permission stating that it's ok to use the clip for them to accept the film. Would that be possible? I'm not quite sure how to give you my contact details. Do you know if it's possible to direct message or private message through youtube? Best wishes, Manus

@struck2soon 4 жыл бұрын

@@manusfraser3882 drop me an email, struck2soon@icloud.com

@sruss1 8 жыл бұрын

Do we know the name of the tug at 3:50? Unless there were more than one of that type in Table Bay, then I think she was first to greet me when I came to RSA aboard the Windsor Castle in 1975. I have a great colour photo of the tug against the Tafelberg backdrop, taken from the Union Castle liner as I arrived. I came on a three year contract but stayed 20 years. Achingly nostalgic - Shaun Russell.

@struck2soon 8 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Shaun I can't name her, I know there were several small tugs that were used for pilot boarding and small work in the port. All this was shot by my late father, he also briefly worked for Union Castle before Safmarine. He was tempted ashore to work on those old steamers.

@TheCalgarycanuck 7 жыл бұрын

As I recall from working on those tugs in the 60 s, there were 7 tugs including 3 small pilot tugs, all triple expansion steam engines. The 4 larger tugs had twin engines direct coupled to prop shafts with a Stevenson reversing gear, witnessed them go from full ahead to full astern without closing throttle much to the consternation of the Chief Engineer.