Comments on: Photo album records Dalmuir ship breaking past

By: Ian Crawford

Ian Crawford — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:49:15 +0000

In reply to Mrs Jean Williams. Glad you enjoyed it .... the photograph archive has given us some fantastic information. Ian Crawford

By: Mrs Jean Williams

Mrs Jean Williams — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:35:45 +0000

My name is Jean Williams,nee Young.I live in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
My father was Kenneth Young. Son of Rober Miller Young( one of the founders, I think, of Arnott Young).
My father worked at Dalmuir.
We lived in Helensburgh, and I can vividly remember being taken on visits to the Dock and Yard at Dalmuir.
My father and I returned to Dalmuir, a number of years ago–to find absolutely nothing left of where The Dock and Yard had been. I seem to remember it was a shopping Complex, on a grand scale.
Readin the above article brought back many happy memories of my father, who died in 2018.

By: Ian Crawford

Ian Crawford — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:30:44 +0000

In reply to Raymond Houltram Ward.

Hi Raymond, Copies of your photographs of wreck of Zitella would be much appreciated. Please send by email to ianjcrawfordvp@btinternet.com. The page on the wreck of the Zitella on the website contains most of the information we have on the wreck but I will be happy to send you any additional details we have in our files once I have your email address. Ian Crawford

By: Raymond Houltram Ward

Raymond Houltram Ward — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 01:09:16 +0000

My name is Raymond Houltram Ward (now living in Australia)

I have a number of photographs of the wreck of the Zitella on which my father John (Jack) Ward worked during salvage operations on the wreck. I can provide copies (regrettably of poor quality) of the photos that I have, if required.

Any information whatsoever that you could provide me with would be much appreciated.

By: David Mayo

David Mayo — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:08:43 +0000

I am delighted to read this addition about MOBEKA, and to see an actual photograph of her ‘stranded’ on Kintyre. I would be grateful if you could assist me in my quest to research and write about some wartime activities during WW2. In researching background information about the loss and salvage of some of the distressed vessels, it would help if I could access any relevant archive information of Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage Co. Can you possibly help? Access to this wonderful archive of W. Sloan Smith would also be very useful.