7/31/2023 0 Comments Andrew weirThe last Bank Line order was placed in 1977 and delivered in 1979. From 1963 a further 36 vessels of 15,000+dwt were built in the same shipyards. All were built to standard Bank Line designs. The new ships, which were mainly 12,000 dwt tweendeck vessels, were larger and faster and consisted of 24 vessels from Doxford's, 23 from Harland & Wolff in Belfast and 2 from Swan Hunter on the River Tyne. Six new ones were added between 19, but the major expansion began in 1957. Many of the vessels were by then over twenty years old. Many Bank Line vessels were sunk in World War 2 and by the end of the war the Line was left with 31 ships, of which six were steamships. The Speybank, captured by the Germans in WW2 and renamed Doggerbank From 1934 to 1940 a further 19 cargo ships were delivered by Harland and Wolff, Workman Clark, William Doxford & Sons and John Readhead & Sons. In addition to these new vessels the Line also bought-in a number of existing ships. The three that didn't were passenger ships that often carried indentured Indian labourers to work on sugar plantations. Most of these also had the “bank” name suffix. Bank Line also ordered 12 new steamships and motorships from Workman, Clark and Company in Belfast between 19. The last of the class was scrapped in 1960. Eight of these were lost during the Second World War and one, the Speybank was captured and used as a minelayer. The first ship delivered was the Inverbank and this gave its name to the whole class of vessels. All had “bank” as a suffix to the name: some were named after trees, such as Elmbank and Olivebank, while others took their names from Scottish geographical features, such as Clydebank. After World War 1, Bank Line ordered 18 oil-fired twin-screw motor vessels from Harland and Wolff in Glasgow and these went into service between 19.
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