A Career At Sea?

On the bridge of mighty liners, or the grey clad men'o war,                                                                                                                            

On the poop of Island schooners, Bare poled in the cyclones roar,                                                                                                                  

In tramps and yachts and tanker-craft, And the ships off to explore,                                                                                                               

You'll find the men you knew as boys, In the Mizzen, Main or Fore.

 

In the Celebes and Siam, In the Caribbean cays,                                                         

On the Niger and Euphrates, Praying God for a fine breeze,                                         

In the role of chief surveyor, or the Guardian of the Trees,                                            

You'll meet again the cutter's crew, Whose rowlock's you tried to seize.

 

On the fringe of every Ocean, On the frontiers of new lands,                                         

They are "Baas", or "Chief" or "Tuan", Controlling the sweating clans,                              

In the mines and on the ranches, In HQ's and Ops and Plans,                                      

You'll meet the chaps you raced aloft, When the pipe called "Main-top hands".

 

On the bridge of sleek destroyers, And the freighters deep and long,                              

With the Mounties on the prairies, Singing a maritime song,                                              

In the last foresaken rearguard, Where only the best belong,                                       

You'll find the comrades whose motto, Says "Quit ye like men, be strong".

Commander WCA Robinson RNR (Ret'd) Conway (1911-13).

 

Old Conways served in the following:

Shipping Companies, navies etc

Harbourmasters

Pilot Services

Maritime training organisations

Uniformed Services and Units

Emergency Services

Conways also turned their hands to...

Some more unusual accomplishments...

Conway and the Royal Canadian Navy

Conway and the Royal Indian Marine/Royal Indian Navy

Conway cadets have served in the following shipping lines, navies and maritime organisations around the world. In the late 1800s many sailing vessels werenoit part of big shipping companiesd, they were owner captained or single owner vessels. These vessels are listed in old The Cadet magazines but are too numerous to mention.

For more information on many of these companies click here

(OK Worcesters, Pangbournes, Bothas et al beat this:

1. A Nicholls & Co
2. A W Rainford
3. Aberdeen Comonwealth Line
4. Abram Lyle & Sons
5. Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co
6. Adelaide Steamship Co
7. African Steamship Line
8. Aitken Lilburn & Co
9. Alcan Bermuda Shipping
10. Alfred Holt & Co
11. Alcan Shipping (Montreal)
12. Alexander & Co
13. All Red Line (San Francisco)
14. Ambra Management
15. American Hawaiian Co
16. American President Lines
17. Anchor Line
18. Andrew Weir Shipping
19. Angfartygs A/B Tirfing (Gothenburg, Sweden)
20. Anglo American Oil Co
21. Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co
22. ANL Alltrans
23. Anthony & Bainbridge (Newcastle)
24. Aran Ferries
25. Argentinian Navy
26. Argyle Shipping Co (Bermuda)
27. Arklow Shipping
28. Arya National Shipping Company (Iran)
29. Asiatic Steam Navigation Co (Singapore)
30. ASP Ship Management Group
31. Associated Container Transportation(ACT)
32. Associated HUmber Lines
33. Associated Steamships (Australia)
34. Astoria Shipping Co
35. Athell Line
36. Atlantic Container Line (ACL)
37. Atlantic Steam Navigation Co
38. Atlantic Transport Line
39. Atlantic Transport Service Company
40. Austasia Line (Singapore)
41. Australia National Line
42. Australian Territory Liner Services (ATLS)
43. Australian United Steam Navigation Co
44. Balfour Williamson & Co
45. Baltic Shipping Co
46. Bank Line
47. Baron Line
48. Batavian Petroleum Maatschippi
49. Beaver Line (Canada)
50. Belfast Steam Shipping Co
51. Bell & Co
52. Ben Line
53. Bengal Coal Co
54. Bethel Gwyn & Co
55. Berthing Master (Port Rashid, Dubai)
56. Beynon & Co
57. BHP Ltd
58. Bibby Line
59. Black & Black SS Co
60. Black Star (Ghana)
61. Blue Anchor Line
62. Blue Funnel Line
63. Blue Star Line
64. Blystad Shipping (Norway)
65. Bohannen Line (Panama)
66. Bolton Steamship Co
67. Booker Line
68. Booth Line
69. Border Tankers
70. Bowater Steamship Company
71. BP Tanker Co
72. Branch Line
73. Brett & Beaufroy
74. Bridge Line
75. Bristol Channel Steamers
76. Bristol City Line
77. Bristol Steam Navigation Co
78. Britain Steamship Co Ltd (later Watts & Watts)
79. British African Company
80. British Antarctic Survey
81. British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co
82. British & Burma Steam Navigation Co
83. British & Commonwealth Line
84. British & Eastern Shipping Co
85. British Channel Island Ferrie
86. British Columbia Ferries
87. British Columbia Salvage Association
88. British East African Lake Service
89. British India Steam Navigation Company
90. British Molasses Co
91. British Rail Hovercraft Ltd (Seaspeed)
92. British Rail Marine Dept
93. British Rail South West
94. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
95. British Shipowners Company
96. British Steamship Co
97. British Tanker Co Ltd
98. British Underwater Engineering
99. Britship (IOM) Ltd
100. Brocklebank Line
101. Broderson & Broy
102. Broken Hill Line (NSW)
103. Brook line
104. Brookes Bell & Co
105. Bryon Steamship Co
106. BT Marine
107. BU. Marine
108. Bullard King
109. Buries Marks
110. Burma Government Marine
111. Burmah Oil Co.(Tankers) Ltd
112. Burns Steamship Co
113. Burns Philp (Australia) Pty Ltd
114. Buries Markes
115. Butterfield & Swires China Steam Navigation Co
116. C G Dunn & Co (Liverpool)
117. C Y Tung Line
118. Cable & Wireless
119. Cairn Line
120. Caladonian MacBraynes
121. Calcutta River Survey Service
122. Caltex
123. Campbell Findlay & Co (Greenock)
124. Canada Steamship Lines (Montreal)
125. Canadian British Aluminum Co
126. Canadian Coast Guard Service
127. Canadian Government Merchant Marine
128. Canadian Hydrographic Service
129. Canadian Marine Drilling
130. Canadian Pacific Steamship Co
131. Canadian Steamship Co
132. Caltex Tankers
133. Caribean Molasses Co.
134. Caribbean Shipping (Texas)
135. Carisbrooke Shipping
136. Carmichael & Co (Glasgow)
137. Carmichaels & Stewart
138. Cayzar Irvine
139. Ceina Mutual SS Co
140. Ceylon Imperial Lighthouse Service
141. Central American Shipping Co
142. Central Shipping (Manila)
143. Ceol Mor Shipping
144. Ceres Hellenic Shipping (Piraeus)
145. Cermar Shipping, Dublin
146. Ceylon Shipping Corporation
147. Chadwick, Wainwright & Co
148. Chagargeur-Delmar (France)
149. Chambers & Co
150. Chandris Tankers
151. Chapman & Flint (New York)
152. Charente Shipping Company
153. Charles Hills
154. Charles Wille (Cardiff)
155. Chevron Tankship (UK)
156. China Line
157. China Maritime Customs
158. China Mutual Steam Navigation Co
159. China Navigation Company
160. China Ocean Shipping (HK) Ltd
161. Chine Shipping Co
162. Chinese Customs Maritime Service
163. City Line
164. City of Cork Steamship Co
165. City of Dublin Steam Navigation Co
166. Clan Line Steamers
167. Claude Ferrier & Sons
168. Coast Line
169. Coldwell Line (Hong Kong)
170. Colonial Sugar Refining Co. of Sydney
171. Columbus Line
172. Comben, Longstaff & Co
173. Combs Marshall & Co
174. Commercial Cable Co
175. Commodore Shipping (Guernsey)
176. Common Brothers
177. Commonwealth & Dominion Line
178. Commonwealth Government Line
179. Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
180. Comprehensive Shipping
181. Constantine Line
182. Continental Line
183. Conway Line (NI) (founder of)
184. Cook Strait Ferries (NZ)
185. Corfields
186. Corsar (Liverpool)
187. Cork-Swansea Ferries
188. Cotesworth Lyne & Co (Liverpool)
189. Court Line
190. Cowasjee Line (Karachi)
191. Crawford and Rowat Line (Canada)
192. Crawley Tugs (Los Angeles)
193. Crow Rudolph & Co
194. Crusader Shipping Co
195. Cuban Navy (1909)
196. Cunard Cargo Shipping
197. Cunard Steam Ship Co
198. Currie Line
199. Dalraida Steam Packet Company (founder of)
200. De Wolf Shipping
201. Delta Shipping (Gothenburg)
202. Dene Shipping Company
203. Denholm (Bermuda)
204. Department of Energy Mines & Resources, Canada
205. Devitt Moore & Co
206. Donald Kennedy
207. Donaldson Line
208. Doure & Co
209. Ducal Line
210. Dundalk Port Authority
211. Dundee Clipper Line
212. E C Friend & Co
213. E P & W Roberts (Liverpool)
214. E R Peel & Co
215. E T Gourlay (Sunderland)
216. Eagle Container Line (ECL Contship)
217. Eagle Oil Shipping Co
218. Eagle Tugs (Mombasa)
219. East & West Steamship Co
220. Eastbound Line
221. Eastern Telegraph Co (Malta)
222. Elder Dempster Lines
223. Elders & Fyffes Line
224. Elderslie Steam Ship Co
225. Egyptian Mail Steamship Co
226. Egyptian Navy
227. Ellerman & Bucknell Shipping
228. Ellerman Lines
229. Ellerman Hall Line
230. Ellerman Wilson Line
231. Energy Mines & Resources (Canada)
232. Engen Oil
233. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd
234. Eureka Shipping (Piraeus)
235. European Marine Contractors
236. Everett Steamship Co (Calcutta)
237. Evergreen Line
238. F Laeisz (Hamburg)
239. F C Street (London)
240. F C Strick & Co Ltd
241. F.T.Everard
242. Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd (Hong Kong)
243. Fast Cat Ferries Ltd (NZ)
244. Federal Offshore Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
245. Federal Steam Navigation Company
246. Fernie Brothers
247. Finanglia Ferries
248. Finlay & Co
249. Fisher & Sprout
250. Fisheries & Oceans (Canada)
251. Fleet Air Arm
252. Foss Shipping
253. Freight Express Seacon
254. French Navy
255. Furness Withy & Co Ltd
256. Fyffes Group
257. G Duncan & Co
258. G Heyn & Sons
259. G Marshall & Co
260. G M Steves & Co
261. G S Milne & Co
262. G Thompson & Co
263. Gardline Shipping
264. Garmouth
265. Gas Pac Shipping Co (Tonga)
266. Geest Line
267. Gellaty, Hanker & Co
268. General Maritime S.A. (Casablanca)
269. General Steam Navigation Co
270. George Horsley & Co (West Hartlepool)
271. General Steam Navigation Co
272. Gibraltar Contraband Service
273. Gibson & Clarke (Glasgow)
274. Gillison & Chadwick (Liverpool)
275. Glasgow Line
276. Glen & Shire Line
277. Global Chemical Tankers (Torshavn, Faroe Islands)
278. Global Marine Inc (Los Angeles)
279. Glyn & Sons
280. Gold Star Line (Hong Kong)
281. Golden Bay Cement Company (NZ)
282. Golden Line (Singapore)
283. GovernmentTelegraph Service
284. Governmemnt Lake Service BEA
285. Gow Harrrison & Co
286. GPO Cable Ships
287. Gracie, Beazley & Co
288. Gray McKenzie (Bahrein and Dubai)
289. Great White Fleet
290. Green R Line (South Africa)
291. Griffin Shipping (Coldwells Hong Kong)  
292. Gulf East Shipping
293. Gulf Line
294. Gulf Oil
295. Gulf Steamships
296. Guinea Gulf Line
297. Gustaf Erikson Line
298. Guthrie & Co (London)
299. H A S Bond (New Zealand)
300. Hayton & Simpson
301. HM Cableship Service
302. HM Coastguard
303. HM Telegraph Ships
304. Hadden & Co (Singapore)
305. Hadley Shipping Co
306. Hain Steamship Company
307. Hall Line
308. Hansa Line
309. Hargreaves, Ferguson & Jackson
310. Hargrove & Helen (Liverpool)
311. Harley Mullion (Hong Kong)
312. Harrison Crossfield Medal (Sumatra)
313. Harrison Line
314. Harrowing & Co (Whitby)
315. Hayes Shipping
316. Haws & Co
317. Head Line
318. Head-Donaldson Line (Belfast)
319. Hebridean International Cruises
320. Hector Whaling Co
321. Hedlams
322. Hella Carribean Steamship Company
323. Henderson Line
324. Henry F Watt
325. Heron & Dunn (Liverpool)s
326. Hogarth & Son
327. Holland Africa Line
328. Holm Shipping (New Zealand)
329. Holyhead And Kingstown Royal Mail Service
330. Hong Kong & Borneo Shipping Co
331. Hong Kong Canton River Steamers
332. Hong Kong Macau Hydrofoil Co
333. Hong Kong Marine Police
334. Horsley & Co
335. Houlder Brothers
336. Houston Line
337. HoverKaz inc
338. Hovertravel Ltd
339. Howard Smith (Sydney Australia)
340. Hudson Steam Navigation Company
341. Hugh Roberts and Sons (Newcastle)
342. Hugli River Survey Steamers
343. Hull Gates Shipping Co
344. IFR Services
345. India Office Shipping
346. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co
347. Inland Waterway Transport Co
348. Inspector of Irish Lights
349. Interisland Line (NZ)
350. International Chartering plc
351. International Marine Services, Dubai. (Insh'allah Marine)
352. International Maritime Transport
353. Inver Line
354. Iranian Navy
355. Iredale & Porter
356. Irish Sea Ferry Company
357. Irish Shipping Co
358. Irrawaddy Flotilla Co (Rangoon)
359. Isbrandtson Line
360. Islamic Republic Of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)Teheran
361. Isle Of Man Coastal Service
362. Isle Of Man Steam Packet Co
363. Isle Of Wight Ferries
364. Ismay, Imrie & Co
365. Ivanavire
366. J Boyd
367. J Edgar & Co
368. J Hardie & Co
369. J Hardy & Co
370. J Herron & Co
371. J Houston & Co
372. J Mulhall
373. J Nourse & Co
374. J Willis & Co
375. J Windrup & Co
376. J P Corrie & Co
377. J S Fry & Co
378. J T Rennie & Son
379. Jamaca Banana Producers
380. Jamaican Coast Guard
381. James Chambers & Co
382. James Cornfoot & Co
383. James Fisher & Son
384. James Nourse Ltd
385. James Poole & Co
386. Jardine Matheson
387. Jasmin Marine (Yarmouth)
388. Jebsons International
389. Jessmar Shipping (Great Yarmouth)
390. John Edgar & Co
391. John Steward
392. Johnson Line
393. Jones Brothers & Co (Cardiff)
394. Jordain Shipping
395. Joseph Steel & Co (New York)
396. Joyce & Co
397. K Steamship Co
398. Kapal
399. Karran & Co
400. Kaye Shipping Co
401. Kenny & Mahon
402. Kent Line
403. Kenya & Uganda Railway Marine
404. Kerr Steamship Company (Canada)
405. Khedivian Mail Line
406. King Line
407. Kingston Steam Trawling
408. KKK Line
409. Klondyke Shipping
410. Kristian Jebson (Bergen)
411. Kuwait Oil Tanker Co
412. Kuwait Shipping
413. Lancashire Shipping Co
414. Landing & Shipping Co (Mombasa)
415. Lang & Fulton
416. Lagos Shipping Co Ltd
417. Lam Hai Steamship Co
418. Lamport & Holt Line
419. Lancaster Shipping Co
420. Lang & Fuller
421. Larrinaga Steamship Co
422. Leith Salvage & Towing Co
423. Lewis Davis & Co
424. Leyland Line
425. Libyan Navy
426. Lion Shipping (Singapore)
427. Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association
428. Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company
429. Liverpool Towing Co
430. Lloyds Royal Belge Line
431. Loch Line (Glasgow)
432. Lockett & Wilson
433. London & Overseas Freighters
434. London Line
435. London Marine Steamship Co
436. Lord Line (Belfast)
437. Louis Davies & Co
438. Low Lin
439. Lund & Co
440. Lykes Line
441. Lyle Shipping Co
442. Lyne & Co
443. MacAndrews & Co
444. MacDiarmid & Greenshield
445. MacVicar, Marshall & Co
446. McCay Shipping (Canada)
447. McCowen & Cross
448. McGregor Gow & Co
449. McVicar Marshall & Co
450. Maersk Co
451. Mainland Market Deliveries
452. Mairsh Supply Service (Copenhagen)
453. Malasian Navy
454. Malaysian International Shipping Corporation
455. Manchester Liners
456. Manchester Ship Canal Company
457. Mansfield & Co (Penang)
458. Manx Line
459. Marconi Co
460. Marico Marine New Zealand Ltd
461. Marine Exploration Ltd
462. Marine Survey Dept, Cayman Islands
463. Marine Survey of India
464. Maritime Fruit Carriers
465. Maritime Services Board of NSW
466. Marrs (Hull)
467. Mavroleon & Co
468. Medomsley Lin
469. Meridian Marine Management
470. Merlion Shipping Agency (Singapore)
471. Meteorological Office (UK)
472. Michalinos
473. Mitchells of Woolwich
474. Milton Marine Management
475. Milton Stuart Shipping Co
476. Ministry of Defence (UK)
477. Mitchell Stevens & Co
478. Mitsui OK Line
479. Mobil Shipping
480. Mogul Line
481. Mollers
482. Monroe Brothers ( Liverpool)
483. Montgomery Line
484. Montreal Shipping Co
485. Moore-McCormick Lines
486. Morgan & Cadogan
487. Moss Line
488. Moss Hutchison Line
489. Muhne Drilling
490. Mullisons (Hong Kong)
491. Mungo Cambells
492. Nash Dredging/Van Hattum en Blankevoort b.v.
493. Natal Line
494. National Bulk Carriers
495. Natural Environment Research Council Fleet
496. National Sea Rescue Institute (South Africa)
497. Nauru Pacific Lines (Nauru)
498. Nautical Shipping Co
499. Nautilus Steam Navigation Co
500. Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan (NMSO)
501. Nelson Line
502. Neptune Orient
503. Neptune Ship Mgt
504. Nerdrum Shipping
505. New Guinea Australia Line
506. New Zealand Shipping Co
507. Newcastle Shipping Federation
508. Newgate Shipping
509. Nicholson & McGill
510. Nielsen Bulk Carriers
511. Nigeria Marine
512. Nigerian National Line
513. Nigerian Port Authority
514. Noble Denton
515. Nomis Shipping Company
516. Norships Ocean Carriers
517. North Shipping Co
518. North Star Shipping
519. North Thames Gas Board (sailing flatties)
520. Northern Marine
521. Northern Pacific Steamship Co
522. Northern Shipping NZ
523. Northumberland Ferries (Canada)
524. Norway Cruises
525. NYK Line
526. Nyasaland Railway Lake Service
527. New Zealand Rail Ferries
528. OIL Ltd
529. Ocean Cruise Lines
530. Ocean Fleets
531. Ocean Inchcape
532. Ocean Tramping Co Ltd (Hong Kong)
533. Ocean Transport & Trading
534. Ocean Weather Service
535. Offshore Marine
536. Offshore Supply Association
537. Orient Line
538. Orient Overseas Line
539. Orkney Island Shipping Co
540. OT Africa Line
541. Outward Bound (Hong Kong)
542. Overseas Container Line (OCL)
543. Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd
544. Oxidental & Orient Line
545. P Henderson Line
546. P & O Ferries
547. P & O New Zealand Ltd
548. P & O Steam Navigation Co
549. Pacific Express Line
550. Pacific Forum Line
551. Pacific Steam Navigation Company
552. Pacific Transport Co
553. Pakistan Merchant Navy
554. Pakistan Navy
555. Pakistan River Steamers
556. Palestine Police Marine Division
557. Palm Line
558. Palmer Marin
559. Palmer Surveys (Gt. Yarmouth)
560. Pan Ocean
561. Pan Ocean Chemical Tanker Line
562. Panama Pacific Line
563. Papayanni Line
564. Pandoro
565. Papuan Liner Services (PLS)
566. Pedder & Mylchreest
567. Peel Shipping
568. Persian Gulf Lightering Service
569. PNSL
570. Port Line
571. Potter Bros (Liverpool)
572. Prince Line
573. Pritchard-Gordon Tanker
574. Queensland Shipping Co
575. R Green & Co
576. R Ropner & Co Ltd
577. R A Lapthorne & Co
578. R Thomas & Co
579. R Owen
580. Radcliffe's (Cardiff)
581. Rathbone Bros
582. Rea Tugs Ltd
583. Reardon Smith and Sons Ltd
584. Red Funnel Steamers
585. Rederi Nord (Hamburg)
586. Regent Petroleum Tankship Co
587. Rennies Coasters (South Africa)
588. Ritsons
589. Roberston Cruikshank & Co (Liverpool)
590. Rock Line
591. Royal Army Service Corps Fleet
592. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
593. Royal Australian Navy
594. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
595. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
596. Royal Canadian Navy
597. Royal Ceylonese Navy
598. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
599. Royal East African Navy
600. Royal Fleet Auxiliary
601. Royal Indian Navy
602. Royal Indian NavyVolunteer Reserve (RINVR)
603. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
604. Royal Malaysian Navy
605. Royal Marines
606. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
607. Royal National Lifeboat Institution
608. Royal Naval Engineering Service
609. Royal Naval Patrol Service
610. Royal Navy
611. Royal Navy Of Oman
612. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
613. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
614. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
615. Royal New Zealand Navy
616. Royal Nigerian Marine
617. Royal Victorian Navy (Australia)
618. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
619. Royden Line
620. S M Steves
621. S R Graves & Sons
622. Safmarine (Cape Town)
623. Saga Line
624. Saguenay Shipping
625. Saguenay Terminals SS Co
626. Saint Line (South America)
627. Salen/Whitco
628. Salmon Troller (West Coast Of Canada)
629. Salvage Association
630. Salveson of Leith
631. San Francisco, Oaklands & San Jose Ferry Service
632. Sandbach Tinne & Co
633. Santa Fe International
634. Sasoon & C0 (Bombay)
635. SBM (Monaco)
636. Scindia Steam Navigation Co
637. SCNZ
638. Scottish Fisheries Protection
639. Scottish Office Fishery Protection Fleet
640. Scottish Ship Management
641. Scottish Shire Line
642. Scottish Tankers
643. Sea of Galilee Ferry Boat Servcie
644. Sea-Land Service Inc (USA)
645. Seaglen Shipping NZ
646. Seahorse Ship Management
647. Sealion Shipping
648. Seaspeed (BRHLtd)
649. Seatrain Lines (New York)
650. Seaworkx of Den Helde
651. Seivewright & Bacon's River Plate Steamers
652. Shallow Draft Bulk Carriers (Nassau
653. Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd
654. Shell Company (New Zealand)
655. Shell Tankers
656. Shepherd & Co (London)
657. Shipping Corporation of NZ
658. Shire (Welsh) line (Glasgow)
659. Sierra Line
660. Silver Line
661. Sin Chiao Shipping (Singapore)
662. Singapore Straits Line
663. Smit International
664. Smit-Pentow (Durban South Africa)
665. Smith Line
666. South African Marine Corporation
667. South African Navy
668. South African Naval Reserve
669. South America Line
670. Southern Nigerian Marine
671. South Pacific Tuna Corp (San Diego)
672. Southern Nigerian Marine
673. Southern Shipping Lines (Australia) Pty Ltd
674. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
675. Squarey & Kendall
676. St Helena Shipping
677. St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
678. Stag Line
679. Star Offshore Services, Aberdeen
680. Star Shipping (Canada)
681. Starline Cruises
682. Stateships of Western Australia
683. Steele & Co (Liverpool)
684. Steeves & Co
685. Stena Sealink
686. Stephenson Clark Line
687. Stewart & Son
688. Stolt-Neilson (Denmark)
689. Straits Steamship Co (Singapore)
690. Strick Line
691. Stuart & Douglas
692. Stuntbrand Mail Steamship Company Limited
693. Sub Sea Seven
694. Sugar Line
695. Sun Shipping Co
696. Superclubs
697. Svenska Orient Linien (Gothenburg, Sweden)
698. Svitzer
699. T & J Harrison
700. T & W Smith (Newcastle)Tarakohe Shipping (NZ)
701. T Benyon & Co
702. T Shute & Co
703. T W Dixon & Son
704. T L Duff & Co
705. Tasman Express Line
706. Tay Ferries
707. Tedfords (Belfast)
708. Tekay Tankers
709. Texaco Overseas Tankships
710. Terrazzo Ship C0 (Niagara USA)
711. Thom & Cameron (Glasgow)
712. Thomas & Co (Liverpool)
713. Thomas Beel & Son
714. Thomas Dixon & Sons (Belfast)
715. Thomas Watson
716. Thompson & Co
717. Thompson Anderson & Co
718. Thompson Dickie & Co
719. Thor Dahl (Norway)
720. Tidewater International (Australia)
721. TNT
722. Tolka Shipping, Dublin
723. Tonga Copra Board
724. Townsend Ferries
725. Town Line
726. Trader Navigation
727. Trans Oceanic Steamship Co
728. Transport Ferry Co
729. Tranz Rail  
730. Trawlerman
731. Trident Tankers
732. Trinder Anderson & Co
733. Trinity House
734. Tristan Da Cuhna Development Corporation
735. Tung Group
736. Turnbull Master & Co
737. Turnbull Scotts
738. Turner Morrison & Co (Calcutta)
739. Tyrer & Co
740. Tyser Line
741. Uganda Lakes Service
742. Uganda Marine
743. Ugland Management
744. Ugandan River Service
745. Ulster Steamship Company
746. Uiterwyk Corp. (Tampa)
747. Unicorn Lines
748. Unicorn Tankers
749. United Arab Shipping
750. Union Castle Mail Steamship Co
751. Union Company of NZ
752. Union Line (New Zealand)
753. Union Shipping Group
754. Union Steam
755. Union Steamship Company Of New Zealand
756. Union Transpot
757. United Africa Line
758. United Arab Shipping
759. United Baltic Corporation
760. United Fruit Company
761. United States Line
762. United States Coastguard Auxiliary
763. United States Navy
764. United Towing, Hull
765. Upper Lakes Shipping, Toronto
766. Vale Steamship Co
767. Vela International (Dubai)
768. Vergocean
769. Victoria Shipping Co (Borneo)
770. Vitoil (Geneva)
771. Vroon Offshore Services (Aberdeen)
772. W Holyman & Co
773. W Just & Co
774. W Lewis & Co
775. W Lowden & Co
776. W Price & Co
777. W Watkins (Tugs) Ltd
778. W R Thomas & Co
779. W T Dixon & Sons
780. Wallem SMS (Isle of Man)
781. Wallem Towage & Salvage 
782. Watts & Watts & Co
783. Waverley Line
784. West Australian Stateship
785. West Australian Steamships Co
786. Western Canada Steamships
787. West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co
788. West India & Pacific
789. Western Telegraph Co
790. Westminster Dredging
791. Whartons of Gunness
792. Whitco/Salen UK
793. White Star Line
794. Wholesale Society (Tarawa)
795. Wightlink
796. William Thomas Line
797. Williamson, Milligan & Co
798. Wills & Co (London)
799. Wilson Line
800. Wimpy Marine
801. Windram & Co
802. World Wide Shipping Co
803. Yacht Captain
804. Yangste River Steamers
805. Yeman Gulf Line
806. Yeoward Line
807. Zapata Marine Services (Italy)

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Harbourmasters

1. Aberdeen
2. Aden
3. Avonmouth
4. Belfast
5. Bowen
6. Brisbane
7. Bristol
8. Calcutta
9. Chittagong
10. Dar es Salaam
11. Dover
12. East London
13. Eden (Australia)
14. Fleetwood
15. Forth Ports
16. Georgetown, Guiana
17. Gladstone, Australia
18. Glasgow
19. Hartlepool
20. Hong Kong
21. Kingstown
22. Liverpool Marina
23. Malacca
24. Malta
25. Neath & Briton Ferry
26. Nigeria
27. Nkata Bay, Nyasaland
28. Paignton
29. Penang
30. Portland
31. Portsmouth
32. Rangoon
33. Silloth (Solway Firth)
34. Singapore
35. South African Ports
36. Sydney
37. Thursday Island

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Pilot Services

1. Atlantic Pilotage Authority ((Halifax and other ports in Nova Scotia)
2. Bengal
3. Boston, Lincs
4. Brisbane, Australia
5. Canadian Atlantic Pilotage Authority
6. Cinque Ports
7. Clyde
8. Dartmouth
9. Dee (Chester)
10. Dover (Superintendent)
11. Dubai
12. English Channel
13. Falmouth
14. Freemantle
15. Gravesend Channel Pilot
16. Great Barrier Reef
17. Holyhead
18. Hoogly River, Calcutta, India
19. Humber
20. Isle Of Wight (Superintendent)
21. Jebel Dhanna, U.A.E
22. Kharg Island
23. Lagos / Port Harcourt
24. Liverpool
25. London
26. Manchester Ship Canal
27. Marsa El Brega,Libya
28. Milford Haven
29. Moulmein, Burma
30. Nigeria Port Authority
31. North Sea
32. Panama Canal
33. Penang, Malaysia
34. Port Jackson/Sydney
35. Port of Spain (Trinidad)
36. Port Pirie (S Aus)
37. Queensland Coast/Torres Strait
38. Rockhampton & Port Alma, Australia
39. San Francisco bar
40. Santan (Borneo)
41. St Lawrence Seaway
42. Shoreham
43. Sidon, Lebanon
44. Silloth (Solway Firth)
45. Singapore
46. Southampton
47. Suez Canal
48. Swansea & Port Talbot
49. Tees
50. Teignmouth
51. Townsville, Australia
52. Trent
53. Trinidad
54. Trinity House
55. Tyne
56. Yangtze River
57. Yarmouth & Southwold

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Conway cadets have led, or been members of staff at the following nautical training organisations:

1. Adventure Youth Sea Training Trust (Chairman)
2. Arethusa (Captain)
3. Arkabar Sea School (on River Murray, South Aus) set up by OCs in 1963.
4. Asia Pacific Maritime Centre
5. Auckland (NZ) Navigation School
6. Australian Maritime College
7. BISN Cadet ship (master)
8. Cadet Training Blue Funnel Line
9. Canadian Coast Guard College
10. Chindwara Cadet Ship
11. Conway MN Trust
12. Dept of Maritime Studies, Brunel College, Bristol
13. Dept of Maritime Studies, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
14. Dept Of Navigation, Riversdell College, Liverpool
15. Dufferin (India's equivalent of Conway) Captain Superintendent
16. Endeavor (Replica of Captain Cook's barque) Stockton On Tees
17. Faculty of Maritime Transport & Engineering, Australian Maritime College
18. Falmouth Sailing & Seamanship School
19. Fleetwood Nautical College
20. General Botha, South Africa (captain superintendent, Chief Offcier, Padre and several others)
21. Glasgow College Of Nautical Studies
22. Georgean College, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
23. Great Lakes International Marine Training Centre 
24. HMS Excellent (RN Gunnery School)
25. HMS Worcester
26. Hong Kong Navigation School
27. Hull Nautical College
28. Hull Trinity House Navigation School
29. Indefatigable School
30. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth
31. International Association Of Navigation Schools
32. James Watt Sea Training School Greenock (captain superintendent)
33. King George VII Nautical College (Essex)
34. Leith Nautical College
35. Libyan Navy Instructor
36. Liverpool Nautical School (Founder)
37. Liverpool Polytechnic (Navigation Dept)
38. Marine Society Education & Training Committee
39. Maritime Command Pacific Training Division (Canada)
40. Maritime Studies Dept. of UWIST, Cardiff
41. Merchant Navy Training Board
42. National Nautical School, Portishead (Captain Superintendent)
43. National Sea Training College, Gravesend
44. Navigation and Seamanship courses, Department Of Further Education, South Australia
45. Navy League Sea Training School, Liscard (Superintendent)
46. Northern Ireland Polytechnic (School of Navigation)
47. New Zealand Shipping Co Cadet training ship (master)
48. Nova Scotia Nautical Institute (Principal)
49. Ocean Fleets Training Establishments - Aulis
50. Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey
51. Outward Bound Brig, Hong Kong (at least 3 masters)
52. Pangbourne School (Governor)
53. Papua New Guinea Maritime College
54. Plymouth School of Maritime Studies
55. Port Jackson cadet ship (Master)
56. RAN Naval Apprentice Training Establishment
57. RCN College
58. RCN Naval Operations School
59. RCN Sea Training Staff
60. RIN Midshipmen School
61. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Training Squadron
62. Royal Indian Navy Training Center, Karachi
63. RNC Dartmouth (4 serving together at one time)
64. RNVR Sail Training Trust
65. Royal Yacht Association Instructor
66. Russell Coates Nautical School, Branscombe, Dorest (Captain Superintendnet) The cadets for many years in the 1920s used to sponsor a Russell Caotes cadet.
67. Sail Training Association
68. School Of Maritime Studies, Plymouth
69. School of Navigation, Sydney Technical College
70. Schools Afloat
71. Seamans Training Centre, Hong Kong
72. Sir John Cass Nautical School, London
73. Sir Winston Churchill (Bosun)
74. Southampton School of Navigation (Governor)
75. Southampton University, UK advanced maritime management course
76. Smith Junior Nautical School, Cardiff
77. Spirit of Adventure Sail Training (Founder)
78. Survival Systems Training Ltd
79. Technikon, Durban
80. Trinity House cadet training
81. Unicorn Training School,Durban
82. Vancouver Navigation School (Chief Instructor)
83. Warsash Nautical College
84. Zenith Maritime Training (USA)

Conways Have Served In These Armed Forces Units

1. 1st Dragoon Guards
2. 3rd Group Royal Engineers Water Tpt
3. 3rd Hussars
4. 4 Flying School RAF (CO)
5. 5th Battle Sqn, Home Fleet
6. 15th Minesweeping Flotilla
7. 15/19 Kings Royal Hussars
8. 19 Tank Transporter Sqn Royal Corps of Transport (RCT)
9. 27 Regt RCT
10. 27 Squadron RAF (NW Frontier, India)
11. 30th Lancers
12. 40th Pathans Regt
13. 42nd Company Imperial Yeomanry (Herts)
14. 205 Flying Boat Sqn RAF (Australia)
15. Argentinian Navy
16. Argylle & Sutherland Rifles
17. Austrian Army
18. Australian Army
19. Border Regt
20. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
21. The Buffs
22. Burma Army
23. Canadian Mounted Rifles
24. Canadian Police Force
25. Cape Mounted Rifles
26. Cape Police Force
27. Cape Town Highlanders
28. Ceylon Planters Regt
29. Chinese Customs Maritime Service
30. Coldstream Guards
31. Cuban Navy (in 1909 an OC was in command of the newly built FS Guanabacoa)
32. DCO Yeomanry
33. Devon & Cornwall Light Infantry
34. Devonshire Regt
35. Dublin Fusiliers
36. East Yorkshire Regt
37. Egyptian Navy
38. Fleet Air Arm
39. French Maquis
40. French Navy
41. Gloucestershire Regt
42. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
43. Green Howrds (Lt Col)
44. Hampshire Rifles
45. Hampshire Yeomanry
46. HQ BAOR
47. HQ British Commonwealth Force
48. Honourable Artillery Company
49. Howe Battalion, RN Division
50. Imperial Indian Army
51. Imperial Yeomanry
52. Inland Waterway Transport Co
53. Inns of Court Rifles
54. Indian Army
55. Indian Army Medical Service
56. Indian Cavalry
57. Intelligence Corps
58. Iranian Navy
59. Irish Guards
60. Kent Regt
61. Kimberley Town Guard
62. King Edward's Horse
63. King George's Own Central Indian Horse
64. Kings Liverpool Rifles
65. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
66. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
67. Kitcheners Horse
68. Lancashire Fusiliers
69. Lancashire Militia
70. Leicestershire Regt
71. Leinster Regt
72. Libyan Navy
73. Liverpool Police
74. Liverpool RN Artillery Volunteers
75. Liverpool Scottish
76. London Fire Briagde
77. London Regt
78. Long Range Desert Group
79. Lovat Scouts
80. Lumsden’s Horse
81. Machine Gun Corps
82. Malasian Navy
83. Manchester Regt
84. MOD HQ
85. NATO HQ
86. NATO (NAMMA)
87. New Zealand Army
88. North Staffordshire Regt
89. Pakistan Navy
90. Parachute Regiment
91. Parachute Regt
92. Pembroke Artillery
93. Polish Airforce
94. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
95. Punjab Regt
96. Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
97. Queensland Light Horse
98. RDA Rifles (Bermuda?)
99. Royal Air Force (RAF)
100. RAFR
101. RAFVR
102. Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
103. Royal Army of Oman (then known as The Sultan of Oman's Land Forces)
104. Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC)
105. Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
106. Royal Artillery
107. Royal Australian Air Force
108. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
109. Royal Australian Navy
110. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
111. Royal Canadian Air Force
112. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
113. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
114. Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
115. Royal Canadian Navy Reserve ( RCNR),
116. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)
117. Royal Ceylonese Navy
118. Royal Corps of Signals
119. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
120. Royal Dublin Volunteers
121. Royal East African Navy
122. Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME)
123. Royal Engineers (RE)
124. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
125. Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
126. Royal Garrison Artillerary, India
127. Royal Hong Kong Police (1968-1997)
128. Royal Indian Navy (RIN)
129. Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR)
130. Royal Irish Rifles
131. Royal Irish Fusiliers
132. Royal Jersey Light Infantry
133. Royal Malaysian Navy
134. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
135. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
136. Royal Marines (RM)
137. Royal Naval Engineering Service (RNES)
138. Royal Navy (RN)
139. Royal Navy Of Oman
140. Royal Naval Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team
141. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
142. Royal Naval Patrol Service
143. Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service (RNSTS)
144. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)
145. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
146. Royal New Zealand Air Force
147. Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment (New Zealand Scottish)
148. Royal New Zealand Army
149. Royal New Zealand Navy
150. Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
151. Royal Nigerian Navy
152. Royal Norfolk Regiment
153. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
154. Royal Tank Corps
155. Royal Victorian Navy (Australia)
156. Royal Warwickshire Regt
157. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (RWF)
158. Royal West African Frontier Force
159. Royal West Kent Regt
160. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
161. SAS
162. Seaforth Highlanders
163. Seinde Cavalry Regiment
164. Shropshire Light Infantry
165. SOE (and French Maquis)
166. South African Air Force
167. South African Light Horse
168. South African Navy
169. South African Naval Reserve
170. South Lancashire Militia
171. South Lancashire Regt
172. South Staffordshire Regt
173. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
174. Suffolk Regiment
175. Suffolk Volunteers Regt
176. Suffolk Yeomanry
177. Thornycrofts Horse (SA)
178. Trucial Oman Scouts
179. US Army (Heavy Field Artillery)
180. US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
181. US Navy
182. US Naval Reserve
183. Victoria & St Georges Volunteer Highlanders
184. West India Regt
185. West Riding Regt
186. Wiltshire Regt
187. Worcestershire Regt
188. Yorkshire & Lancashire Regt (Canada?)
189. Yorkshire Regt

Conways have served in the following emergency/uniformed services

1. Ambulance - Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
2. Coast Guard - HM Coastguard
3. Coast Guard - Jamaican Coast Guard
4. Coast Guard - US Coastguard Auxiliary
5. Fire - Fire Service (UK)
6. Fire - London Fire Brigade
7. Fire - Shanghai Fire Brigade
8. Fire - New Zealand Fire Service
9. Other - Kent Probationary Service
10. Other - Prison Service (UK)
11. Other - Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
12. Other - Trinity House
13. Police - Bechuanaland Border Police
14. Police - Birmigham Police (Chief Constable)
15. Police - Bolton Police Force
16. Police - British Honduras Police
17. Police - British South African Police in Rhodesia
18. Police - Canadian Police Force
19. Police - Cape Police Force
20. Police - Coventry City Police Force
21. Police - Derbyshire Constabulary
22. Police - Gilbert & Ellice Islands Police Force
23. Police - Gold Coast
24. Police - Hampshire Constabulary
25. Police - Hong Kong Marine Police
26. Police - Hong Kong Police Force (from 1997)
27. Police - Kent Constabulary
28. Police - Kenya Police
29. Police - Liverpool Police
30. Police - Metropolitan Police
31. Police - MOD Police
32. Police - Mysore Mounted Police
33. Police - Northern Rhodesia Police Force
34. Police - Northumberland Police Force
35. Police - North West Mounted Police (Canada)
36. Police - Nottinghamshire Constabulary
37. Police - Palestine Police Force 1922
38. Police - Palestine Police Marine Division
39. Police - Rhodesian Police
40. Police - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
41. Police - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
42. Police - Royal Hong Kong Police (1968-1997)
43. Police - Royal Irish Constabulary
44. Police - Royal Protection Squad
45. Police - Royal Ulster Constabulary
46. Police - South African Constabulary
47. Police - St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
48. Police - Zambian Police Force

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Conway cadets have also worked in the following fields:

1. Accountant
2. Actor
3. Advertising Manager
4. Agricultural Research Council
5. Airline Pilot
6. Air Surveyor
7. Air Traffic Controller, Brisbane Airport
8. Antique Dealer
9. Architect
10. Art Silk Spinner
11. Author (See Bibliography for list and details)
12. Bagpipe Teacher (Scots College, Sydney)
13. Banana Planter, Fiji
14. Bank Manager
15. Banker
16. Barrister At Law
17. Blast Furnace Foreman
18. Bolton Metropolitan College
19. Bookseller
20. Brewery Manager (and Founder)
21. Brewery Sales Manager
22. British Aerospace
23. Building Society
24. Bulldozer Driver
25. Cargo Surveyor
26. Cattle Rancher, Argentina
27. Chandlery Manager
28. Chartered Company Secretary
29. Clinical Hypnotist
30. Chartered Acountant
31. Coffee Grower, Guatamala
32. Commonwealth Secretariat
33. Computer Consultant
34. Condominium Manager, Florida, USA
35. Consultant histopathologist
36. Cowman
37. Diplomat
38. District Manager for C&A stores
39. Diver
40. Eastern Caribbean Regional Security System
41. Editor Staffordshire Life
42. Electrician
43. Estate Agent
44. Estate Worker
45. Film Director - Hammer Horror Films
46. Fireman
47. Fish & Chip Shop Proprietor
48. Florist
49. Forester, Burma
50. Freight Forwarding
51. Fruit Farmer, Florida
52. Game Conservancy
53. Ghillie
54. Gold Miner, Venezuela
55. GP
56. Health Shop
57. High Court Judge
58. Hod Carrier
59. Honey Farmer
60. Hotelier
61. Hotel Manager
62. House Father
63. Hydrographer
64. Hypnotherapist
65. Insurance Consultant
66. International Harvester
67. Journalist
68. Jumbo Jet Pilot
69. Justice Of The Peace
70. Landscape Gardener
71. Launderette Operator
72. Lawyer
73. Legal Advisor, Saudi Ports Authority
74. Liferaft Surveyor
75. Lloyds Insurance Broker
76. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
77. Management Consultant
78. Managing Director
79. Marine Hydrographer (Royal Naval & Civil, lots of them)
80. Marine Surveyor
81. Market Gardener
82. Marketing Manager
83. Master Baker
84. Mauritius Ministry of Housing and Land
85. Mechanical Engineer
86. Member House Of Commons
87. Member House Of Lords
88. Member of Isle of Man Tynwald
89. Meterological Officer
90. Mining Engineering
91. Ministry Of Overseas Development
92. Mosquito pilot
93. Music Publisher
94. New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board
95. Operations Officer / Manager
96. Orange Grower, South Africa
97. Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
98. Patent Agent
99. Personnel Manager
100. Poet Laureate
101. Port Inspector
102. Poultry Farmer
103. Prison Officer
104. Professional Father Christmas
105. Publican (A few of these!)
106. Radio broadcaster and documentary writer (South Africa)
107. Recruitment Consultant
108. Residential Care Home
109. Restauranteur
110. Rock Musician
111. Rothmans International Tobacco Ltd
112. Rubber Planter, Malaya
113. Salesman
114. Silver Fox Farmer
115. Statistician
116. Stevedoring (Australia)
117. Stevedoring Superintendent / Manager
118. Systems Analyst
119. Taxi Driver
120. Tea Planter, Assam
121. Teacher
122. Textiles Company
123. Timber Importer
124. Tin Miner (Siam & Malaya)
125. Tobacco Farmer, Nyasaland
126. Trade Union Secretary
127. Translator
128. Tree Surgeon
129. Trinidad and Tobago Hydrographic Unit
130. TV Comedy writer
131. TV Presenter
132. United Nations Development Programme
133. United Nations World Food Program (Rome, Italy)
134. Vicar
135. Vintner/Wine Merchant
136. Wool Merchant

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"Notable Achievements"

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The Connection With The Royal Canadian Navy

(RCN, RCNR, RCNVR or On Loan) by Laurie Farrington (February 1998)

Links: The RCN today http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/

Links: The RCN of yesteryear http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/

Conway training for service at sea, long envied for its high standards, was famed for its high quality graduates. Some of these intrepid young adventurers enjoyed careers in many fields of endeavour, including the Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard. Their professional achievements were as legendary as their ability to endure hardship as young Conway trainees. The majority of the 71 people identified as former Conways represented invaluable trained assets as war began in 1939, as the RCN expanded to meet the demands of WW II. Some of them remained with the RCN in the postwar period and attained "icon" status.

The 71 Conway Cadets identified represent the result of a two year research project to identify Old Conways who had Canadian naval service in the RCN, RCNR, RCNVR or on loan from the RN.

Fortunately the people who helped to build the Canadian Navy over the years did not come from a world of rigid conformity. Individuals came from a variety of sources and backgrounds. Diversity was the norm and there was certainly richness in diversity. Conway Cadets represented one professional source of commitment and experience which formed part of the Canadian naval mosaic.

A closer examination of the naval careers of the 71 people reveals some interesting facts:

• Canadian naval service involved people who attended Conway over a span of 48 years, from 1906 to 1954. The first or senior Conway Cadet in terms of training time was a Lt. A.S. Dean, who joined Conway in 1906 before the birth of the RCN. During World War I he served in the RCN in HMCS Niobe; at one time he served as HM Consul in Valencia. He is listed in John Masefield's book The Conway on page 222. The last and junior Conway graduate was M.J. Duncan, who left Conway in 1954, and commanded HMCS Assiniboine in 1977-79. The oldest surviving Conway Cadet (1917-1919) on the list is probably Allan Easton, a wartime commanding officer of HMCS Sackville, who in September 1997 was 95 years young and living in Kingston, Ontario.

C.T. Beard, who joined the Conway for training before the RCN was born in 1910, was one of the early RCN pioneers. With such notables as German, Nelles, Bate and Brodeur, Charles Taschereau Beard started his naval career before the Naval Service Act was passed and began training in CGS Canada. In 1920-22 he commanded HMCS Patriot, in 1928 HMCS Champlain, and in 1940 HMCS Prince Robert. In 1939 he was the senior commander in the RCN with seniority of 1 September 1926. Another pre-WW II pioneer was M.A. Medland who commanded HMCS St. Croix (1940), Athabaskan (1948-49) and Cayuga (1949-50). He retired as a Commodore in 1964.

Prior to their Canadian naval service many of the listed Conways followed merchant navy careers in various lines: J.A. Stokes (Alfred Holt Line); G. H. Hayes ,I.B.B. Morrow, S.D. Taylor (Silver Line); J.A. Mitchell and D. F. Olive (Canadian Pacific Steamships); H.R. Beck (Canadian National Steamships in the Lady Boats); D.V. Trevorrow (Union Castle Line); J.F. Aspin , B.J. Marette (Clan Line); and J.D. Taylor (Booth Line).

• Some Conways joined the RCN via the Royal Navy Special Entry route. They included M.A. Medland (Entry #29, 1930), R.W. Timbrell and R.T.N. Porter (Entry #43, 1937), R.B. Hayward (Entry #49, 1939), F.E. Wade (Entry #52, 1940), and D.S. Boyle (Entry 53, 1941).
• Several Conways were killed in action in WW II: R.T. N. Porter (Executive Officer of HMCS St. Croix sunk in 1943); D. C. Hazelton (sunk in HMS Encounter in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942, taken prisoner of war, and died when Japanese transport was sunk by allied submarine); and T.M.W. Golby (Commanding Officer of HMCS Weyburn sunk off Gibraltar in 1943).
• One other Conway on the list was taken prisoner of war but survived to serve many postwar years in the RCN: R.B. Hayward, Navigating Officer of HMCS Athabaskan torpedoed and sunk in 1944 in English Channel. Despite being in the water for some time, thanks to his physical fitness he was able to find his way to his rescuers. He spent a year in a German POW camp.
• Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross included: R.W. Timbrell, G.H. Hayes, W.E.S. Briggs, A.H. Easton and J.S. Hale.
• Many on the list served in Canadian ships in Korea: B.A. Ewens (HMCS Sioux/second tour), R.B. Hayward (Executive Officer of HMCS Athabaskan 1951-52), A.H.M. Slater and P.A. Scott (HMCS Nootka), and W.J.H. Stuart (HMCS Crusader).

Two people on the list were Conway King's Gold Medallists: G.H. Hayes in 1938, and J.F. Leseur in 1941. In 1939 R.B. Hayward was awarded the Conway Queen's Silver Medal or Tate Prize. George W.R. Graves was the first Canadian to become a Conway King's Gold Medallist in 1931. His name is not shown on the list of 71 names because his wartime naval service was in the Royal Navy. He served in armed merchant cruisers and was awarded the DSC. After the war he served with distinction in the Canadian Transport Department and Canadian Coast Guard. He now resides in Ottawa.] See also reference to the link between the Conway Medals and the Canadian Coast Guard College later in this site.

• Two Conways became Maritime Commanders: R.W. Timbrell 1971-73 and D.S.Boyle (1973-77).
• One Conway became Commander NATO Standing Force Atlantic: D.S. Boyle (1970).
• Many of the Conways with Canadian naval service pursued second or even third careers in the Canadian Coast Guard Service. These included E.S. Brand, R.B. Hayward, A.A.R. Dykes, W.J.H. Stuart, C.D. Maginley, A.J. Preston, and J.O. Jenkins. Some commanded weather ships (A.A.R. Dykes) and DFO ships (A.J. Preston). Some Conways served Canada in other ways than through naval service. Conways joined government departments such as Transport, Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans and their predecessors. For example, John T. Walbran (1848-1913) trained in the Conway (1862-1864) and later became a leader in the maritime life of British Columbia. Captain Walbran commanded the Quadra, took part in early fisheries protection duties, became a respected Justice of the Peace, and was the author of the book 'British Columbia Place/Coast Names'
• After Canadian naval service, several served with British Columbia Ferries (e.g. A.H.M. Slater and J. Butterfield).
• Four of the Conway trained people on the list were naval aviators: J.A. Stokes (HMS Formidable and Implacable in wartime, CO 825 Squadron in 1948, HMCS Magnificent in 1950), J.A.D. Rowland (Venture graduate, VS 881 and 880, and later Air Canada pilot), K.C. Grieve (was in Swordfish raid on Italian fleet at Taranto in 1940, on loan to RCN from RN, commissioned HMCS Warrior in 1946 as Cdr Ops), and B.J. Marette ( HMCS Malahat for VC 922 in 1956, and later pilot with CP Airlines). [Jack Stokes died in Vancouver BC on 24 September 1997.]
• The only submariner on the list is J.F. Aspin. Also an "honorary" Old Worcester, he was seconded to teach in HMS Worcester on the Thames in 1953-54. He sailed to Canada in HMCS Ojibwa, the first 'O' class submarine built to RCN order and commissioned in 1965.
• There are two brothers on the list - S.D. Taylor and J.D. Taylor. A third brother, who did not go to Conway, was the late Commodore Paul D. Taylor, DSC, RCN. The latter's younger brother S.D. Taylor commanded HMCS Chambly in 1944-45. All three brothers shared the same middle name of 'Dalrymple'.
• Conways who served on the staff of the RCN College at Royal Roads, Victoria, British Columbia, immediately after WW II included R.B. Hayward, D.S. Boyle, R.W. Timbrell and I.B.B. Morrow.
• Many Conways have contributed to the Salty Dips volumes published by NOAC Ottawa Branch where their naval experiences are described. The authors are E.S. Brand, G.H. Hayes, R.W. Timbrell, and H.R. Beck.
• It was the ambition of former Conways that some day they would return in command of their own HM Ships to sail past and salute their training ship. In the 1951-52 period the then Lieutenant- Commander G.H. Hayes DSC, RCN, when in command of HMCS Crescent, accomplished this ambition. Crescent steamed into the Menai Straits and was cheered by the Cadets as she passed Conway on her way back to sea.

Captain Hayes was also present to say farewell to his first ship in 1974. His final task prior to retirement was to represent the Canadian Forces at the Conway Paying Off Ceremony in Liverpool Cathedral.

• These Old Conways trained in a ship which was one of the last 'wooden walls' of the Royal Navy. In their subsequent naval careers these 71 people served over the years in far different ships, including some of the following HMC Ships: Niobe, St. Croix, Athabaskan, Cayuga, Trillium,CFAV Endeavour, Acadia, Red Deer, Quinte, Kenogami, Guelph, Warrior, St. Stephen, Crescent, Drumheller, Algonquin, Chaleur, Meander, ML 069, Drummondville, Lauzon, Provider, Discovery, Orkney, Cowichan, Margaree, Orillia, New Waterford, Border Cities, Fundy, Chignecto, Assiniboine, Wallaceburg, Fortune, Bonaventure, Haida, Donnacona, Cornwallis, Carleton, Venture, Discovery, Cape Breton, Nene, Nootka, Iroquois, Labrador, Sackville, Ojibwa, Sioux, Stettler, Patriot, Agassiz, Chambly, Prince Robert, Weyburn, Cedarwood, Ste. Th?“se, Queen, Snowberry, Festubert, Scotian, ML 106, Swift Current, Preserver, Hochelaga, Skeena, Micmac, Cap de Madeleine, Antigonish, Prince Henry, Edmonston, ML 070 and 066, Prince David, Chaudi“re, Ontario, Saguenay, Ottawa. Qu'Appelle, Swansea, and St. Laurent, to name but a few. The Navigator of the first Canadian-manned escort carrier HMS Nabob was a former Conway Cadet.
• Many survivors of the 71 Old Conways now reside in retired or semi-retired status on the West and East Coasts of Canada.
• Even as late as 1975 a Conway, M.J. Duncan, was CO of HMCS Chignecto and senior officer of the 2nd Training Division in Maritime Command Pacific. Another Conway, C.D. Maginley, was on the staff of the Maritime Commander, Pacific.
• Conway trained people were very versatile. A few examples of their achievements include: R.B. Hayward became the third Canadian to qualify as a member of the Cruising Club of America; G.H. Hayes is a former President of the Naval Officers Association of Canada; W.E.S. Briggs was a noted CBC announcer and special events expert; A.H. Easton, CO of HMCS Sackville 1942-43, is an author of note and supporter of Sackville as Canada's Naval Memorial; J.F. Aspin joined Northumberland Ferries (to PEI) in 1974, served 20 years and became President and CEO, and now owns Marine Agencies in Belle River PEI providing services to the marine industry; B.A. Ewens on retirement from the Navy in mid 1960's joined the Biology Department of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario; S.D. Taylor served in the RCMP Marine Section and later was connected to West Coast commercial salmon trollers; J.A. Brown was the official Hydrographer Pacific Coast in the post WW II period; J.A. Stokes became a financial analyst in a large Vancouver investment company; D.F. Olive worked in one of Canada's major insurance companies; C.M. Fry was Director of Merchant Seamen Manning Pool in Montreal in WW II; and M.J. Duncan, the last Conway Cadet to join the RCN, on retirement from the Navy in 1988 became the Trials Master for all new Canadian patrol frigates built by Saint John Shipbuilding since that time.

The relationship between the Conway and the Canadian Navy is now a matter of history. Research confirms that the Conway connection has had a positive and profound effect on the naval and maritime scene in Canada.

1906-1907 A.S. Dean
1906-1907 C.M. Fry
1906-1908 C.T. Beard
1906-1908 W.G. Lalor
1908-1910 W.G. Wright
1909-1910 E.S. Brand
1909-1911 V.H. Antle
1911-1914 J.W. Shaw
1915-1917 J.A. Brown
1915-1918 D.H. McKay
1916 R.F.A. Redman
1917-1919 A.H. Easton
1918-1920 F.B. Hutchings
1917-1920 F.W.M. Drew
1920-1922 T.G.S. Cairns
1920-1922 A. Moorhouse
1920-1922 J.D. Taylor
1921-1923 W.E.S. Briggs
1922-1924 T.M.W. Golby
1925-1928 K.C. Grieve
1926-1927 R. deC. Knight
1927-1928 F. Jones
1927-1929 D.R. Watson
1927-1929 C.F.W. Cooper
1927-1929 S.D. Taylor
1928-1930 M.A.Medland
1929-1932 S.W. Buxton
1930-1932 G.E. Murrell
1930-1932 D.F. Olive
1931-1933 A.A.R. Dykes
1933-1935 H.R. Beck
1933-1935 J.C. Smith
1934-1936 F.J. Boyer
1934-1936 J.A. Mitchell
1934-1936 R.T.N. Porter
1934-1936 J.A. Stokes
1934-1937 J.C.W. Nottbeck
1935-1937 R.W. Timbrell
1936-1937 K.D. Isted
1936-1938 G.H. Hayes
1936-1938 D.C. Hazelton
1936-1939 J. Butterfield
1936-1939 F.E. Wade
1937-1939 R.B. Hayward
1937-1939 I.B.B. Morrow
1937-1939 A.G. Murray
1938-1940 P. Henry
1938-1940 R.J. Mann
1938-1940 W.W. Robinson
1939-1940 D.S. Boyle
1939-1941 J.F. Leseur
1939-1941 B.A. Mitchell
1939-1941 A.J. Preston
1939-1941 A.H.M. Slater
1939-1941 W.J.H. Stuart
1940 W.G. Hunt
1940-1942 B.A. Ewens
1940-1942 J.S. Hale
1940-1942 G.G. Smith
1941-1943 P.A. Scott
1942-1944 G.H. Hill
1944-1945 J.P. Jones
1945-1947 C.D. Maginley
1945-1947 B.J. Marette
1948-1949 J.F. Aspin
1948-1949 D.V. Trevorrow
1949-1951 G.C. Dale
1949-1951 J.O. Jenkins
1949-1951 W. McMunagle
1952-1954 J.A.D. Rowland
1953-1954 M.J. Duncan

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