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 additiona, inthe late 1800s, many sailing vessels were not part of big shipping companies but were single owner vessels. The sailing vessels OCs sailed in are listed in old The Cadet magazines but are too numerous to mention here.

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

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Harbourmasters

1. Aberdeen
2. Aden
3. Avonmouth
4. Belfast
5. Bombay
   
6. Bowen
7. Brisbane
8. Bristol
9. Calcutta
10. Chittagong
11. Dar es Salaam
12. Dover
13. East London
14. Eden (Australia)
15. Fleetwood
16. Forth Ports
17. Georgetown, Guiana
18. Gladstone, Australia
19. Glasgow
20. Hartlepool
21. Hong Kong
22. Kingstown
23. Liverpool Marina
24. Malacca
25. Malta
26. Neath & Briton Ferry
27. Nigeria
28. Nkata Bay, Nyasaland
29. Paignton
30. Penang
31. Portland
32. Portsmouth
33. Rangoon
34. Silloth (Solway Firth)
35. Singapore
36. South African Ports
37. Sydney
38. 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. Jeddah
    
23. Kharg Island
24. Lagos / Port Harcourt
25. Liverpool
26. London
27. Manchester Ship Canal
28. Marsa El Brega,Libya
29. Milford Haven
30. Mombasa, Kenya
    
31. Moulmein, Burma
32. Nigeria Port Authority
33. North Sea
34. Panama Canal
35. Penang, Malaysia
36. Port Kembla & Eden (New South Wales)
    
37. Port Jackson/Sydney
38. Port of Spain (Trinidad)
39. Port Pirie (S Aus)
40. Port Rashid
    
41. Queensland Coast/Torres Strait
42. Rockhampton & Port Alma, Australia
43. San Francisco bar
44. Santan (Borneo)
45. St Lawrence Seaway
46. Shoreham
47. Sidon, Lebanon
48. Silloth (Solway Firth)
49. Singapore
50. Southampton
51. Suez Canal
52. Swansea & Port Talbot
53. Tees
54. Teignmouth
55. Torres Strait
    
56. Townsville, Australia
57. Trent
58. Trinidad
59. Trinity House
60. Tyne
61. Yangtze River
62. 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. Guangzhou Maritime College 
    
25. Hibernian Marine School
    
26. HMS Excellent (RN Gunnery School)
27. HMS Worcester
28. Hong Kong Navigation School
29. Hull Nautical College
30. Hull Trinity House Navigation School
31. Indefatigable School
32. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth
33. International Association Of Navigation Schools
34. James Watt Sea Training School Greenock (captain superintendent)
35. King George VII Nautical College (Essex)
36. Leith Nautical College
37. Libyan Navy Instructor
38. Liverpool Nautical School (Founder)
39. Liverpool Polytechnic (Navigation Dept)
40. Marine Society Education & Training Committee
41. Maritime Command Pacific Training Division (Canada)
42. Maritime Studies Dept. of UWIST, Cardiff
43. Merchant Navy Training Board
44. National Nautical School, Portishead (Captain Superintendent)
45. National Sea Training College, Gravesend
46. Navigation and Seamanship courses, Department Of Further Education, South Australia
47. Navy League Sea Training School, Liscard (Superintendent)
48. Northern Ireland Polytechnic (School of Navigation)
49. New Zealand Shipping Co Cadet training ship (master)
50. Nova Scotia Nautical Institute (Principal)
51. Ocean Fleets Training Establishments - Aulis
52. Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey
53. Outward Bound Brig, Hong Kong (at least 3 masters)
54. Pangbourne School (Governor)
55. Papua New Guinea Maritime College
56. Plymouth School of Maritime Studies
57. Port Jackson cadet ship (Master)
58. RAN Naval Apprentice Training Establishment
59. RCN College
60. RCN Naval Operations School
61. RCN Sea Training Staff
62. RIN Midshipmen School
63. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Training Squadron
64. Royal Indian Navy Training Center, Karachi
65. RNC Dartmouth (4 serving together at one time)
66. RNVR Sail Training Trust
67. Royal Yacht Association Instructor
68. Russell Coates Nautical School, Branscombe, Dorest (Captain Superintendnet) The cadets for many years in the 1920s used to sponsor a Russell Caotes cadet.
69. Sail Training Association
70. School Of Maritime Studies, Plymouth
71. School of Navigation, Sydney Technical College
72. Schools Afloat
73. Seamans Training Centre, Hong Kong
74. Sir John Cass Nautical School, London
75. Sir Winston Churchill (Bosun)
76. Southampton School of Navigation (Governor)
77. Southampton University, UK advanced maritime management course
78. Smith Junior Nautical School, Cardiff
79. Spirit of Adventure Sail Training (Founder)
80. Survival Systems Training Ltd
81. Technikon, Durban
82. Trinity House cadet training
83. Unicorn Training School,Durban
84. Vancouver Navigation School (Chief Instructor)
85. Warsash Nautical College
86. 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. 5th/14th Punjab Regt
   
7. 9th Lancers
   
8. 15th Minesweeping Flotilla
9. 15/19 Kings Royal Hussars
10. 19 Tank Transporter Sqn Royal Corps of Transport (RCT)
11. 27 Regt RCT
12. 27 Squadron RAF (NW Frontier, India)
13. 30th Lancers
14. 40th Pathans Regt
15. 42nd Company Imperial Yeomanry (Herts)
16. 110th Maharattas Regt (Indian Army)
    
17. 205 Flying Boat Sqn RAF (Australia)
18. Argentinian Navy
19. Argylle & Sutherland Rifles
20. Austrian Army
21. Australian Army
22. Bengal Infantry
    
23. Border Regt
24. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
25. The Buffs
26. Burma Army
27. Canadian Mounted Rifles
28. Canadian Police Force
29. Cape Mounted Rifles
30. Cape Police Force
31. Cape Town Highlanders
32. Ceylon Planters Regt
33. City of London Cyclists Battalion
    
34. Coldstream Guards
35. Cuban Navy (in 1909 an OC was in command of the newly built FS Guanabacoa)
36. DCO Yeomanry
37. Devon & Cornwall Light Infantry
38. Devonshire Regt
39. Dublin Fusiliers
40. East Yorkshire Regt
41. Egyptian Navy
42. Fleet Air Arm
43. French Maquis
44. French Navy
45. Gloucestershire Regt
46. Grants Guns (SA)
    
47. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
48. Green Howrds (Lt Col)
49. Hampshire Rifles
50. Hampshire Yeomanry
51. HQ BAOR
52. HQ British Commonwealth Force
53. Honourable Artillery Company
54. Howe Battalion, RN Division
55. Imperial Indian Army
56. Imperial Yeomanry
57. Inland Waterway Transport Co
58. Inns of Court Rifles
59. Indian Army
60. Indian Army Medical Service
61. Indian Cavalry
62. Intelligence Corps
63. Iranian Navy
64. Irish Army
    
65. Irish Guards
66. Kent Regt
67. Kimberley Town Guard
68. King Edward's Horse
69. King George's Own Central Indian Horse
70. Kings Liverpool Rifles
71. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
72. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
73. Kitcheners Horse
74. Lancashire Fusiliers
75. Lancashire Militia
76. Leicestershire Regt
77. Leinster Regt
78. Libyan Navy
79. Liverpool RN Artillery Volunteers
80. Liverpool Scottish
81. London Regt
82. Long Range Desert Group
83. Lovat Scouts
84. Lumsden’s Horse
85. Machine Gun Corps
86. Malasian Navy
87. Manchester Regt
88. MOD HQ
89. NATO HQ
90. NATO (NAMMA)
91. New Zealand Army
92. Nigerian Naval Defence Force
    
93. North Staffordshire Regt
94. Pakistan Navy
95. Parachute Regiment
96. Pembroke Artillery
97. Polish Airforce
98. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
99. Public Schools batallion of the RNVR
100. Punjab Regt
101. Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
102. Queensland Light Horse
103. RDA Rifles (Bermuda?)
104. Royal Air Force (RAF)
105. Royal Air Force Reserve (RAFR)
     
106. oyal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR)
107. Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
108. Royal Army of Oman (later known as The Sultan of Oman's Land Forces)
109. Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC)
110. Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
111. Royal Artillery
112. Royal Australian Air Force
113. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
114. Royal Australian Navy
115. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
116. Royal Berkshire Volunteer Battalion
     
117. Royal Canadian Air Force
118. Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
119. Royal Canadian Navy Reserve ( RCNR),
120. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)
121. Royal Ceylonese Navy
122. Royal Corps of Signals
123. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
124. Royal Dublin Volunteers
125. Royal East African Navy
126. Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME)
127. Royal Engineers (RE)
128. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
129. Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
130. Royal Garrison Artillerary, India
131. Royal Indian Navy (RIN)
132. Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR)
133. Royal Irish Rifles
134. Royal Irish Fusiliers
135. Royal Jersey Light Infantry
136. Royal Malaysian Navy
137. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
138. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
139. Royal Marines (RM)
140. Royal Naval Engineering Service (RNES)
141. Royal Navy (RN)
142. Royal Navy Of Oman
143. Royal Navy Siege Guns Service
     
144. Royal Naval Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team
145. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
146. Royal Naval Patrol Service
147. Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service (RNSTS)
148. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)
149. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
150. Royal New Zealand Air Force
151. Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment (New Zealand Scottish)
152. Royal New Zealand Army
153. Royal New Zealand Navy
154. Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
155. Royal Nigerian Navy
156. Royal Norfolk Regiment
157. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
158. Royal Tank Corps
159. Royal Victorian Navy (Australia)
160. Royal Warwickshire Regt
161. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (RWF)
162. Royal West African Frontier Force
163. Royal West Kent Regt
164. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
165. SAS
166. Seaforth Highlanders
167. Seinde Cavalry Regiment
168. Shropshire Light Infantry
169. SOE (and French Maquis)
170. South African Air Force
171. South African Light Horse
172. South African Navy
173. South African Naval Reserve
174. South Lancashire Militia
175. South Lancashire Regt
176. South Staffordshire Regt
177. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
178. Suffolk Regiment
179. Suffolk Volunteers Regt
180. Suffolk Yeomanry
181. Sultan of Oman's Land Forces
182. Thornycrofts Horse (SA)
183. Trucial Oman Scouts
184. US Army (Heavy Field Artillery)
185. US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
186. US Army Transport Service
     
187. US Navy
188. US Naval Reserve
189. Victoria & St Georges Volunteer Highlanders
190. West India Regt
191. West Riding Regt
192. Wiltshire Regt
193. Worcestershire Regt
194. Yorkshire & Lancashire Regt (Canada?)
195. 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 - City of London
    
21. Police - Coventry City Police Force
22. Police - Cyprus Colonial Police Force
    
23. Police - Derbyshire Constabulary
24. Police - Gilbert & Ellice Islands Police Force
25. Police - Gold Coast
26. Police - Hampshire Constabulary
27. Police - Hertfordshire
    
28. Police - Hong Kong Marine Police
29. Police - Hong Kong Police Force (from 1997)
30. Police - Jamaican Constbulary
    
31. Police - Kent Constabulary
32. Police - Kenya Police
33. Police - Liverpool Police
34. Police - Metropolitan Police
35. Police - MOD Police
36. Police - Mysore Mounted Police
37. Police - Norfolk
38. Police - North West Mounted Police (Canada)
39. Police - Northern Rhodesia Police Force
40. Police - Northumberland Police Force
41. Police - Nottinghamshire Constabulary
42. Police - Palestine Police Force 1922
43. Police - Palestine Police Marine Division
44. Police - Rhodesian Police
45. Police - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
46. Police - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
47. Police - Royal Hong Kong Police (1968-1997)
48. Police - Royal Irish Constabulary
49. Police - Royal Protection Squad
50. Police - Royal Ulster Constabulary
51. Police - South African Constabulary
52. Police - St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
53. Police - Surrey
    
54. Police - Sussex Constabulary
    
55. 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. Coach/Tour Operator
    
32. Coffee Grower, Guatamala
33. Commonwealth Secretariat
34. Computer Consultant
35. Condominium Manager, Florida, USA
36. Consultant histopathologist
37. Cowman
38. Diplomat
39. District Manager for C&A stores
40. Diver
41. Eastern Caribbean Regional Security System
42. Editor Staffordshire Life
43. Electrician
44. Estate Agent
45. Estate Worker
46. Film Director - Hammer Horror Films
47. Fireman
48. Fish & Chip Shop Proprietor
49. Florist
50. Forester, Burma
51. Freight Forwarding
52. Fruit Farmer, Florida
53. Game Conservancy
54. Ghillie
55. Gold Miner, Venezuela
56. GP
57. Health Shop
58. High Court Judge
59. Hod Carrier
60. Honey Farmer
61. Hotelier
62. Hotel Manager
63. House Father
64. Hydrographer
65. Hypnotherapist
66. Insurance Consultant
67. International Harvester
68. Journalist
69. Jumbo Jet Pilot
70. Justice Of The Peace
71. Landscape Gardener
72. Launderette Operator
73. Lawyer
74. Legal Advisor, Saudi Ports Authority
75. Liferaft Surveyor
76. Lloyds Insurance Broker
77. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
78. Management Consultant
79. Managing Director
80. Marine Hydrographer (Royal Naval & Civil, lots of them)
81. Marine Surveyor
82. Market Gardener
83. Marketing Manager
84. Master Baker
85. Mauritius Ministry of Housing and Land
86. Mechanical Engineer
87. Member House Of Commons
88. Member House Of Lords
89. Member of Isle of Man Tynwald
90. Metalurgist
    
91. Meterological Officer
92. Mining Engineering
93. Ministry Of Overseas Development
94. Mosquito pilot
95. Music Publisher
96. Nautical Surveyor
    
97. New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board
98. Operations Officer / Manager
99. Orange Grower, South Africa
100. Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
101. Patent Agent
102. Personnel Manager
103. Poet Laureate
104. Port Inspector
105. Poultry Farmer
106. Prison Officer
107. Professional Father Christmas
108. Publican (A few of these!)
109. Radio broadcaster and documentary writer (South Africa)
110. Recruitment Consultant
111. Residential Care Home
112. Restauranteur
113. Rock Musician
114. Rothmans International Tobacco Ltd
115. Rubber Planter, Malaya
116. Salesman
117. Shipping Compnay Director
     
118. Silver Fox Farmer
119. Statistician
120. Stevedoring (Australia)
121. Stevedoring Superintendent / Manager
122. Systems Analyst
123. Taxi Driver
124. Tea Planter, Assam
125. Teacher
126. Textiles Company
127. Timber Importer
128. Tin Miner (Siam & Malaya)
129. Tobacco Farmer, Nyasaland
130. Trade Union Secretary
131. Translator
132. Tree Surgeon
133. Trinidad and Tobago Hydrographic Unit
134. TV Comedy writer
135. TV Presenter
136. United Nations Development Programme
137. United Nations World Food Program (Rome, Italy)
138. Vicar
139. Vintner/Wine Merchant
140. 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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