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

Conways also turned their hands to...

Some more unusual accomplishments...

Conway and the Royal Canadian Navy

Conway cadets have served in the following shipping lines, navies and maritime organisations around the world. In the late 1800s many sailing vessels were owner captained and not really part of a fleet. These vessels 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. Alcan Bermuda Shipping
8. Alfred Holt & Co
9. Alcan Shipping (Montreal)
10. All Red Line (San Francisco)
11. Ambra Management
12. American President Lines
13. Anchor Line
14. Andrew Weir Shipping
15. Angfartygs A/B Tirfing (Gothenburg, Sweden)
16. Anglo American Oil Co
17. Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co
18. ANL Alltrans
19. Anthony & Bainbridge (Newcastle)
20. Aran Ferries
21. Argyle Shipping Co (Bermuda)
22. Arklow Shipping
23. Arya National Shipping Company (Iran)
24. Asiatic Steam Navigation Co (Singapore)
25. ASP Ship Management Group
26. Associated Container Transportation(ACT)
27. Associated HUmber Lines
28. Associated Steamships (Australia)
29. Astoria Shipping Co
30. Athell Line
31. Atlantic Container Line (ACL)
32. Atlantic Steam Navigation Co
33. Atlantic Transport Line
34. Austasia Line (Singapore)
35. Australia National Line
36. Australian Territory Liner Services (ATLS)
37. Australian United Steam Navigation Co
38. Balfour Williamson & Co
39. Baltic Shipping Co
40. Bank Line
41. Baron Line
42. Batavian Petroleum Maatschippi
43. Beaver Line (Canada)
44. Belfast Steam Shipping Co
45. Ben Line
46. Bethel Gwyn & Co
47. Berthing Master (Port Rashid, Dubai)
48. BHP Ltd
49. Bibby Line
50. Black & Black SS Co
51. Black Star (Ghana)
52. Blue Funnel Line
53. Blue Star Line
54. Blystad Shipping (Norway)
55. Bohannen Line (Panama)
56. Bolton Steamship Co
57. Booker Line
58. Booth Line
59. Border Tankers
60. Bowater Steamship Company
61. BP Tanker Co
62. Branch Line
63. Bridge Line
64. Bristol Channel Steamers
65. Bristol City Line
66. Bristol Steam Navigation Co
67. Britain Steamship Co Ltd (later Wats & Watts)
68. British Antarctic Survey
69. British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co
70. British & Burma Steam Navigation Co
71. British & Commonwealth Line
72. British & Eastern
73. British Channel Island Ferrie
74. British Columbia Ferries
75. British East African Lake Service
76. British India Steam Navigation Company
77. British Molasses Co
78. British Rail Hovercraft Ltd (Seaspeed)
79. British Rail Marine Dept
80. British Rail South West
81. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
82. British Shipowners Company
83. British Steamship Co
84. British Tanker Co Ltd
85. British Underwater Engineering
86. Britship (IOM) Ltd
87. Brocklebank Line
88. Broken Hill Line (NSW)
89. Brook line
90. Brookes Bell & Co
91. Bryon Steamship Co
92. BT Marine
93. BU. Marine
94. Bullard King
95. Buries Marks
96. Burmah Oil Co.(Tankers) Ltd
97. Burns Steamship Co
98. Burns Philp (Australia) Pty Ltd
99. Butterfield & Swires China Steam Navigation Co
100. C G Dunn & Co (Liverpool)
101. C Y Tung Line
102. Cable & Wireless
103. Cairn Line
104. Caladonian MacBraynes
105. Caltex
106. Campbell Findlay & Co (Greenock)
107. Canada Steamship Lines (Montreal)
108. Canadian British Aluminum Co
109. Canadian Coast Guard Service
110. Canadian Government Merchant Marine
111. Canadian Hydrographic Service
112. Canadian Marine Drilling
113. Canadian Pacific Steamship Co
114. Canadian Steamship Co
115. Caltex Tankers
116. Caribean Molasses Co.
117. Caribbean Shipping (Texas)
118. Carisbrooke Shipping
119. Carmichael & Co (Glasgow)
120. Carmichaels & Stewart
121. Cayzar Irvine
122. Ceina Mutual SS Co
123. Central American Shipping Co
124. Central Shipping (Manila)
125. Ceol Mor Shipping
126. Ceres Hellenic Shipping (Piraeus)
127. Cermar Shipping, Dublin
128. Ceylon Shipping Corporation
129. Chagargeur-Delmar (France)
130. Chambers & Co
131. Chandris Tankers
132. Chapman & Flint (New York)
133. Charente Shipping Company
134. Charles Hills
135. Charles Wille (Cardiff)
136. Chevron Tankship (UK)
137. China Line
138. China Maritime Customs
139. China Navigation Company
140. China Ocean Shipping (HK) Ltd
141. Chine Shipping Co
142. Chinese Customs Maritime Service
143. City Line
144. City of Cork Steamship Co
145. City of Dublin Steam Navigation Co
146. Clan Line Steamers
147. Coast Line
148. Coldwell Line (Hong Kong)
149. Colonial Sugar Refining Co. of Sydney
150. Columbus Line
151. Comben, Longstaff & Co
152. Combs Marshall & Co
153. Commercial Cable Co
154. Commodore Shipping (Guernsey)
155. Common Brothers
156. Commonwealth & Dominion Line
157. Commonwealth Government Line
158. Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
159. Comprehensive Shipping
160. Constantine Line
161. Continental Line
162. Conway Line (NI) (founder of)
163. Cook Strait Ferries (NZ)
164. Corfields
165. Cork-Swansea Ferries
166. Cotesworth Lyne & Co (Liverpool)
167. Court Line
168. Cowasjee Line (Karachi)
169. Crawford and Rowat Line (Canada)
170. Crawley Tugs (Los Angeles)
171. Crusader Shipping Co
172. Cunard Cargo Shipping
173. Cunard Steam Ship Co
174. Currie Line
175. Dalraida Steam Packet Company (founder of)
176. De Wolf Shipping
177. Delta Shipping (Gothenburg)
178. Dene Shipping Company
179. Denholm (Bermuda)
180. Department of Energy Mines & Resources, Canada
181. Devitt Moore & Co
182. Donald Kennedy
183. Donaldson Line
184. Doure & Co
185. Ducal Line
186. Dundalk Port Authority
187. E C Friend & Co
188. E R Peel & Co
189. Eagle Container Line (ECL Contship)
190. Eagle Oil Shipping Co
191. Eagle Tugs (Mombasa)
192. East & West Steamship Co
193. Eastbound Line
194. Eastern Telegraph Co (Malta)
195. Elder Dempster Lines
196. Elders & Fyffes Line
197. Egyptian Navy
198. Ellerman & Bucknell Shipping
199. Ellerman Lines
200. Ellerman Hall Line
201. Ellerman Wilson Line
202. Energy Mines & Resources (Canada)
203. Engen Oil
204. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd
205. Eureka Shipping (Piraeus)
206. European Marine Contractors
207. Everett Steamship Co (Calcutta)
208. Evergreen Line
209. F Laeisz (Hamburg)
210. F C Strick & Co Ltd
211. F.T.Everard
212. Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd (Hong Kong)
213. Fast Cat Ferries Ltd (NZ)
214. Federal Offshore Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
215. Federal Steam Navigation Company
216. Fernie Brothers
217. Finanglia Ferries
218. Finlay & Co
219. Fisheries & Oceans (Canada)
220. Fishers
221. Fleet Air Arm
222. Foss Shipping
223. Freight Express Seacon
224. Furness Withy & Co Ltd
225. Fyffes Group
226. G Duncan & Co
227. G Marshall & Co
228. G M Steve & Co
229. G S Milne & Co
230. G Thompson & Co
231. Gardline Shipping
232. Garmouth
233. Gas Pac Shipping Co (Tonga)
234. Geest Line
235. General Maritime S.A. (Casablanca)
236. General Steam Navigation Co
237. George Horsley & Co (West Hartlepool)
238. General Steam Navigation Co
239. Gibraltar Contraband Service
240. Gibson & Clarke (Glasgow)
241. Gillison & Chadwick (Liverpool)
242. Glen & Shire Line
243. Global Chemical Tankers (Torshavn, Faroe Islands)
244. Global Marine Inc (Los Angeles)
245. Gold Star Line (Hong Kong)
246. Golden Bay Cement Company (NZ)
247. Golden Line (Singapore)
248. Gow Harrrison & Co
249. GPO Cable Ships
250. Gracie, Beazley & Co
251. Gray McKenzie (Bahrein and Dubai)
252. Great White Fleet
253. Green R Line (South Africa)
254. Griffin Shipping (Coldwells Hong Kong)  
255. Gulf East Shipping
256. Gulf Line
257. Gulf Oil
258. Gulf Steamships
259. Guinea Gulf Line
260. Gustaf Erikson Line
261. Hayton & Simpson
262. HM Cableship Service
263. HM Coastguard
264. HM Telegraph Ships
265. Hadden & Co (Singapore)
266. Hadley Shipping Co
267. Hain Steamship Company
268. Hall Line
269. Hansa Line
270. Harley Mullion (Hong Kong)
271. Harrison Crossfield Medal (Sumatra)
272. Harrison Line
273. Hayes Shipping
274. Head Line
275. Head-Donaldson Line (Belfast)
276. Hebridean International Cruises
277. Hedlams
278. Hella Carribean Steamship Company
279. Henderson Line
280. Henry F Watt
281. Heron & Dunn (Liverpool)s
282. Hogarth & Son
283. Holland Africa Line
284. Holm Shipping (New Zealand)
285. Holyhead And Kingstown Royal Mail Service
286. Hong Kong & Borneo Shipping Co
287. Hong Kong Canton River Steamers
288. Hong Kong Macau Hydrofoil Co
289. Hong Kong Marine Police
290. Houlder Brothers
291. HoverKaz inc
292. Hovertravel Ltd
293. Howard Smith (Sydney Australia)
294. Hudson Steam Navigation Company
295. Hugh Roberts and Sons (Newcastle)
296. Hugli River Survey Steamers
297. Hull Gates Shipping Co
298. IFR Services
299. India Office Shipping
300. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co
301. Inland Waterway Transport Co
302. Inspector of Irish Lights
303. Interisland Line (NZ)
304. International Chartering plc
305. International Marine Services, Dubai. (Insh'allah Marine)
306. International Maritime Transport
307. Iranian Navy
308. Iredale & Porter
309. Irish Sea Ferry Company
310. Irish Shipping Co
311. Irrawaddy Flotilla Co (Rangoon)
312. Isbrandtson Line
313. Islamic Republic Of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)Teheran
314. Isle Of Man Coastal Service
315. Isle Of Man Steam Packet Co
316. Isle Of Wight Ferries
317. Ismay Imrie & Co
318. Ivanavire
319. J Boyd
320. J Edgar & Co
321. J Hardie & Co
322. J Hardy & Co
323. J Herron & Co
324. J Mulhall
325. J Nourse & Co
326. J Willis & Co
327. J P Corrie & Co
328. J S Fry & Co
329. Jamaca Banana Producers
330. Jamaican Coast Guard
331. James Chambers & Co
332. James Fisher & Son
333. James Nourse Ltd
334. James Poole & Co
335. Jardine Matheson
336. Jasmin Marine (Yarmouth)
337. Jebsons International
338. Jessmar Shipping (Great Yarmouth)
339. John Edgar & Co
340. John Steward
341. Johnson Line
342. Jones Brothers & Co (Cardiff)
343. Jordain Shipping
344. Joseph Steel & Co (New York)
345. K Steamship Co
346. Kapal
347. Kaye Shipping Co
348. Kenny & Mahon
349. Kent Line
350. Kenya & Uganda Railway Marine
351. Kerr Steamship Company (Canada)
352. Khedivian Mail Line
353. King Line
354. Kingston Steam Trawling
355. KKK Line
356. Klondyke Shipping
357. Kristian Jebson (Bergen)
358. Kuwait Oil Tanker Co
359. Kuwait Shipping
360. Landing & Shipping Co (Mombasa)
361. Lagos Shipping Co Ltd
362. Lam Hai Steamship Co
363. Lamport & Holt Line
364. Lancaster Shipping Co
365. Lang & Fuller
366. Larrinaga Steamship Co
367. Leith Salvage & Towing Co
368. Lewis Davis & Co
369. Leyland Line
370. Libyan Navy
371. Lion Shipping (Singapore)
372. Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company
373. Liverpool Towing Co
374. Lloyds Royal Belge Line
375. Loch Line (Glasgow)
376. Lockett & Wilson
377. London & Overseas Freighters
378. London Line
379. Lord Line (Belfast)
380. Louis Davies & Co
381. Low Line
382. Lowden & Co
383. Lund & Co
384. Lykes Line
385. Lyle Shipping Co
386. MacAndrews & Co
387. MacDiarmid & Greenshield
388. MacVicar, Marshall & Co
389. McCay Shipping (Canada)
390. McCowen & Cross
391. McGregor Gow & Co
392. McVicar Marshall & Co
393. Maersk Co
394. Mainland Market Deliveries
395. Mairsh Supply Service (Copenhagen)
396. Malasian Navy
397. Malaysian International Shipping Corporation
398. Manchester Liners
399. Manchester Ship Canal Company
400. Mansfield & Co (Penang)
401. Manx Line
402. Marconi Co
403. Marico Marine New Zealand Ltd
404. Marine Exploration Ltd
405. Marine Survey Dept, Cayman Islands
406. Marine Survey of India
407. Maritime Fruit Carriers
408. Maritime Services Board of NSW
409. Marrs (Hull)
410. Mavroleon & Co
411. Medomsley Lin
412. Meridian Marine Management
413. Merlion Shipping Agency (Singapore)
414. Meteorological Office (UK)
415. Michalinos
416. Mitchells of Woolwich
417. Milton Marine Management
418. Milton Stuart Shipping Co
419. Ministry of Defence (UK)
420. Mitchell Stevens & Co
421. Mitsui OK Line
422. Mobil Shipping
423. Mogul Line
424. Mollers
425. Monroe Brothers ( Liverpool)
426. Montgomery
427. Montreal Shipping Co
428. Moore-McCormick Lines
429. Morgan & Cadogan
430. Moss Line
431. Moss Hutchison Line
432. Muhne Drilling
433. Mullisons (Hong Kong)
434. Mungo Cambells
435. Nash Dredging/Van Hattum en Blankevoort b.v.
436. Natal Line
437. National Bulk Carriers
438. Natural Environment Research Council Fleet
439. National Sea Rescue Institute (South Africa)
440. Nautical Shipping Co
441. Nautilus Steam Navigation Co
442. Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan (NMSO)
443. Nelson Line
444. Neptune Orient
445. Neptune Ship Mgt
446. Nerdrum Shipping
447. New Guinea Australia Line
448. New Zealand Shipping Co
449. Newcastle Shipping Federation
450. Newgate Shipping
451. Nicholson & McGill
452. Nielsen Bulk Carriers
453. Nigeria Marine
454. Nigerian National Line
455. Nigerian Port Authority
456. Noble Denton
457. Nomis Shipping Company
458. Norships Ocean Carriers
459. North Shipping Co
460. North Star Shipping
461. North Thames Gas Board (sailing flatties)
462. Northern Marine
463. Northern Shipping NZ
464. Northumberland Ferries (Canada)
465. Norway Cruises
466. NYK Line
467. Nyasaland Railway Lake Service
468. New Zealand Rail Ferries
469. OIL Ltd
470. Ocean Cruise Lines
471. Ocean Fleets
472. Ocean Inchcape
473. Ocean Tramping Co Ltd (Hong Kong)
474. Ocean Transport & Trading
475. Ocean Weather Service
476. Offshore Marine
477. Offshore Supply Association
478. Orient Line
479. Orient Overseas Line
480. Orkney Island Shipping Co
481. OT Africa Line
482. Outward Bound (Hong Kong)
483. Overseas Container Line (OCL)
484. Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd
485. Oxidental & Orient Line
486. P Henderson Line
487. P & O Ferries
488. P & O New Zealand Ltd
489. P & O Steam Navigation Co
490. Pacific Express Line
491. Pacific Forum Line
492. Pacific Steam Navigation Company
493. Pacific Transport Co
494. Pakistan Merchant Navy
495. Pakistan Navy
496. Pakistan River Steamers
497. Palestine Police Marine Division
498. Palm Line
499. Palmer Marin
500. Palmer Surveys (Gt. Yarmouth)
501. Pan Ocean
502. Pan Ocean Chemical Tanker Line
503. Panama Pacific Line
504. Papayanni Line
505. Pandoro
506. Papuan Liner Services (PLS)
507. Pedder & Mylchreest
508. Peel Shipping
509. Persian Gulf Lightering Service
510. PNSL
511. Port Line
512. Potter Bros (Liverpool)
513. Prince Line
514. Queensland Shipping Co
515. R Green & Co
516. R Ropner & Co Ltd
517. R A Lapthorne & Co
518. Radcliffe's (Cardiff)
519. Rathbone Bros
520. Rea Tugs Ltd
521. Reardon Smith and Sons Ltd
522. Red Funnel Steamers
523. Rederi Nord (Hamburg)
524. Regent Petroleum Tankship Co
525. Rennies Coasters (South Africa)
526. Ritsons
527. Roberston Cruikshank & Co (Liverpool)
528. Royal Army Service Corps Fleet
529. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
530. Royal Australian Navy
531. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
532. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
533. Royal Canadian Navy
534. Royal Ceylonese Navy
535. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
536. Royal Fleet Auxiliary
537. Royal Indian Navy
538. Royal Indian NavyVolunteer Reserve (RINVR)
539. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
540. Royal Malaysian Navy
541. Royal Marines
542. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
543. Royal National Lifeboat Institution
544. Royal Naval Engineering Service
545. Royal Naval Patrol Service
546. Royal Navy
547. Royal Navy Of Oman
548. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
549. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
550. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
551. Royal New Zealand Navy
552. Royal Nigerian Marine
553. Royal Victorian Navy
554. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
555. Royden Line
556. S M Steves
557. Safmarine (Cape Town)
558. Saga Line
559. Saguenay Shipping
560. Saguenay Terminals SS Co
561. Saint Line (South America)
562. Salen/Whitco
563. Salmon Troller (West Coast Of Canada)
564. Salvage Association
565. Salveson of Leith
566. Sandbach Tinne & Co
567. Sasoon & C0 (Bombay)
568. SBM (Monaco)
569. Scindia Steam Navigation Co
570. SCNZ
571. Scottish Fisheries Protection
572. Scottish Ship Management
573. Sea of Galilee Ferry Boat Servcie
574. Sea-Land Service Inc (USA)
575. Seaglen Shipping NZ
576. Seahorse Ship Management
577. Sealion Shipping
578. Seaspeed (BRHLtd)
579. Seatrain Lines (New York)
580. Seaworkx of Den Helder
581. Scottish Office Fishery Protection Flee
582. Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd
583. Shell Company (New Zealand)
584. Shell Tankers
585. Shepherd & Co (London)
586. Shipping Corporation of NZ
587. Shire (Welsh) line (Glasgow)
588. Sierra Line
589. Silver Line
590. Sin Chiao Shipping (Singapore)
591. Singapore Straits Line
592. Smit International
593. Smit-Pentow (Durban South Africa)
594. Smith Line
595. South African Marine Corporation
596. South African Navy
597. South African Naval Reserve
598. South America Line
599. Southern Nigerian Marine
600. South Pacific Tuna Corp (San Diego)
601. Southern Shipping Lines (Australia) Pty Ltd
602. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
603. Squarey & Kendall
604. St Helena Shipping
605. St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
606. Stag Line
607. Star Offshore Services, Aberdeen
608. Star Shipping (Canada)
609. Starline Cruises
610. Stateships of Western Australia
611. Steele & Co (Liverpool)
612. Steeves & Co
613. Stena Sealink
614. Stephenson Clark Line
615. Stewart & Son
616. Stolt-Neilson (Denmark)
617. Straits Steamship Co (Singapore)
618. Strick Line
619. Stuart & Douglas
620. Stuntbrand Mail Steamship Company Limited
621. Sub Sea Seven
622. Sugar Line
623. Sun Shipping Co
624. Superclubs
625. Svenska Orient Linien (Gothenburg, Sweden)
626. Svitzer
627. T & J Harrison
628. T & W Smith (Newcastle)Tarakohe Shipping (NZ)
629. T W Dixon & Son
630. T L Duff & Co
631. Tasman Express Line
632. Tay Ferries
633. Tedfords (Belfast)
634. Tekay Tankers
635. Texaco Overseas Tankships
636. Terrazzo Ship C0 (Niagara USA)
637. Thomas Beel & Son
638. Thomas Watson
639. Thompson & Co
640. Thompson Anderson & Co
641. Thor Dahl (Norway)
642. Tidewater International (Australia)
643. TNT
644. Tolka Shipping, Dublin
645. Tonga Copra Board
646. Townsend Ferries
647. Town Line
648. Trader Navigation
649. Trans Oceanic Steamship Co
650. Transport Ferry Co
651. Tranz Rail  
652. Trawlerman
653. Trident Tankers
654. Trinder Anderson & Co
655. Trinity House
656. Tristan Da Cuhna Development Corporation
657. Tung Group
658. Turnbull Master & Co
659. Turnbull Scotts
660. Turner Morrison & Co (Calcutta)
661. Tyser Line
662. Uganda Lakes Service
663. Uganda Marine
664. Ugland Management
665. Ulster Steamship Company
666. Uiterwyk Corp. (Tampa)
667. Unicorn Lines
668. Unicorn Tankers
669. United Arab Shipping
670. Union Castle Mail Steamship Co
671. Union Company of NZ
672. Union Shipping Group
673. Union Steam
674. Union Steamship Company Of New Zealand
675. Union Transpot
676. United Africa Line
677. United Arab Shipping
678. United Baltic Corporation
679. United Fruit Company
680. United States Line
681. United States Coastguard Auxiliary
682. United States Navy
683. United Towing, Hull
684. Upper Lakes Shipping, Toronto
685. Vela International (Dubai)
686. Vergocean
687. Victoria Shipping Co (Borneo)
688. Vitoil (Geneva)
689. Vroon Offshore Services (Aberdeen)
690. W Holyman & Co
691. W Price & Co
692. W Watkins (Tugs) Ltd
693. W R Thomas & Co
694. W T Dixon & Sons
695. Wallem SMS (Isle of Man)
696. Wallem Towage & Salvage 
697. Watts & Watts & Co
698. Waverley Line
699. West Australian Stateship
700. West Australian Steamships Co
701. Western Canada Steamships
702. West India & Pacific
703. Western Telegraph Co
704. Westminster Dredging
705. Whartons of Gunness
706. Whitco/Salen UK
707. White Star Line
708. Wightlink
709. Wholesale Society (Tarawa)
710. William Thomas Line
711. Williamson, Milligan & Co
712. Wills & Co (London)
713. Wilson Line
714. Wimpy Marine
715. World Wide Shipping Co
716. Yacht Captain
717. Yangste River Steamers
718. Yeman Gulf Line
719. Yeoward Line
720. 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. Hong Kong
20. Kingstown
21. Liverpool Marina
22. Malta
23. Neath & Briton Ferry
24. Nigeria
25. Nkata Bay, Nyasaland
26. Paignton
27. Penang
28. Portland
29. Portsmouth
30. Rangoon
31. Silloth (Solway Firth)
32. Singapore
33. South African Ports
34. Sydney
35. 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 worked for the following nautical training organisations:

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Conways Served In These Uniformed Services and 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. Austrian Army
16. Australian Army
17. Birmigham Police (Chief Constable)
18. Bolton Police Force
19. Border Regt
20. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
21. British South African Police in Rhodesia
22. The Buffs
23. Burma Army
24. Canadian Mounted Rifles
25. Canadian Police Force
26. Cape Town Highlanders
27. Ceylon Planters Regt
28. Chinese Customs Maritime Service
29. Coldstream Guards
30. Coventry City Police Force
31. Derbyshire Constabulary
32. Devon & Cornwall Light Infantry
33. Devonshire Regt
34. Dublin Fusiliers
35. East Yorkshire Regt
36. Egyptian Navy
37. Fire Service (UK)
38. Fleet Air Arm
39. French Maquis
40. Gibraltar Contraband Service
41. Gilbert & Ellice Islands Police Force
42. Gloucestershire Regt
43. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
44. Green Howrds (Lt Col)
45. Hampshire Constabulary
46. Hampshire Rifles
47. HM Cableship Service
48. HM Coastguard
49. HQ BAOR
50. HQ British Commonwealth Force
51. Hong Kong Marine Police
52. Hong Kong Police Force (from 1997)
53. Howe Battalion, RN Division
54. Imperial Indian Army
55. Inland Waterway Transport Co
56. Inns of Court Rifles
57. Indian Army
58. Indian Cavalry
59. Intelligence Corps
60. Iranian Navy
61. Irish Guards
62. Jamaican Coast Guard
63. Kent Constabulary
64. Kent Regt
65. Kenya Police
66. King Edward's Horse
67. King George's Own Central Indian Horse
68. Kings Liverpool Rifles
69. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
70. Kitcheners Horse
71. Lancashire Fusiliers
72. Lancashire Militia
73. Leicestershire Regt
74. Leinster Regt
75. Libyan Navy
76. Liverpool Police
77. Liverpool Scottish
78. London Fire Briagde
79. London Regt
80. Long Range Desert Group
81. Machine Gun Corps
82. Malasian Navy
83. Manchester Regt
84. Metropolitan Police
85. MOD HQ
86. MOD Police
87. Mysore Mounted Police
88. NATO HQ
89. NATO (NAMMA)
90. New Zealand Army
91. New Zealand Fire Service
92. North Staffordshire Regt
93. Northern Rhodesia Police Force
94. Northumberland Police Force
95. North West Mounted Police (Canada)
96. Nottinghamshire Constabulary
97. Pakistan Navy
98. Parachute Regiment
99. Palestine Police Force 1922
100. Palestine Police Marine Division
101. Parachute Regt
102. Polish Airforce
103. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
104. Prison Service (UK)
105. Punjab Regt
106. Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
107. Queensland Light Horse
108. RDA Rifles (Bermuda?)
109. Rhodesian Police
110. Royal Air Force (RAF)
111. RAFR
112. RAFVR
113. Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
114. Royal Army of Oman (then known as The Sultan of Oman's Land Forces)
115. Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC)
116. Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
117. Royal Artillery
118. Royal Australian Air Force
119. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
120. Royal Australian Navy
121. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
122. Royal Canadian Air Force
123. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
124. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
125. Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
126. Royal Canadian Navy Reserve ( RCNR),
127. Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)
128. Royal Ceylonese Navy
129. Royal Corps of Signals
130. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
131. Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME)
132. Royal Engineers (RE)
133. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
134. Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
135. Royal Garrison Artillerary, India
136. Royal Hong Kong Police (1968-1997)
137. Royal Indian Navy (RIN)
138. Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR)
139. Royal Irish Constabulary
140. Royal Irish Fusiliers
141. Royal Jersey Light Infantry
142. Royal Malaysian Navy
143. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
144. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
145. Royal Marines (RM)
146. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
147. Royal Naval Engineering Service (RNES)
148. Royal Navy (RN)
149. Royal Navy Of Oman
150. Royal Naval Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team
151. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
152. Royal Naval Patrol Service
153. Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service (RNSTS)
154. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)
155. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
156. Royal New Zealand Air Force
157. Royal New Zealand Armoured Regiment (New Zealand Scottish)
158. Royal New Zealand Army
159. Royal New Zealand Navy
160. Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
161. Royal Nigerian Marine
162. Royal Norfolk Regiment
163. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
164. Royal Tank Corps
165. Royal Ulster Constabulary
166. Royal Victorian Navy
167. Royal Warwickshire Regt
168. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (RWF)
169. Royal West Kent Regt
170. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
171. SAS
172. Seaforth Highlanders
173. Seinde Cavalry Regiment
174. Shanghai Fire Brigade
175. Shropshire Light Infantry
176. SOE (and French Maquis)
177. South African Air Force
178. South African Light Horse
179. South African Navy
180. South African Naval Reserve
181. South Lancashire Regt
182. South Staffordshire Regt
183. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
184. St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
185. Suffolk Regiment
186. Thornycrofts Horse (SA)
187. Trinity House
188. Trucial Oman Scouts
189. US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
190. US Coastguard Auxiliary
191. US Navy
192. US Naval Reserve
193. Worcestershire Regt
194. Yorkshire & Lancashire Regt
195. Yorkshire Regt
196. 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)

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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