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 President Lines
17. Anchor Line
18. Andrew Weir Shipping
19. Andrew Youle & Co
    
20. Angfartygs A/B Tirfing (Gothenburg, Sweden)
21. Anglo American Oil Co
22. Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co
23. ANL Alltrans
24. Anthony & Bainbridge (Newcastle)
25. Aran Ferries
26. Argentinian Navy
27. Argyle Shipping Co (Bermuda)
28. Arklow Shipping
29. Arya National Shipping Company (Iran)
30. Asiatic Steam Navigation Co (Singapore)
31. ASP Ship Management Group
32. Associated Container Transportation(ACT)
33. Associated HUmber Lines
34. Associated Steamships (Australia)
35. Astoria Shipping Co
36. Athell Line
37. Atlantic Container Line (ACL)
38. Atlantic Steam Navigation Co
39. Atlantic Transport Line
40. Atlantic Transport Service Company
41. Austasia Line (Singapore)
42. Australia National Line
43. Australian Steam Ship Company
    
44. Australian Territory Liner Services (ATLS)
45. Australian United Steam Navigation Co
46. Balfour & Williamson & Co
47. Baltic Shipping Co
48. Bank Line
49. Barge Express (Darwin)
    
50. Baron Line
51. Batavian Petroleum Maatschippi
52. Beaver Line (Canada)
53. Belfast Steam Shipping Co
54. Bell & Co
55. Ben Line
56. Bengal Coal Co
57. Bethel Gwyn & Co
58. Berthing Master (Port Rashid, Dubai)
59. Beynon & Co
60. BHP Ltd
61. Bibby Line
62. Bigland Brown & Co
    
63. Black & Black SS Co
64. Black Star (Ghana)
65. Blue Anchor Line
66. Blue Funnel Line
67. Blue Star Line
68. Blystad Shipping (Norway)
69. Bohannen Line (Panama)
70. Bolton Steamship Co
71. Booker Line
72. Booth Line
73. Border Tankers
74. Bowater Steamship Company
75. BP Tanker Co
76. Branch Line
77. Brett & Beaufroy
78. Bridge Line
79. Bristol Channel Steamers
80. Bristol City Line
81. Bristol Steam Navigation Co
82. Britain Steamship Co Ltd (later Watts & Watts)
83. British African Company
84. British Antarctic Survey
85. British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co
86. British & Burma Steam Navigation Co
87. British & Commonwealth Line
88. British & Eastern Shipping Co
89. British Channel Island Ferrie
90. British Columbia Ferries
91. British Columbia Salvage Association
92. British East African Lake Service
93. British India Steam Navigation Company
94. British Molasses Co
95. British Rail Hovercraft Ltd (Seaspeed)
96. British Rail Marine Dept
97. British Rail South West
98. British Rhine Flotilla (Koln)
99. British Shipowners Company
100. British Steamship Co
101. British Tanker Co Ltd
102. British Underwater Engineering
103. Britship (IOM) Ltd
104. Brocklebank Line
105. Broderson & Broy
106. Broken Hill Line (NSW)
107. Brook line
108. Brookes Bell & Co
109. Bryon Steamship Co
110. BT Marine
111. BU. Marine
112. Bullard King
113. Buries Marks
114. Burma Government Marine
115. Burmah Oil Co.(Tankers) Ltd
116. Burns Steamship Co
117. Burns Philp (Australia) Pty Ltd
118. Buries Markes
119. Butterfield & Swires China Steam Navigation Co
120. C G Dunn & Co (Liverpool)
121. C Y Tung Line
122. Cable & Wireless
123. Cairn Line
124. Caladonian MacBraynes
125. Calcutta River Survey Service
126. Caltex
127. Campbell Findlay & Co (Greenock)
128. Campbell Maritime Ltd
     
129. Canada Steamship Lines (Montreal)
130. Canadian British Aluminum Co
131. Canadian Coast Guard Service
132. Canadian Government Merchant Marine
133. Canadian Hydrographic Service
134. Canadian Marine Drilling
135. Canadian Pacific Steamship Co
136. Canadian Steamship Co
137. Caltex Tankers
138. Caribean Molasses Co.
139. Caribbean Shipping (Texas)
140. Carisbrooke Shipping
141. Carmichael & Co (Glasgow)
142. Carmichaels & Stewart
143. Cayzar Irvine
144. Ceina Mutual SS Co
145. Ceylon Imperial Lighthouse Service
146. Central American Shipping Co
147. Central Shipping (Manila)
148. Ceol Mor Shipping
149. Ceres Hellenic Shipping (Piraeus)
150. Cermar Shipping, Dublin
151. Ceylon Shipping Corporation
152. Chadwick, Wainwright & Co
153. Chagargeur-Delmar (France)
154. Chambers & Co
155. Chandris Tankers
156. Chapman & Flint (New York)
157. Charente Shipping Company
158. Charles Hills
159. Charles Wille (Cardiff)
160. Chevron Tankship (UK)
161. China Line
162. China Maritime Customs
163. China Mutual Steam Navigation Co
164. China Navigation Company
165. China Ocean Shipping (HK) Ltd
166. Chine Shipping Co
167. Chinese Customs Maritime Service
168. City Line
169. City of Cork Steamship Co
170. City of Dublin Steam Navigation Co
171. Clan Line Steamers
172. Claude Ferrier & Sons
173. Coast Line
174. Coldwell Line (Hong Kong)
175. Colonial Oil
176. Colonial Sugar Refining Co. of Sydney
177. Columbus Line
178. Comben, Longstaff & Co
179. Combs Marshall & Co
180. Commercial Cable Co
181. Commodore Shipping (Guernsey)
182. Common Brothers
183. Commonwealth & Dominion Line
184. Commonwealth Government Line
185. Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
186. Comprehensive Shipping
187. Constantine Line
188. Continental Line
189. Conway Line (NI) (founder of)
190. Cook Strait Ferries (NZ)
191. Corfields
192. Corsar (Liverpool)
193. Cork-Swansea Ferries
194. Cotesworth Lyne & Co (Liverpool)
195. Court Line
196. Cowasjee Line (Karachi)
197. Crawford and Rowat Line (Canada)
198. Crawley Tugs (Los Angeles)
199. Crow, Rudolph & Co
200. Crusader Shipping Co
201. Cuban Navy (1909)
202. Cunard Cargo Shipping
203. Cunard Steam Ship Co
204. Currie Line
205. Dalraida Steam Packet Company (founder of)
206. De Wolf Shipping
207. Dealgan Shipping Co. Ltd
     
208. Delta Shipping (Gothenburg)
209. Dene Shipping Company
210. Denholm (Bermuda)
211. Department of Energy Mines & Resources, Canada
212. Devitt Moore & Co
213. Don Line
     
214. Donald Kennedy
215. Donaldson Line
216. Donaldson, Rose & Co (Aberdeen)
     
217. Doure & Co
218. Ducal Line
219. Dundalk Port Authority
220. Dundee Clipper Line
221. E C Friend & Co
222. E D Sassoon & Co (Bombay)
     
223. E P & W Roberts (Liverpool)
224. E R Peel & Co
225. E T Gourlay (Sunderland)
226. Eagle Container Line (ECL Contship)
227. Eagle Oil Shipping Co
228. Eagle Tugs (Mombasa)
229. East & West Steamship Co
230. Eastbound Line
231. Eastern Telegraph Co (Malta)
232. Elder Dempster Lines
233. Elders & Fyffes Line
234. Elderslie Steam Ship Co
235. Egyptian Mail Steamship Co
236. Egyptian Navy
237. Ellerman & Bucknell Shipping
238. Ellerman Lines
239. Ellerman Hall Line
240. Ellerman Wilson Line
241. Energy Mines & Resources (Canada)
242. Engen Oil
243. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd
244. Eureka Shipping (Piraeus)
245. European Marine Contractors
246. Everett Steamship Co (Calcutta)
247. Evergreen Line
248. F Laeisz (Hamburg)
249. F C Street (London)
250. F C Strick & Co Ltd
251. F.T.Everard
252. Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd (Hong Kong)
253. Fast Cat Ferries Ltd (NZ)
254. Federal Offshore Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
255. Federal Steam Navigation Company
256. Fernie Brothers
257. Finanglia Ferries
258. Finlay & Co
259. Fisher & Sprout
260. Fisheries & Oceans (Canada)
261. Fleet Air Arm
262. Foss Shipping
263. Freight Express Seacon
264. French Navy
265. Furness Withy & Co Ltd
266. Fyffes Group
267. G Duncan & Co
268. G Heyn & Sons
269. G Marshall & Co
270. G M Steves & Co
271. G S Milne & Co
272. G Thompson & Co
273. Gardline Shipping
274. Garmouth
275. Gas Pac Shipping Co (Tonga)
276. Geest Line
277. Gellaty, Hanker & Co
278. General Maritime S.A. (Casablanca)
279. General Steam Navigation Co
280. George Horsley & Co (West Hartlepool)
281. General Steam Navigation Co
282. Gibraltar Contraband Service
283. Gibson & Clarke (Glasgow)
284. Gillison & Chadwick (Liverpool)
285. Glasgow Line
286. Glen & Shire Line
287. Global Chemical Tankers (Torshavn, Faroe Islands)
288. Global Marine Inc (Los Angeles)
289. Glyn & Sons
290. Gold Star Line (Hong Kong)
291. Golden Bay Cement Company (NZ)
292. Golden Line (Singapore)
293. GovernmentTelegraph Service
294. Governmemnt Lake Service BEA
295. Gow Harrrison & Co
296. GPO Cable Ships
297. Gracie, Beazley & Co
298. Gray McKenzie (Bahrein and Dubai)
299. Great White Fleet
300. Green R Line (South Africa)
301. Griffin Shipping (Coldwells Hong Kong)  
302. Gulf East Shipping
303. Gulf Line
304. Gulf Oil
305. Gulf Steamships
306. Guinea Gulf Line
307. Gustaf Erikson Line
308. Guthrie & Co (London)
309. H A S Bond (New Zealand)
310. Hayton & Simpson
311. HM Cableship Service
312. HM Coastguard
313. HM Telegraph Ships
314. Hadden & Co (Singapore)
315. Hadley Shipping Co
316. Hain Steamship Company
317. Hall Line
318. Hansa Line
319. Hardie & C
     
320. Hargreaves, Ferguson & Jackson
321. Hargrove & Helen (Liverpool)
322. Harley Mullion (Hong Kong)
323. Harrison Crossfield Medal (Sumatra)
324. Harrowing & Co (Whitby)
325. Hayes Shipping
326. Haws & Co
327. Head Line
328. Head-Donaldson Line (Belfast)
329. Hebridean International Cruises
330. Hector Whaling Co
331. Hedlams
332. Hella Carribean Steamship Company
333. Henderson Line
334. Henry F Watt
335. Heron & Dunn (Liverpool)s
336. Hogarth & Son
337. Holland Africa Line
338. Holm Shipping (New Zealand)
339. Holyhead And Kingstown Royal Mail Service
340. Hong Kong & Borneo Shipping Co
341. Hong Kong Canton River Steamers
342. Hong Kong Macau Hydrofoil Co
343. Hong Kong Marine Police
344. Horsley & Co
345. Houlder Brothers
346. Houston Line
347. HoverKaz inc
348. Hovertravel Ltd
349. Howard Smith (Sydney Australia)
350. Huawei Offshore (Pepoles' Republic of China)
     
351. Hudson Steam Navigation Company
352. Hugh Roberts and Sons (Newcastle)
353. Hugli River Survey Steamers
354. Hull Gates Shipping Co
355. IF Co
     
356. IFR Services
357. Imperial & International Communications Ltd
358. IMT Shipping (Hamburg)
     
359. India Office Shipping
360. Indian General Navigation Company
     
361. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co
362. Inland Waterway Transport Co
363. Inspector of Irish Lights
364. Interisland Line (NZ)
365. International Chartering plc
366. International Marine Services, Dubai. (Insh'allah Marine)
367. International Maritime Transport
368. Inver Line
369. Iranian Navy
370. Iredale & Porter
371. Irish Lights Steam Ship Company
     
372. Irish Sea Ferry Company
373. Irish Shipping Co
374. Irrawaddy Flotilla Co (Rangoon)
375. Isbrandtson Line
376. Islamic Republic Of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)Teheran
377. Isle Of Man Coastal Service
378. Isle Of Man Steam Packet Co
379. Isle Of Wight Ferries
380. Ismay, Imrie & Co
381. Ivanavire
382. J Boyd
383. J Edgar & Co
384. J Hardie & Co
385. J Hardy & Co
386. J Herron & Co
387. J Houston & Co
388. J Mulhall
389. J Nourse & Co
390. J Willis & Co
391. J Windrup & Co
392. J P Corrie & Co
393. J S Fry & Co
394. J T Rennie & Son
395. Jamaca Banana Producers
396. Jamaican Coast Guard
397. James Chambers & Co
398. James Cornfoot & Co
399. James Fisher & Son
400. James Nourse Ltd
401. James Poole & Co
402. Jardine Matheson
403. Jasmin Marine (Yarmouth)
404. Jebsons International
405. Jessmar Shipping (Great Yarmouth)
406. John Edgar & Co
407. John Joyce & Co
     
408. John Steward
409. Johnson Line
410. Jones Brothers & Co (Cardiff)
411. Jordain Shipping
412. Joseph Steel & Co (New York)
413. Joyce & Co
414. K Steamship Co
415. Kapal
416. Karlander New Guinea Line
417. Karran & Co
418. Kaye Shipping Co
419. Kenny & Mahon
420. Kent Line
421. Kenya & Uganda Railway Marine
422. Kerr Steamship Company (Canada)
423. Khedivian Mail Line
424. King Line
425. Kingston Steam Trawling
426. KKK Line
427. Klondyke Shipping
428. Kristian Jebson (Bergen)
429. Kuwait Oil Tanker Co
430. Kuwait Shipping
431. Lancashire Shipping Co
432. Landing & Shipping Co (Mombasa)
433. Lang & Fulton
434. Lagos Shipping Co Ltd
435. Lam Hai Steamship Co
436. Lamport & Holt Line
437. Lancaster Shipping Co
438. Lang & Fuller
439. Larrinaga Steamship Co
440. Leith Salvage & Towing Co
441. Lewis Davis & Co
442. Leyland Line
443. Libyan Navy
444. Lion Shipping (Singapore)
445. Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association
446. Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company
447. Liverpool Towing Co
448. Lloyds Royal Belge Line
449. Loch Line (Glasgow)
450. Lockett & Wilson
451. London & Overseas Freighters
452. London Line
453. London Marine Steamship Co
454. Lord Line (Belfast)
455. Louis Davies & Co
456. Low Lin
457. Lund & Co
458. Lykes Line
459. Lyle Shipping Co
460. Lyne & Co
461. MacAndrews & Co
462. MacDiarmid & Greenshield
463. MacVicar, Marshall & Co
464. McCay Shipping (Canada)
465. McCowen & Cross
466. McIlwreath & McEachan
     
467. McGregor Gow & Co
468. McVicar Marshall & Co
469. Maersk Co
470. Mainland Market Deliveries
471. Mairsh Supply Service (Copenhagen)
472. Malasian Navy
473. Malaysian International Shipping Corporation
474. Manchester Liners
475. Manchester Ship Canal Company
476. Mansfield & Co (Penang)
477. Manx Line
478. Marconi Co
479. Marico Marine New Zealand Ltd
480. Marine Exploration Ltd
481. Marine Survey Dept, Cayman Islands
482. Marine Survey of India
483. Maritime Fruit Carriers
484. Maritime Services Board of NSW
485. Marrs (Hull)
486. Mavroleon & Co
487. Medomsley Lin
488. Meridian Marine Management
489. Merlion Shipping Agency (Singapore)
490. Meteorological Office (UK)
491. Michalinos
492. Mitchells of Woolwich
493. Milton Marine Management
494. Milton Stuart Shipping Co
495. Ministry of Defence (UK)
496. Mitchell Stevens & Co
497. Mitsui OK Line
498. Mobil Shipping Co
499. Mogul Line
500. Mollers
501. Monroe Brothers ( Liverpool)
502. Montgomery Line
503. Montreal Shipping Co
504. Moore-McCormick Lines
505. Morgan & Cadogan
506. Moss Line
507. Moss Hutchison Line
508. Muhne Drilling
509. Mullisons (Hong Kong)
510. Mungo Cambells
511. Nash Dredging/Van Hattum en Blankevoort b.v.
512. Natal Line
513. National Bulk Carriers
514. Natural Environment Research Council Fleet
515. National Sea Rescue Institute (South Africa)
516. Nauru Pacific Lines (Nauru)
517. Nautical Shipping Co
518. Nautilus Steam Navigation Co
519. Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan (NMSO)
520. Nelson Line
521. Neptune Orient
522. Neptune Ship Mgt
523. Nerdrum Shipping
524. New Guinea Australia Line
525. New Zealand Shipping Co
526. Newcastle Shipping Federation
527. Newgate Shipping
528. Nicholson & McGill
529. Nielsen Bulk Carriers
530. Nigeria Marine
531. Nigerian National Line
532. Nigerian Port Authority
533. Noble Denton
534. Nomis Shipping Company
535. Norships Ocean Carriers
536. North Shipping Co
537. North Star Shipping
538. North Thames Gas Board (sailing flatties)
539. Northern Marine
540. Northern Pacific Steamship Co
541. Northern Shipping NZ
542. Northumberland Ferries (Canada)
543. Norway Cruises
544. NYK Line
545. Nyasaland Railway Lake Service
546. New Zealand Rail Ferries
547. OIL Ltd
548. Ocean Cruise Lines
549. Ocean Fleets
550. Ocean Inchcape
551. Ocean Tramping Co Ltd (Hong Kong)
552. Ocean Transport & Trading
553. Ocean Weather Service
554. Offshore Marine Shippng  (Port Hedland WA)
     
555. Offshore Maritime Supply Ltd (Australia)
556. Offshore Supply Association
557. Orient Line
558. Orient Overseas Line
559. Orkney Island Shipping Co
560. OT Africa Line
561. Outward Bound (Hong Kong)
562. Overseas Container Line (OCL)
563. Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd
564. Oxidental & Orient Line
565. P Henderson Line
566. P & O Ferries
567. P & O New Zealand Ltd
568. P & O Steam Navigation Co
569. Pacific Express Line
570. Pacific Forum Line
571. Pacific Steam Navigation Company
572. Pacific Transport Co
573. Pakistan Merchant Navy
574. Pakistan Navy
575. Pakistan River Steamers
576. Palestine Police Marine Division
577. Palm Line
578. Palmer Marin
579. Palmer Surveys (Gt. Yarmouth)
580. Pan Ocean
581. Pan Ocean Chemical Tanker Line
582. Panama Pacific Line
583. Papayanni Line
584. Pandoro
585. Papua New Guinea Shipping Corporation
     
586. Papuan Liner Services (PLS)
587. Pedder & Mylchreest
588. Peel Shipping
589. Persian Gulf Lightering Service
590. PNSL
591. Port Line
592. Potter Bros (Liverpool)
593. Prince Line
594. Princess Cruise Line (West Australia)
595. Pritchard-Gordon Tanker
596. Queensland Shipping Co
597. R Green & Co
598. R Ropner & Co Ltd
599. R A Lapthorne & Co
600. R Thomas & Co
601. R Owen
602. Radcliffe's (Cardiff)
603. Rathbone Bros
604. Rea Tugs Ltd
605. Reardon Smith and Sons Ltd
606. Red Funnel Steamers
607. Rederi Nord (Hamburg)
608. Regent Petroleum Tankship Co
609. Rennies Coasters (South Africa)
610. Ritsons
611. River Plate Steamers
     
612. Roberston Cruikshank & Co (Liverpool)
613. Rock Line
614. Royal Army Service Corps Fleet
615. Royal Australian Air Force (Marine Section)
616. Royal Australian Navy
617. Royal Australian Naval Reserve
618. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Maritime Division
619. Royal Canadian Navy
620. Royal Ceylonese Navy
621. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Squadron
622. Royal East African Navy
623. Royal Fleet Auxiliary
624. Royal Indian Navy
625. Royal Indian NavyVolunteer Reserve (RINVR)
626. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
627. Royal Malaysian Navy
628. Royal Marines
629. Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS)
630. Royal National Lifeboat Institution
631. Royal Naval Engineering Service
632. Royal Naval Patrol Service
633. Royal Navy
634. Royal Navy Of Oman
635. Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
636. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
637. Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
638. Royal New Zealand Navy
639. Royal Nigerian Marine
640. Royal Victorian Navy (Australia)
641. Royal Yacht Squadron, Sultanate Of Oman
642. Royden Line
643. S M Steves
644. S R Graves & Sons
645. Safmarine (Cape Town)
646. Saga Line
647. Saguenay Shipping
648. Saguenay Terminals SS Co
649. Saint Line (South America)
650. Salen/Whitco
651. Salmon Troller (West Coast Of Canada)
652. Salvage Association
653. Salveson of Leith
654. San Francisco Bay Ferries
     
655. San Francisco, Oaklands & San Jose Ferry Service
656. Sandbach Tinne & Co
657. Santa Fe International
658. Sasoon & C0 (Bombay)
659. SBM (Monaco)
660. Scindia Steam Navigation Co
661. SCNZ
662. Scottish Fisheries Protection
663. Scottish Office Fishery Protection Fleet
664. Scottish Ship Management
665. Scottish Shire Line
666. Scottish Tankers
667. Sea of Galilee Ferry Boat Servcie
668. Sea-Land Service Inc (USA)
669. Seaglen Shipping NZ
670. Seahorse Ship Management
671. Sealion Shipping
672. Seaspeed (BRHLtd)
673. Seatrain Lines (New York)
674. Seaworkx of Den Helde
675. Seivewright & Bacon & Co
     
676. Shallow Draft Bulk Carriers (Nassau
677. Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd
678. Shell Company (New Zealand)
679. Shell Tankers
680. Shepherd & Co (London)
681. Shipping Corporation of NZ
682. Shire (Welsh) line (Glasgow)
683. Shoreside Support Ltd
     
684. Sierra Line
685. Silver Line
686. Sin Chiao Shipping (Singapore)
687. Singapore Straits Line
688. Smit International
689. Smit-Pentow (Durban South Africa)
690. Smith Line
691. South African Marine Corporation
692. South African Navy
693. South African Naval Reserve
694. South America Line
695. Southern Nigerian Marine
696. South Pacific Tuna Corp (San Diego)
697. Southern Nigerian Marine
698. Southern Shipping Lines (Australia) Pty Ltd
699. Soviet Navy? See Famous OCs "Commander Crabb Is Alive"
700. Squarey & Kendall
701. St Helena Shipping
702. St Lucia Coastguard/Police Marine Unit/Drug Enforcement/Fisheries Protection Force (founder of)
703. Stag Line
704. Star Offshore Services, Aberdeen
705. Star Shipping (Canada)
706. Starline Cruises
707. Stateships of Western Australia
708. Steele & Co (Liverpool)
709. Steeves & Co
710. Stena Sealink
711. Stephenson Clark Line
712. Stewart & Son
713. Stolt-Neilson (Denmark)
714. Straits Steamship Co (Singapore)
715. Strick Line
716. Stuart & Douglas
717. Stuntbrand Mail Steamship Company Limited
718. Sub Sea Seven
719. Sugar Line
720. Sun Shipping Co
721. Superclubs
722. Svenska Orient Linien (Gothenburg, Sweden)
723. Svitzer
724. Swire Pacific Offshore
     
725. T & J Harrison Ltd
     
726. T & W Smith (Newcastle)Tarakohe Shipping (NZ)
727. T Benyon & Co
728. T Shute & Co
729. T W Dixon & Son
730. T L Duff & Co
731. Tasman Express Line
732. Tay Ferries
733. Technip
     
734. Tedfords (Belfast)
735. Tekay Tankers
736. Texaco Overseas Tankships
737. Terrazzo Ship C0 (Niagara USA)
738. Thom & Cameron (Glasgow)
739. Thomas & Co (Liverpool)
740. Thomas Beel & Son
741. Thomas Dixon & Sons (Belfast)
742. Thomas Watson
743. Thompson & Co
744. Thompson Anderson & Co
745. Thompson Dickie & Co
746. Thor Dahl (Norway)
747. Tidewater International (Australia)
748. TNT
749. Tolka Shipping, Dublin
750. Tonga Copra Board
751. Townsend Ferries
752. Town Line
753. Trader Navigation
754. Trans Oceanic Steamship Co
755. Transport Ferry Co
756. Tranz Rail  
757. Trawlerman
758. Trident Tankers
759. Trinder Anderson & Co
760. Trinity House
761. Tristan Da Cuhna Development Corporation
762. Tung Group
763. Turnbull Master & Co
764. Turnbull Scotts
765. Turner Morrison & Co (Calcutta)
766. Tyrer & Co
767. Tyser Line
768. Uganda Lakes Service
769. Uganda Marine
770. Ugland Management
771. Ugandan River Service
772. Ulster Steamship Company
773. Uiterwyk Corp. (Tampa)
774. Unicorn Lines
775. Unicorn Tankers
776. United Arab Shipping
777. United Enterprises (Singapore)
     
778. Union Co
     
779. Union Castle Mail Steamship Co
780. Union Company of NZ
781. Union Line (New Zealand)
782. Union Shipping Group
783. Union Steam
784. Union Steamship Company Of New Zealand
785. Union Transpot
786. United Africa Line
787. United Arab Shipping
788. United Baltic Corporation
789. United Fruit Company
790. United States Line
791. United States Coastguard Auxiliary
792. United States Navy
793. United Towing, Hull
794. Upper Lakes Shipping, Toronto
795. Vale Steamship Co
796. Vela International (Dubai)
797. Vergocean
798. Victoria Shipping Co (Borneo)
799. Vitoil (Geneva)
800. Vroon Offshore Services (Aberdeen)
801. W Holyman & Co
802. W Just & Co
803. W Lewis & Co
804. W Lowden & Co
805. W Price & Co
806. W Watkins (Tugs) Ltd
807. W R Thomas & Co
808. W T Dixon & Sons
809. Wallem SMS (Isle of Man)
810. Wallem Towage & Salvage 
811. Watts & Watts & Co
812. Waverley Line
813. West Australian Stateship
814. West Australian Steamships Co
815. Western Canada Steamships
816. West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co
817. West India & Pacific
818. Western Telegraph Co
819. Westminster Dredging
820. Whartons of Gunness
821. Whitco/Salen UK
822. White Star Line
823. Wholesale Society (Tarawa)
824. Wightlink
825. William Thomas Line
826. Williamson, Milligan & Co
827. Wills & Co (London)
828. Wilson Line
829. Wimpy Marine
830. Windram & Co
831. World Wide Shipping Co
832. Yacht Captain
833. Yangste River Steamers
834. Yeman Gulf Line
835. Yeoward Line
836. 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. Queensland Coast/Torres Strait
41. Rockhampton & Port Alma, Australia
42. San Francisco bar
43. Santan (Borneo)
44. St Lawrence Seaway
45. Shoreham
46. Sidon, Lebanon
47. Silloth (Solway Firth)
48. Singapore
49. Southampton
50. Suez Canal
51. Swansea & Port Talbot
52. Tees
53. Teignmouth
54. Torres Strait
    
55. Townsville, Australia
56. Trent
57. Trinidad
58. Trinity House
59. Tyne
60. Yangtze River
61. 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. Hibernian Marine School
    
25. HMS Excellent (RN Gunnery School)
26. HMS Worcester
27. Hong Kong Navigation School
28. Hull Nautical College
29. Hull Trinity House Navigation School
30. Indefatigable School
31. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth
32. International Association Of Navigation Schools
33. James Watt Sea Training School Greenock (captain superintendent)
34. King George VII Nautical College (Essex)
35. Leith Nautical College
36. Libyan Navy Instructor
37. Liverpool Nautical School (Founder)
38. Liverpool Polytechnic (Navigation Dept)
39. Marine Society Education & Training Committee
40. Maritime Command Pacific Training Division (Canada)
41. Maritime Studies Dept. of UWIST, Cardiff
42. Merchant Navy Training Board
43. National Nautical School, Portishead (Captain Superintendent)
44. National Sea Training College, Gravesend
45. Navigation and Seamanship courses, Department Of Further Education, South Australia
46. Navy League Sea Training School, Liscard (Superintendent)
47. Northern Ireland Polytechnic (School of Navigation)
48. New Zealand Shipping Co Cadet training ship (master)
49. Nova Scotia Nautical Institute (Principal)
50. Ocean Fleets Training Establishments - Aulis
51. Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey
52. Outward Bound Brig, Hong Kong (at least 3 masters)
53. Pangbourne School (Governor)
54. Papua New Guinea Maritime College
55. Plymouth School of Maritime Studies
56. Port Jackson cadet ship (Master)
57. RAN Naval Apprentice Training Establishment
58. RCN College
59. RCN Naval Operations School
60. RCN Sea Training Staff
61. RIN Midshipmen School
62. Royal Corps of Transport Maritime Training Squadron
63. Royal Indian Navy Training Center, Karachi
64. RNC Dartmouth (4 serving together at one time)
65. RNVR Sail Training Trust
66. Royal Yacht Association Instructor
67. Russell Coates Nautical School, Branscombe, Dorest (Captain Superintendnet) The cadets for many years in the 1920s used to sponsor a Russell Caotes cadet.
68. Sail Training Association
69. School Of Maritime Studies, Plymouth
70. School of Navigation, Sydney Technical College
71. Schools Afloat
72. Seamans Training Centre, Hong Kong
73. Sir John Cass Nautical School, London
74. Sir Winston Churchill (Bosun)
75. Southampton School of Navigation (Governor)
76. Southampton University, UK advanced maritime management course
77. Smith Junior Nautical School, Cardiff
78. Spirit of Adventure Sail Training (Founder)
79. Survival Systems Training Ltd
80. Technikon, Durban
81. Trinity House cadet training
82. Unicorn Training School,Durban
83. Vancouver Navigation School (Chief Instructor)
84. Warsash Nautical College
85. 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 - Sussex Constabulary
    
54. 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. New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board
97. Operations Officer / Manager
98. Orange Grower, South Africa
99. Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
100. Patent Agent
101. Personnel Manager
102. Poet Laureate
103. Port Inspector
104. Poultry Farmer
105. Prison Officer
106. Professional Father Christmas
107. Publican (A few of these!)
108. Radio broadcaster and documentary writer (South Africa)
109. Recruitment Consultant
110. Residential Care Home
111. Restauranteur
112. Rock Musician
113. Rothmans International Tobacco Ltd
114. Rubber Planter, Malaya
115. Salesman
116. Shipping Compnay Director
     
117. Silver Fox Farmer
118. Statistician
119. Stevedoring (Australia)
120. Stevedoring Superintendent / Manager
121. Systems Analyst
122. Taxi Driver
123. Tea Planter, Assam
124. Teacher
125. Textiles Company
126. Timber Importer
127. Tin Miner (Siam & Malaya)
128. Tobacco Farmer, Nyasaland
129. Trade Union Secretary
130. Translator
131. Tree Surgeon
132. Trinidad and Tobago Hydrographic Unit
133. TV Comedy writer
134. TV Presenter
135. United Nations Development Programme
136. United Nations World Food Program (Rome, Italy)
137. Vicar
138. Vintner/Wine Merchant
139. 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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