MV Tower Hill corrected

[IRISH]

For the those of you wondering the MV Tower Hill is a ship of the class resembling "The Forts" ( Victory class ) She is a Doxford MV and is shorter than the Victory by 13' with a thicker funnel Here is a link

http://fortships.tripod.com/

http://www.lof-news.co.uk/CountiesHistory/Counties1.htm

Thank you GHQ this ships provides for vast amount of UK merchants.

United Kigdoms Liberty ship pedecessor
IRISH

[Donald M. Scheef]

I have to disagree. - On second reading, you did not say that they were a "Fort," only that it resembled a "Fort." This is true. - All of the "Forts" had reciprocating steam engines and names beginning with "Fort."

Tower Hill was a motor vessel (Diesel-type engine) and never had a "Fort" name.

I actually would have preferred a "Fort" type because so many of them were built (the UK equivalent of US Liberty ships), but there were definitely a significant number of nearly-identical MVs built.

Don S.

[IRISH]

Don,

Looking at the pictures she sure resembles a Fort, she was in deed built at Doxford & Sons, but they were known for their engines, the ship nay very well have been blue printed off a fort and engined with a Doxford engine. I am going to research through my books and will let you know what I find.

IRISH

[IRISH]

Don,

The first set of ships known as the "North Sands were coal fired, but a later improved version " Victory" was a diesel fired version and the Bridge and life boat locations are correct for the pictures I have of the Tower Hill. I suspect the ships was built off the "Victory" design, ( not to be confused with the US Victory Ship ) but built by Doxford and Sons.

IRISH

[Donald M. Scheef]

The "Victory" type were oil fired (marine fuel oil burned to produce steam) with reciprocating steam engines. This is not the same as Diesel oil in an internal combustion engine. Tower Hill is a MV (motor vessel), not SS (steam ship).

Having said this, they do have a similar appearance but enough detail difference to be noticed at GHQ standards.

Don S.

[IRISH]

Don;

I found the Doxfords in my Naval recognition book, They look just like the "Victory" class except for the funnel and length and few other minor things.

I will order 78 of the ships and most likely get another 32 to represent the "Victory" ships as well.

Hats off to you once again! You are the man.

IRISH

[Donald M. Scheef]

Tower Steamship owned a fairly large number of ships, all named Tower *. They came in various sizes. I doubt that Tower Hill is the same as Tower Field (ex-Roxburgh; the '37' is the year in which the name changed). If it is, it is certainly not one of the standard North Sands/Victory/Fort type ships, since these were all about 440 feet long.

You're absolutely right about the funnel markings. This was almost always changed when a ship changed owners, and some shipping lines changed their standard paint more than once.

Don S.