Comments on: Highland Chieftain

By: Ariel Martinez

Ariel Martinez — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:55:11 +0000

My e-mail for contact or send photos and documents about Highland Chieftain.
arieleme@gmail.com

By: Ariel Martinez

Ariel Martinez — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:51:54 +0000

I would like to invite you to visit the facebook site where I’m gathering, testimonials, photos and documents about the history of Highland Chieftain.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126987297322534&v=wall
Regards

By: Conn Crowley

Conn Crowley — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:18:52 +0000

My father Patrick G (Ger) Crowley served on the Highland Chieftain in the 1930′s I have a Photo of him in Buenos Aires in May 1938.
How would I access crew manifests etc for that time

By: Greg Cook

Greg Cook — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:14:07 +0000

My Father sail on H C from 24.05.47 to 31.07.47
His name was Ernist Cook now known as Robert Ernist Cook if any one knows any more info I would apreicate it.
Regards Greg

By: James Skinner

James Skinner — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:36:23 +0000

Brings back memories. I travelled on her on return to Buenos Aires in 1950 as a 10 year old kid. Remember seeing her remains years later as I again returned to BA onboard the Argentine Dodero liner ‘Libertad’.

By: Elma McIndoe

Elma McIndoe — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:06:42 +0000

My father served on the Highland Chieftain during the war and he was discharged in 1944. Would like to know more about the ship’s years and voyages as troop carrier.

By: Brian Nash

Brian Nash — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:57:57 +0000

My grandfather was one of the replacement crew that boarded in Liverpool after the albatross. I have some cuttings from the Liverpool Echo telling of the ship being abandoned in Liverpool and their struggle to find replacement crew on the “jinx ship”. My grandfather died whilst the ship was being repaired in Montevideo. He tripped over a rope on his way home when he was a little worse for wear and fell into the dock and drowned after knocking himself out. He is buried in the british embassy in Montevideo. His name was William Rogan and he came out of retirement to join the ship. He was the oldest guy on board. I have seached before for stuff about the ship and there seems to be a lot more than there was a couple of years ago. Thank you for the information.

By: N.C.MacGregor

N.C.MacGregor — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:40:23 +0000

I spent eight years on Highland Monarch (one of Chieftains sister ships)and remember passing the wreck of Highland Chieftain soon after the event of her wrecking.What annoyed all aboard the Highland Monarch at the time of passing the wreck, was,that after many years of being manned by British crews,surviving the second world war and completing many more years in the ownership of Royal Mail Lines Limited, she was destroyed by (apparently), an incompetent crew.Due to her wrecking having just occured prior to us passing her outside of Montevideo harbour,she hadn’t had time to settle very much on the bottom and had the appearance of being very overloaded, with her main decks only just above the water line. She made a sorry sight as we passed her.

By: Alex Domínguez

Alex Domínguez — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:17:59 +0000

Hi from Spain, I found this page looking for photos from the vessel “Highland Chieftain” my mother left the Vigo harbour in this ship in the year 1954 and her destiny was Montevideo.

By: P. Pescador-Smith

P. Pescador-Smith — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:16:11 +0000

My Great Uncle served in the RAF was on board the Dominion Monarch when it collided with the Highland Chieftain, his diary dates this as ‘Thursday 8th May 1941′ when they were woken by four crashing noises,and thought they had been torpedoed. After parading quickly to find they had collided they were back in bed for 5am.