T & J Harrisons
of
Liverpool
Harrison line trips and pictures from 1973 - 1985 of Richard Hunt.
With major contributions from Harrison ship mates. & Family
1860-1865
1865-
Site Updated 03/12/25
Latest News Updated 03/12/25
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All Ships in order that I sailed on
Whilst I was at school, I hadn't a clue of what I wanted to do when I left, I did know that I would like a job which entailed travelling, the chance of promotion and of course a fair wage! After leaving school I worked on a building site for nine months whilst deciding and earned £60 a week. Once I left and joined Harrison's I was on the super wage of £54 a month! How times have changed!!
Unfortunately the company has come to an end as I knew it. In the mean time I have decided to put my trips online along with the pictures I took during those trips! It might bring back a few memories!!
Help needed......
If there are any ex- Harrison Line personnel or their Family out there who have film(Cine) or photos, especially of shipmates, I would love to here from you. Please get in touch. I would create individual collections and have them linked to your name, along with any details you provide, names, ships, dates, route etc.
My email link is the purple envelope at the bottom of this page.
Latest News
03/12/25 Update for Phil Waterfall's funeral from his wife Julie.
26/11/25 The Forum section has now been replaced with Groups, this is now where you will find the RIP section.
26/11/25 Picture of Tony Walsh-Clive Cayford-Ben Coppack-Jim Reilly in Perth
13/11/25 Sad news from Ken Amsbury via Facebook Harrison Line
Sad news, my old mate Phil Waterfall passed away this morning, fantastic fellow to sail with, so many great memories
RIP
04/11/25 Just a quick reminder that the closing date for our Annual Dinner is just around the corner(Nov 10th), please get in touch for any relevant info.
19/10/25 Storage device now has a new Hard drive and seems to be working again, please let me know if you spot something that isn't.
02/10/25 Some Photos from Mike McDonough taken from Facebook.
Cheers Mike, keep them coming!
02/10/25 Sad news:
Jim Butterworth who sailed with us from 1953-1965 sadly passed away on Sep 26th.
01/08/25 Sad news:
Jim Riley is sad to report that a very good friend and shipmate, Rupert Lamming passed away Thursday 31st July (Australian time). Our thoughts are with his wife Helen, his family in Anglesea and his extended Australian family. Rupert was one of the most cool, calm and collected people I have ever known. I am sure that anyone who knew him would agree. He will be sadly missed.
23/07/25 All Seagoing Officers (12035 entries) and Ratings (2022entries) names now loaded. Harrison's stopped giving out names in News letter No 58.
24/06/25 More Videos from Gwil updated with better sound:
1. Pisces Planter at Anchor Ulsan June 3rd 1987 Pt 9
2. Pisces Planter Turbo Charger Damage June 1987
3. Pisces Planter Sydney Harbour Standby June 21st 1987
4. Pisces Planter Barrier Reef-Hammerhead shark June 27 - July 2nd 1987
23/06/25 More Videos from Gwil updated with better sound:
1. Pisces Pioneer Downtime Durban Feb '87
2. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock May 27th 1987 Pt 1
3. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock May 27th 1987 Pt 2
4. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock May 28th 1987 Pt 3
5. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock May 27-28th 1987 Pt 4
6. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock May-June 1st 1987 Pt 5
7. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock June 1st 1987 Pt 6
8. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock June 1-2nd 1987 Pt 7
9. Pisces Planter Ulsan Dry Dock June 1987 Pt 8
22/06/25 List of Gwils videos that have sound fixed so far with original master copy being sent to me, cheers Gwil:
1. Pisces Pioneer Transit to India Dec '86
2. Pisces Pioneer New Years Day 1987
3. Pisces Pioneer fixing a stern winch Jan 1987
4. Pisces Pioneer Chinese New Year Jan 29th 1987
16/06/25 Another 38 Pics uploaded from Clive Cayford, (many thanks Clive)
05/06/25 3 pics uploaded from Clive Cayford, (many thanks Clive)
01/04/25 Unfortunately due to Family commitments the site for now will be updated on an as and when policy.
17/03/25 Apologies for the slow loading of the Officers Search.
The database for it is just too big for me to have on my site compared to the allowance I get for the package I have!
13/03/25 Added a couple of pics from Ray Oliff, from Facebook.
Officer Search now up to April 1980(No 27)
Ratings Search also started.
09/03/25 Apologies for any misspelt names in the Officers Crew lists and any others that may follow, down to doggy typewriters of the day and OCR software mis reading as a result! Please let me know if you find any so they can be corrected!
08/03/25 The officers search is now a sub heading under Crew Lists.
05/03/25 I have been working on an easy News Letter search to find friends and colleagues we sailed with. I have come up with a searchable way called Officer Search where you type in their surname or Rank or Ship, and it will let you know which news letter they are in. It isn't very pretty atm, but is functional and I am working on a better version! I am only up to News Letter No 7 but have managed to reduce the time down to under an hour for each NL, this will reduce as the ships start to be sold off, and the crew lists stopped at the end of 1988(No 58) it seems. Each search will include any other name as part of the one you are looking for, e.g. Hunter will pull up Hunt as well! I hope it will be helpful.
27/02/25 Eventually got around to adding my last trip on the Broompark! For some reason I have always had a mental block about adding it as I never saw it as a Harrison trip!
Only taken 20+ years! never could make my mind up!!
26/09/24 For those of you that use my site to find ship pictures I have adapted a spreadsheet I use for the ships company number.
You might find it useful to know that the last Magician for example was 314 which makes it a little easier to find in the dropdown of the ship category. I have used info from
Captain Graeme Cubbin's book and the project is ongoing, all the gaps will eventually be filled in!
31/08/24 Website News:
After 16 years of developing my website into what it is today with the help of our seafaring friends and family and the totally unexpected support I have recently received from your generous donations, I am delighted to say I am going to continue the site for at least the next 3 years in it's current format whilst looking to improve it where I can.
Thank you all for your support and please check your attics for lost picture treasures to help our archive grow!
Updated 27/8/24
While I was at a reunion dinner(2023) in Liverpool I was asked if this site cost me any money to run, he was quite surprised when I told him a couple of hundred pounds a year!
He also asked if our community new that, to which I said not many if any. I decided to break down how much it actually did cost, the amount is currently £184 per year, this will rise to £257/year from September '24 providing nothing else goes up, hence my decision to put the info out there which also explains the message below. The full breakdown of my costs are on the
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If you have negatives that need rescuing please give me a shout!
I have installed a search feature as a trial top left, might not wont work on all searches!
Ongoing NEW Project: Looking for FULL Crew Lists to make a collection
for us all to be able to help our memory put names to faces!
Link to example of how it might look
