45-427: Orilla is the name of a number of ships, including: SS La Orilla (1942) , built as Empire Envoy , in service 1952–55 SS La Orilla (1943) , built as Mohawk Park , in service 1951–52 See also [ edit ] Orella (disambiguation) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes
90-589: A list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orilla&oldid=1006596287 " Categories : Set index articles on ships Ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All set index articles SS Verna Paulin Verna Paulin
135-406: A 4-inch or 4.7-inch gun, four Bofors guns , two machine guns , kites and anti-torpedo nets. She was carrying a cargo of stores and ammunition bound for Bône , Algeria. Convoy KMS 13 departed from Gibraltar on 26 April and arrived at Bône on 29 April. Empire Envoy was stated to be bound for Bougie, Algeria , but she arrived at Algiers on 28 April, sailing on 2 May for Bône, where she arrived
180-445: A Finnish company and renamed Verna Paulin . She served until 1969, when she was scrapped. The ship was built in 1942 by Short Brothers Ltd , Sunderland, Co Durham . She was yard number 473. The ship was 431 feet 0 inches (131.37 m) long, with a beam of 56 feet 4 inches (17.17 m). She had a depth of 35 feet 2 inches (10.72 m), and a draught of 26 feet 9 inches (8.15 m). She
225-945: A cargo of aircraft and ammunition. She was bound for Aden , then Basra and Bandar Shapur , Iraq. Her armament consisted a 4-inch or 4.7-inch gun and seven machine guns. Convoy KMS 29 departed from Gibraltar on 20 October and arrived at Port Said , Egypt on 31 October. Empire Envoy departed that day for Suez , arriving the next day. She departed two days later for Aden, where she arrived on 7 November. She then joined Convoy AP 52, which departed on 10 November and arrived at Bandar Abbas , Iran on 17 November. She then sailed to Hormuz , from where she departed that day for Basra, arriving three days later. Empire Envoy then sailed to Abadan , from where she departed on 27 December for Bahrain , arriving on 1 January 1944. Empire Envoy sailed form Bahrain on 12 January for Karachi India , arriving on 25 January. She departed on 11 February for Durban , South Africa, where she arrived on 27 February. She
270-572: A delay. She arrived at St. John's on 27 January, sailing four days later for Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada, where she arrived on 3 February. Empire Envoy sailed on 2 March to join Convoy HX 228 , which departed from New York on 28 February and arrived at Liverpool on 15 March. She was carrying a cargo of grain and flour, there were also a number of passengers on board. She joined the convoy on 4 March at 44°14′N 57°24′W / 44.233°N 57.400°W / 44.233; -57.400 . She
315-412: A fresh water loch – Loch nan Dalthein – which was about two miles (3 km) long and a mile (1.5 km) wide with a waist half way up. It had many small rather dark trout and the occasional sea-trout, which immigrated up the river running down to the sea. When the river got to the coast, it tumbled down a steep rocky bank, into which was built a "salmon ladder" – a series of small pools stepped down like
360-507: A mile (800 m) away. Electricity was turned off at 10.00 pm. The whole anchorage at Loch Ewe was fairly well sheltered for shipping and protected from the worst weather. It was much further from Norway than the Navy's main base at Scapa Flow , thus inconvenient for German bombers (who would have been at the limit of their range). In fact, there was so much bad blood between the Luftwaffe and
405-403: A staircase. The drop between each pool was small enough for the fish to jump up on their way from Loch Tournaig to Loch nan Dalthein. The dam which fed the salmon ladder also provided a crude form of hydro electricity – there was a small generator hut at the bottom with a millrace along the top of the bank, to provide a head of water. It generated one hundred and ten volts for the house about half
450-401: Is still in use, with two berths authorised for nuclear-powered submarine use. The jetty at Aultbea is designated a "Z-berth" to allow NATO's nuclear submarines to return for servicing without warning. A second Z-berth is located in the middle of Loch Ewe itself, marked by a buoy but not appearing on any Ordnance Survey maps. The naval boom defence depot at Mellon Charles marks the start of
495-452: The Barry Roads . She sailed on to Cardiff , Glamorgan arriving on 7 September. Empire Envoy was a member of Convoy OS 56KM, which departed from Liverpool on 7 October and split on 18 October, forming Convoy OS 56 and KMS 29. OS 56 arrived at Freetown on 29 October. Empire Envoy was in the part of the convoy which formed KMS 29 and arrived at Gibraltar on 20 October. She was carrying
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#1732855212049540-604: The Kriegsmarine that I don't think any attacks ever took place. This wilful lack of co-operation was a big factor in the sinking of Tirpitz in Norway during the war - she was left largely unprotected, and the RAF and Fleet Air Arm did what the Germans failed to do. It was said Loch Ewe was big enough to contain the whole Royal Navy. I don't know whether this is true - but it was important for
585-411: The 1841 census – twenty-three of whom were from the same (McIver) family. Mellon Charles, four miles (six kilometres) to the west, had two hundred and sixteen people in forty-one houses – including seventeen houses headed by a McLennan. Ormiscaig, roughly halfway between them, had ten houses (four headed by McGregors) totalling forty-eight people. One hundred and forty years later, in 1981, the population
630-510: The Atlantic convoy escorts. Also, I presume, the Russian convoys, but that is speculation. One major benefit from a naval presence was the building of a road from the railway station at Achnasheen about forty miles [65 km] away – the railway went from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. Until the 1860s there was no road at all. During the potato famine a track was built to provide local employment. It
675-524: The Scottish peasantry, and the folkish customs employed in recounting them, "still linger in the remote western islands of Barra ; where, in the long winter nights, the people would gather in crowds to listen to those whom they considered good exponents of the art. At an earlier date, – but still, at that time [in the mid twentieth century], within living memory, – the custom survived at Poolewe in Ross-shire where
720-528: The area for its cod , haddock , and mackerel reserves: Our farmhouse was used as a barracks by the anti-aircraft battery which had emplacements around the south and east sides of the Loch [Ewe]. The concrete foundations and bomb shelters [built out of favour for the locals] still remain in the Torridon Hills. The gunners lived in a large wooden hut on the bank above the house. There was an enormous balloon shed by
765-415: The convoy and sailed to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, arriving on 27 June. Empire Envoy departed on 19 July for Freetown, where she arrived on 4 August. Empire Envoy was a member of Convoy SL 135, which departed on 14 August and rendezvoused at sea with Convoy MKS 22 on 26 August. The combined convoys arrived at Liverpool on 6 September. She was carrying a cargo of manganese ore and two passengers, bound for
810-546: The convoy at Kilindini , Kenya, on 17 June and sailed to Mombasa . Empire Envoy departed on 28 June for Durban, arriving on 7 July. She sailed on 16 August for Cape Town , arriving three days later and sailing on 20 August. She returned to Cape Town on 25 August, sailing on 2 September for Buenos Aires , Argentina, where she arrived on 18 September. She sailed on 28 September, making a return trip to Rosario and arriving back at Buenos Aires on 1 October. She sailed on 16 October for Freetown, arriving on 4 November. Empire Envoy
855-656: The disaster of Convoy PQ 17 in order to confuse German intelligence. At the German surrender in April 1945 Loch Ewe became the British marshalling point for many of the German U-boats that had surrendered while at sea. According to the published correspondence of a local resident, the Royal Navy established watchkeeping defences around an inlet to the south-east of Loch Ewe, sourcing
900-416: The house where he was lodged, and every available seat – on bench, table, bed, beam, or the floor – would quickly be appropriated. And then, for hours together – just like some first-rate actor on a stage – the story-teller would hold his audience spell-bound. During his recitals, the emotions of the reciter were occasionally very strongly excited, as were also those of his listeners, who at one time would be on
945-497: The most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement. Due to the rugged and inaccessible terrain in which it is located, Loch Ewe has always been an assembly point for maritime trade. Around 1610 the area at the head of Loch Ewe, today known as Poolewe , was urbanised around an iron furnace using charcoal produced in the surrounding woodlands for fuel. English ironmasters found it more economic to ship
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#1732855212049990-476: The next day. She departed on 20 May for Algiers, arriving the next day and then sailing for Oran , where she arrived on 21 May. She sailed the next day for Gibraltar, arriving on 23 May. She sailed on 28 May to join Convoy OS 48, which formed at sea on 29 May and arrived at Freetown on 7 June. She departed on 11 June as a member of Convoy ST 69, which arrived at Takoradi , Gold Coast on 16 June. She detached from
1035-623: The nights of 23–24 and 24–25 January, she was one of ten ships which straggled behind the convoy in a gale. Her captain criticized the Convoy Commodore 's handling of the convoy in a letter to the MoWT. The convoy had been kept on its intended course and speed despite a severe gale springing up. Although Empire Envoy was making 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h), she was unable to keep up with the convoy. As no rendezvous point had been given, she put into St. John's , Newfoundland for orders, which resulted in
1080-551: The north of Tournaig. This is the subject of many strathspeys still sung today in local ceilidh . Additionally, it has several outposts above the Aultbea foreshore (around Aird Point) giving photo opportunities for tourists travelling inland. In his compendium of folk and faerie (encounters with the Daoine Sìth race ) tales of the mainland, Sir George Douglas records that the ancestral dialogues and mythological apologues of
1125-404: The ore to Poolewe for smelting than to ship the processed charcoal to England to run furnaces there. The crofting villages which were established in the 1840s, as a result of the local parish's estate being reformed from run-rig to fixed holdings properties, were always quite small. Bualnaliub, nine miles (fifteen kilometres) to the north of Poolewe, had eleven houses and fifty people at
1170-474: The original protective netting which guarded the entrance to the loch. Part of the base is designated a petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) depot. This provides for the maintenance of visiting warships. Loch Ewe is often praised for its scenic beauty, especially in the vistas from the so-called midnight walk (the A832 single-track road to the left of Loch Kernsary ) about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) to
1215-475: The previous day and arrived at Methil , Fife on 4 January. She then joined Convoy EN 181, which departed on 5 January and arrived at Loch Ewe on 7 January. She proceeded to the Clyde , arriving the next day. Empire Envoy was a member of Convoy ON 161, which departed from Liverpool , Lancashire on 12 January and arrived at New York , United States on 31 January. She was fitted with anti-torpedo nets . During
1260-541: The ship at a speed of 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h). Empire Envoy was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of the Buries, Markes Ltd, London. The United Kingdom Official Number 169107 and Code Letters were allocated. Her port of registry was Sunderland. Empire Envoy made her maiden voyage on 3 January 1943, when she sailed from Sunderland to join Convoy FN 907, which had departed from Southend , Essex
1305-402: The shore for barrage balloons. We kept the sea boats there in winter, when the gales were prodigious. On the shore was a small concrete jetty, off which lay a summer mooring for the lobster boat. The navy had very kindly put in this mooring for my parents – a buoy about three feet [90 cm] long, with a chain down to a large concrete block on the seabed. In front of the house to the south was
1350-471: The verge of tears, at another give way to laughter. There were many of these listeners, by the way, who believed firmly in all the extravagances narrated. And such rustic scenes as these, as I [will show], have by no means been without their marked upon Scottish literature ." The Ross-shire dialect of Highland English is spoken in Red Point (nearby Gairloch ) and Poolewe. It is "somewhat similar to that of
1395-425: The young people were used to assemble [ sic ] at night to hear the old ones recite the tales which they had learned from their fore-fathers. Here, and at earlier dates in other parts of the country also, the demand for stories would further be supplied by travelling pedlars, or by gaberlunzie men, or pauper wandering musicians and entertainers, or by the itinerant shoemaker or tailor – 'Whip-the-Cat' as he
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1440-454: Was a 7,046 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Envoy by Short Brothers Ltd , Sunderland, Co Durham , United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold into merchant service in 1946 and renamed Cheltenham . A further sale in 1952 saw her renamed La Orilla . A sale to a Swedish company in 1955 saw her renamed Stallberg . In 1958, she was sold to
1485-620: Was a member of Convoy DKA 15, which sailed on 11 March and arrived at Aden on 1 April. She sailed that day for Port Said, arriving on 8 April and departing ten days later for Suez, where she arrived on 19 April. Empire Envoy sailed on 21 April for Aden, arriving on 26 April and sailing three days later for Mombasa , Kenya, where she arrived on 8 May. She sailed the next day for Lourenço Marques, Mozambique , arriving on 16 May. She departed on 8 June to join Convoy DKA 19, which had departed from Durban on 6 June and arrived at Aden on 25 June. She left
1530-726: Was a member of Convoy SL 176, which departed on 7 November and rendezvoused at sea with Convoy MKS 67 on 18 November. MKS 67 had departed from Gibraltar on 17 November. The combined convoys arrived at Liverpool on 24 November. Empire Envoy was carrying a cargo of wheat and two passengers. She arrived at Avonmouth , Somerset on 25 November. Empire Envoy departed on 7 December for Newport , Monmouthshire , arriving that day. She sailed on 17 December for Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire, arriving two days later. She departed on 25 December to join Convoy ON 274, which had sailed from Southend on 23 December and arrived at New York on 8 January 1945. She
1575-1013: Was a port in Quebec , Canada and she was fitted with anti-torpedo nets. She arrived at Sydney , Cape Breton , Nova Scotia on 29 April, sailing on 5 May for an unrecorded destination. On 9 June 1945, Empire Envoy departed from Cape Chatte, Quebec, for Sydney, where she arrived on 11 June. She sailed four days later for Southend, arriving on 27 June. She sailed the next day for Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , arriving on 30 June. She departed on 4 August for Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada arriving on 17 August and sailing on 8 September for Port Said, where she arrived on 29 September. Empire Envoy then sailed to Suez, from where she departed on 30 September for Bombay, arriving on 12 October. She departed three days later for Karachi, arriving on 18 October and sailing on 24 October for Lourenço Marques, where she arrived on 8 November. She sailed on 15 November for Colombo , Ceylon , arriving on 3 December. In 1946, Empire Envoy
1620-405: Was assessed at 7,046 GRT , 4,858 NRT , 10,280 DWT . The ship was propelled by a 510 nhp triple expansion steam engine , which had cylinders of 24 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (62 cm), 39 inches (99 cm) and 70 inches (180 cm) diameter by 48 inches (120 cm) stroke. The engine was built by North East Marine Engine Co (1938) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne . It could propel
1665-508: Was bound for the Clyde, where she arrived on 15 March. Empire Envoy departed on 15 April to join Convoy OS46KM, which departed from Liverpool on 15 April and split at sea on 24 April, forming convoys OS 46 and KMS 13. OS 46 arrived at Freetown , Sierra Leone on 3 May. Empire Envoy was in the part of the convoy that formed KMS 13 and arrived at Gibraltar on 26 April. Her armament consisted
1710-587: Was fitted with anti-torpedo nets for this voyage. She left the convoy at Halifax on 6 January. Empire Envoy sailed on 6 March to join Convoy HX 342, which had departed from New York on 4 March and arrived at Liverpool on 19 March. She was carrying general cargo. She left the convoy and proceeded to The Downs , off the coast of Kent , arriving on 20 March. Empire Envoy departed from The Downs on 12 April to join Convoy ON 296, which departed from Liverpool that day and arrived at New York on 30 April. Her destination
1755-462: Was literally a cart track - you can still trace parts where the new road by-passed certain sections. The new road was "single track with passing places" up the west side of Loch Maree . It would take cars and small lorries to provide a land access to the naval base on Loch Ewe. It had a big impact on the local economy as fish could then be exported to the south. As of 2006, the Mellon Charles base
1800-402: Was nicknamed, – both of which last were accustomed to travel through thinly-populated country districts, in the pursuit of their calling, and to put up for the night at farm-houses, – where, whilst plying their needles, they would entertain the company with stories. "The arrival of one of these story-tellers in a village was an important event. As soon as it became known, there would be a rush to
1845-476: Was recorded as 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m), reverting to 26 feet 9 inches (8.15 m) from 1964, in which year she was sold to Kommanditbolaget AB Paulin Chartering Oy & Co. On 25 February 1964, a crewman on Verna Paulin was injured in a fall whilst the ship was in the vicinity of Souda Bay , Greece. USS Enterprise answered her call for assistance. A surgeon from Enterprise
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1890-582: Was sold to the Thompson Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London and was renamed Cheltenham . In 1952, Cheltenham was sold to Buries, Markes Ltd, London and was renamed La Orilla . She was transferred in 1954 to Louis Dreyfus & Co, the French owners of Buries, Markes. In 1955, La Orilla was sold to Stallbergs Grufve Rederi, Stockholm , Sweden and renamed Stallberg . She was placed under the management of Skiold & Lundberg AB , whose management she
1935-643: Was ten at Bualnaluib, twenty-four at Ormiscaig and one hundred and ten at Mellon Charles. In 1911 a 70-foot (21-metre) lighthouse was built on the promontory between Gairloch and Poolewe. Loch Ewe was a temporary base of the Home Fleet during the Second World War . It was also used as an assembly point for the Arctic Convoys during the war. Ships from the British, American and other ports gathered here before sailing to Murmansk from September 1942 following
1980-476: Was to remain under whilst flying the Swedish Flag . In 1957, Stallberg was sold to Rederi AB Stellvik, Stockholm, being resold to Stallbergs Grufve Rederi in 1960. In 1962, Stallberg was sold to Paulins Rederi AB, Turku , Finland and renamed Verna Paulina . The Finnish Official Number 1412 and Code Letters OGGX were allocated and she was assessed as Ice Class II and 4,118 NRT. From 1962–63, her draught
2025-466: Was transferred to Verna Paulin by helicopter. She served until 1969, arriving on 19 July at Bruges , Belgium for scrapping. Loch Ewe Loch Ewe ( Scottish Gaelic : Loch Iùbh ) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland . The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig -speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages,
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