The MV Makouria

What this source establishes

A Things Guyana heritage post on the MV Makouria, recording her construction by Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow in 1959, her launch on 23 July 1959 and tow to Guyana, and her service on the Demerara crossing before transfer to the Berbice route between Rosignol and New Amsterdam. It describes her bombing on 22-23 June 1963 by two saboteurs using twelve sticks of dynamite at the Georgetown ferry stelling gantry during the pre-independence disturbances, with inside help from a T&HD clerk and a stelling watchman; the explosion damaged the gantry's electrical mechanism and part of the stelling, and both saboteurs escaped arrest.

Key claims

• MV Makouria built by Ferguson Shipbuilders, Yard No 428, Port Glasgow, 1959; launched 23 July 1959 and towed to Guyana
• Originally on the Demerara River crossing; transferred by 2005 to the Berbice service between Rosignol and New Amsterdam
• Bombed 22/23 June 1963 by two saboteurs using twelve sticks of dynamite at the Georgetown ferry stelling gantry, with inside help from a T&HD clerk and a stelling watchman
• The explosion damaged the gantry's electrical mechanism and part of the stelling; both saboteurs escaped arrest

Quotations

• “MV Makouria was bombed on 22nd June, 1963 by two saboteurs who were instructed to use explosives on the ship at the gantry of the Georgetown stelling.”

Vessel facts recorded

• fact: MV Makouria constructed by Ferguson Shipbuilders, Yard No 428, Port Glasgow, in 1959; launched 23 July 1959 and towed to Guyana
• source: https://thingsguyana.com/the-mv-makouria/
• fact: Originally on the Demerara River crossing; by 2005 transferred to the Berbice River service between Rosignol and New Amsterdam
• source: https://thingsguyana.com/the-mv-makouria/
• fact: MV Makouria was bombed on 22 June 1963 by two saboteurs instructed to use explosives on the ship at the gantry of the Georgetown stelling
• source: https://thingsguyana.com/the-mv-makouria/

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