Monthly Archives: July 2016

Ferncarrier at Southampton 1984. Safe Dominia on the deck for the journey to Port Stanley. This vessel was chartered for the delivery voyage and where where she submerged for the float off. (A picture relating to the book called “Any Budding Sailors?” which includes an account of time spent in Consafe after the Falklands war. )

M.V. Irisbank 1956. Run ashore in Durban. The Hawthorne Hotel. Brian Smith, Engineer, B Bethel, Sparkie, and author – 3/0

Author and fellow apprentice overlooking Lyttleton harbour in 1955 Maplebank visit.

L.N.S. Woolverstone sports day 1951

Safe Marinia on location Sadiyatt Island 1984

Safe Industria and Safe Marinia together with other units in Jebel Ali 1984

Consafe Emirates office, Dubai 1985

Woolverstone Hall from the far bank of the Orwell.

Southbank – still in one piece 1961

Crestbank 1959

Sydney berth – 1961 Southbank

Pacific sunset

Copra sacks arriving alongside.

Ocean Island 1955. Maplebank cricket team. Author 6th from left behind the Bosun, padded up.

Inchanga 1952. Ian Harvey (app) passenger, and author

Three amigos – L.N.S Woolverstone Brown,(drummer), plus Peter Lightbody and Alex Loveday from 12 Dorm .

Heysham harbour from the lay up berth- North wall.

The Woolverstone Bell. A lad called Burton from the new 1950 intake, and the author

13 year old – employment card for the bread round

Smoko at Ocean Island. Half of Kelvinbank in background.

12 Dorm. L.N.S. Woolverstone at the flag. 1951 Spring.

Discharge book issue photo 1951

Royal yacht Brittania at Melbourne Australia in 1956

Dhows in Dubai 1986

British Rail ship Container Venturer in Heysham harbour 1964 She rolled excessively

Maplebank loading grain in Port Lincoln Australia 1955

Ernebank at sea

Safe Marinia jack up barge connected to a platform in the Abu Dhabi Zakum field

Twin screw Irisbank engineer and deck officers

Haircut time – Maltese carpenter and author on S.S.Maplebank

Port Reitz hotel, Mombasa. Trip from the Inchanga 1952.Author/Engineer/Ian Harvey, apprentice

Blue Clipper – Singapore East coast roads 1991

Beach walk – Ocean Island 1954

Cranfield 1974. Author 3rd from left.

Jersey 1936. Bring on the world!

On leave 13 yrs old

Loading copra – Apia

New Bank Line ships from the Sunderland yard

Forresbank grounded and burning 1953 South African coast near Port Elizabeth

Safe Lancia – first charter – British Gas Morecambe Bay

1952 Madras.Author is on the forecastle

Apia. – factory girls 1961

In BR livery

Son Guy onboard ‘Blue Clipper’ en router to Thailand

B.R’s Container Enterprise at Belfast 1962

Shwa Dagon pagoda Rangoon 1952

Kelvinbank ashore Ocean Island 1954

Hazelbank 1951

Great Wall 1992

M.V.Southbank homeward bound. Crew with chief Officer

Salt water cool off – Hazelbank

Creek view from the Consafe Office-Dubai

Off Durban – disposing of a dead elephant

Maplebank 1955

On top of ‘The Mother’-Volcano, Rabaul

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L.N.S. Woolverstone

Southbank in Sydney 1961

The Tasman Sea – S.S.Maplebank

Maplebank. 1955

Author – trying out the uniform

Trying out the new uniform complete with soft leather gloves

A dressed down Neptune- S.S.Hazelbank, coal burning Fort type ship.

sealink vessel ” Slieve Bawn”