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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Master’s certificate 1960
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
L.N.S. Woolverstone
Southbank in Sydney 1961
The Tasman Sea – S.S.Maplebank
Maplebank. 1955
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- S.s.Maplebank. Steering from the upper wheelhouse – a shed
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”
