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R.M.S. Wray Castle, Ambleside. Where it all started (my seagoing career, that is!)
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The next
WRAY CASTLE REUNION
23rd, 24th 25thSeptember 2011
Reunion Dinner at the "Sally"
Saturday 24th September
See the Piccies
of previous gatherings
Pictured left: Deepsea Tony Hamilton-Dewsbury 1961
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What a difference 40 years makes!
Paul (Bo) Lewis, Pete (Sorry Lads only got 1 Fag) Nicholson, Tony Hamilton-Dewsbury
The original picture was taken in 1963 to celebrate the attainment of our "tickets" the background is 40 something years later in Ambleside.
"CASTLE LADS DO IT WITH FREQUENCY"
Are you a Castle Lad?
Keep tuned to this site for latest news. QRU? QRV
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 It could be said that the working life of the R/O was regulated by the type of clock shown above! |
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HAVE YOU THE TIME TO REMEMBER?
Go back to the days of yesteryear when most ocean going ships carried at least one Radio Officer, the task of the R/O was primarily to communicate with shore stations, and most importantly to maintain radio watch on Distress Frequencies, 500 kHz for Morse traffic and 2182 kHz for radio telephone traffic, it was without doubt the best job on the ship, with the most free time in exotic ports (even Grimsby?), when the radio room was closed and sometimes sealed, unless one was unfortunate enough to work for a company who required the R/O to work ("WORK?") in port. Happily I was one of the former, who said goodbye to the ship on arrival in port, to say hello again on sailing! |
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Below can be seen just some of the ships in which I served "before the mast", well in the Radio Room actually! Really tough life for a sparks, gnisten, marconista, call me whatever you like but not early in the morning! |
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M.V. "ELLEN NIELSEN" Danish Flag Leaving Capetown 1963 probably bound Matadi up the Congo River with coal from Durban, thence empty to Brazil to load cargo of timber, thence to Port Elizabeth, East London & Durban. |
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Tuna Clipper "DAGUITE" Israeli Flag, Leaving Capetown 1964 bound fishing grounds off Southwest Africa, typical trip, Capetown - Capetown 120 days |
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M.V. "Devora" Israeli Flag Bound Haifa from UK/Near Continent 1967. Sailed from London, loaded with ammunition, on first day of Six Day War, Radio silence all the way. |
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M.V. "GEFFEN" Israeli Flag Bound Mediterranean from UK/Near Continent. Typical trip UK port, Malta, Cyprus, Israel and back again. |
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Stern Trawler "AZGAD 3" Israeli Flag, Leaving Capetown 1966 bound fishing grounds off Southwest Africa. Previously fishing on Grand Banks of Newfoundland. |
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Tanker "Castella" Liberian Flag 1972.
Only half a trip, Sardinia to Libya, Libya to Brazil, Brazil to India, halfway across Atlantic I developed an appendicitis and was landed & operated upon in Capetown. |
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