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Service Record
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From
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To
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School of Navigation Warsash
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1954
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1955
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St John
Apprentice
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1955
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St Thomas
Apprentice
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St Merriel
Apprentice
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St Helena
Apprentice
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1959
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Capetown Castle
Jnr 4th Officer
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7/1959
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Stirling Castle
Ex 4th Officer
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5/1960
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Stirling Castle
4th Officer
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10/1960
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Stirling Castle
3rd Officer
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4/1961
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6/1961
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During my apprenticeship (1955 -1959) I was on the two sister ships, the "St. John" and the "St. Thomas".
I was also on the "St. Merriel" and lastly, the "St. Helena".
After leaving them I joined Union Castle.
During my apprenticeship (1955 -1959) I was on the two sister ships, the "St. John" and the "St. Thomas". I was also on the "St. Merriel" and lastly, the "St. Helena". After leaving them I joined Union-Castle.
August 1955 – November 1994 (39 years 4 months)
Chief Officer and safety/training officer, seconded to management duties intermittently from 1974 onwards.
Sailed as Navigating Officer on M.V. St. Edmund during the Falklands Islands conflict.
Returned last 600 Argentine POWs including Gen. Menendez to Argentina at Puerto Madryn.
1991 – Present (26 years)
Marine Consultant
Louis Roskell Associates
For approximately a year I assisted in preparing Cunard for ISM certification, Writing manuals and reports to underwriters, etc. Liaising with the MCA and successfully seeing the implementation of the code by means of an electrononic manual available with updates via the Marinet system and the ships' own mainframe computers.
Harwich Haven Authority, co-ordinated the various operating procedures for port operations and pilotage into a single indexed quality assurance based manual.
Stena Line Harwich. Conducted wash wave trials on the High speed catamaran "Stena Discovery", for approximately four months after a fatality said to have been caused by the waves breaking on an off shore sand bank. I presented the results to Harwich Haven Authority and to Stena Lne resulting in the Vessel taking a different route into the port and modifying its speed procedure.
Kavaerner. Worked on the radar presentation layers of the bridge multi-functional consoles of the Stealth Corvette "Visby".
Crew Training in Emergency procedures. Cruise and ferry companies.
Maritime Progress. Devised and Illustrated safety posters for the marine industry.
Marine Art. I am an amateur marine artist and have sold paintings to various individuals and to a cruise company.
Awarded the South Atlantic Medal
St Arvans in Heavy Weather
St Helena of her way up-river to Rosario
St John at Bellamy’s Wharf
St John passing St Paul’s Rocks
St Margaret in Heavy Weather
Stirling Castle outward bound
