Since I was a child, the battle of the river Plate has always fascinated me, and I never expected, in my wildest dreams, to be able to visit Montevideo. The above shows the Admiral Graf Spee in 1936. As we entered Montevideo harbour we were given the back ground of the battle and an indication of where […]
Port Arthur taken from the ship. Maureen and I attended a talk about Port Arthur and Hobart. At the end of the Port Arthur talk the speaker stated that we would be anchored off shore, because Port Arthur was not a port that could cope with a vessel of our size. In fact, all they […]
In mid November of 1964 I received a telegram that ‘my services were required’ in London, because I was to join the Chilka – she was launched 1950 so she wasn’t too old. I enjoyed my time in Chilka, because she was a very happy ship, and when I joined she was loading cargo for the […]
Coat of Arms of the Falklands After leaving Ushuaia we would be at sea for a day before our next destination, which was Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands in the S. Atlantic. Port Stanley, which was named after Lord Stanley in 1843, who was at the time, Secretary of State for war […]
My first visit to Bombay (as it was then) as a cadet opened my eyes to India with its teaming millions, garri wallhas (motorised rickshaw now commonly called tuk tuks), honking horns, the ringing of bicycle bells, and the ever mouth watering smell of spiced food. I’d grown to love curries, because at lunchtime on […]
Considering the current pandemic I thought I would throw in a comment or two about a visit to Fremantle to load cargo for the Middle East, but before we could leave port a number of us had to have our vaccinations updated. This happened periodically to protect us from ‘catching’ something dangerous from yellow fever […]
Since I was a child, the battle of the river Plate has always fascinated me, and I never expected, in my wildest dreams, to be able to visit Montevideo. The above shows the Admiral Graf Spee in 1936. As we entered Montevideo harbour we were given the back ground of the battle and an indication of where […]
We looked at the excursions offered by the ship and decided against buying. A visit to see penguins on Magdalena Is. USD $299 / person, but we had already booked to see hundreds of penguins on the Falkland Islands, because it was much cheaper. We could have booked to explore Torres del Paine National park, […]
We looked at the excursions offered by the ship and decided against buying. A visit to see penguins on Magdalena Is. USD $299 / person, but we had already booked to see hundreds of penguins on the Falkland Islands, because it was much cheaper. We could have booked to explore Torres del Paine National park, […]
When 4780 vaults, containing the remains of people, becomes a tourist attraction, it can be hard to think of them as no longer alive. Recleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is such a place – the above photograph is the entrance to the cemetery. I’m not sure but I think the last person to be entombed […]
Since I was a child, the battle of the river Plate has always fascinated me, and I never expected, in my wildest dreams, to be able to visit Montevideo. The above shows the Admiral Graf Spee in 1936. As we entered Montevideo harbour we were given the back ground of the battle and an indication of where […]
Port Arthur taken from the ship. Maureen and I attended a talk about Port Arthur and Hobart. At the end of the Port Arthur talk the speaker stated that we would be anchored off shore, because Port Arthur was not a port that could cope with a vessel of our size. In fact, all they […]
I was a deck cadet on the above vessel in 1963. Arriving in Singapore on Saturday the 14th September 1963, the cadets were allowed to go ashore and have a swim at the Seaman’s Club. The ship was anchored off the wharf area, and we would take a small junk and be rowed, usual by […]
We looked at the excursions offered by the ship and decided against buying. A visit to see penguins on Magdalena Is. USD $299 / person, but we had already booked to see hundreds of penguins on the Falkland Islands, because it was much cheaper. We could have booked to explore Torres del Paine National park, […]
