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| 14/11/64 - 24/08/65 | 16/09/625 - 24/02/66 | 11/03/66 - 21/03/67 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master | Picton Davies | Picton Davies | Joe Thornhill |
| C/O | Donald Jack | Jim Murray ? | John Lee |
| 2/O | Tony Crowther | Tim lawson ? | Dave Wooton |
| 3/O | John Hughes | n/k | n/k |
| C/E | Ernie Wilkinson | Ernie Wilkinson/John Wheaton | John Wheaton/ Eric Poingdestre/ Len Taylor |
| 2/E | Jim Parker | Dick Towning | Dick Towning |
| 3/E | Colin Gateshill | Colin Gateshill | Colin Gateshill |
| 4/E | Gordon Ridley | Allen Fisher | ? From Newcastle Emlyn |
| J/E | Alan Fisher | John from Jarrow | Eddie morgan |
| J/E | John Snowball | Roly from Jarrow | Ivor Skidmore |
| J/E | John Pottinger | Fellow from Hull | Ben |
| Elec | Ken Hampton | n/k | Colin Pope |
| R/O | Andy Ferguson | Willie Cameron | Andy Ferguson |
| C/S | Leo Slawinski | Charlie Conway | Joe Wagner ? |
Voyage 1.
Liverpool, Avonmouth, London, Sunderland D/D. - New Orleans- Cristobal (b) - Osaka, Sakaide - Portland Ore - Nagoya - Penang - Tobata, Moji (b) - Adelaide - Djibouti (b) - Hull .
Voyage 2.
Birkenhead - Antwerp -Pensacola, Mobile, Baton Rouge,- Houston - Cristobal (b) - Hiroshima, Yokohama - Kitimat - Stockton Cal., Oakland, Long Beach - Guaymas - San Jose (Costa Rica ) Champerico (Guatamala), Acajutla (El Salvador) - Corinto (Nicaragua), Cristobal (b) - Leixoes, Le Havre, Dunkirk, Rotterdam Avonmouth.
Voyage 3.
Avonmouth - Galveston - Cristobal (b) - Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Yawata, Kawasaki - Cristobal - Newark - Montreal - Cleveland, Duluth, Superior, Montreal (b) - Livorno, Oneglia, Genoa D/D - Tchamalti (Turkey) - Aden (b) - Kawasaki, Chiba - Vancouver, Victoria - Tokyo - Mackay, Townsville - Moji, Wakamatsu, Yokohama, Tokyo - Geraldton, Fremantle - Djibouti (b) - London.
(b) = bunker port.
Colin Gateshill. Sent by email 10 May 2012.
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