Dennis Marks
Captain Dennis T D Marks crossed the bar in September 1996 at the age of 86.
Captain Marks joined the company in October 1929 aged 16 as an apprentice and at the age of 29 he took over temporary as Master when Captain Arkwright had to leave his vessel due to illness. He was promoted Master in March 1944 at the age of 34 on the Jersey City.
In April 1945 he joined the vessel Ocean Pride which was built in Portland, Maine, USA and managed by Sir William Smith & Sons Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport.
His last command was the Bradburn which he joined in September 1947 and left in Cardiff due to illness in 1948.
He then joined the new British Steel Company at Margam and became their Marine Superintendent at the Port Talbot terminal in the old dock, subsequently becoming Harbour masterat the new iron ore terminal constructed especially for BSC just outside the old dock system. He finally retired in 1976.
May we express our sympathy to his wife Edna and all her family.
Printed in the Shipmates Newsletter Issue 2 - March 1997.