Port Alberni City (1)

End view of Port Alberni City
This photograph of the Port Alberni City was taken on the 30th May 1981 passing the Herd Groyne at South Shields, sailing from the River Tyne. Ken Lubi was coxswain on the Tyne Pilot Cutters in those days before moving up into Port Operations/Tyne VTS, and must have been waiting off the ship to land the pilot when he took the photo. Photo copyright © Ken Lubi.

I was Master aboard at the time, and it’s an occasion I well remember. I had brought the ship to the Tyne from Cardiff, via Belfast, to complete the discharge of timber at Newcastle. On route, Cardiff advised me that my Mother had died, and that upon arrival at Newcastle, I was to go home to attend the funeral. However, arriving off the Tyne, the berth was not available, and we was obliged to anchor in the Roads. Smiths then told me to make arrangements to leave the Mate in command, and get myself ashore. I recall that upon informing the Mate, Dave Toon, of the plans, he was somewhat jittery at the prospect!
It was courtesy of the good offices of the Tyne Pilots that I got ashore, as it was the Pilot Cutter that took me off! Ship had just completed BS 121, and was proceeding to Antwerp and Sluiskill, to load bagged fertilizer for Durban. Mike Jones. Posted on Forum 8 November 2010.

Captain: M.E.Jones, C/O: D. C. Toon, 2/O: A. A. Field, 3/O: A. Williamson, R/O: N. C. Sanders, C/O: R. J. Trigg, 2/E: R. U. Bell, 3/O: W. M. Powell, 4/E: P. J. Cole and R. H. Reed, Elec: A. Bevan, C/S: n/k, Cadets: R. A. Hall, R. G. Crozier, A. M. Russell, M. R. Hart, C. E. Broad and W. E. Wilkins.
 
Port Alberni City in Vancouver
Port Alberni City arriving Vancouver BC April 26th 1982. She was arriving from New Westminster, where she had completed discharging steel, under Steel Service ST.95, and was proceeding to Lynn Terminals to load Forrest products for Cardiff, Rotterdam and Newcastle, under Berth Service BS.127. Photo by Norm Gidney from the collection of Tony Crowther.

Captain: M. E. Jones, C/O: I. C. Stutt, 2/O: A. A. Field, 3/O: G. P. Eyles, R/O: D. P. Bidmead, C/E: R. J. Trigg, 2/E: P. J. Prendergast, 3/E: D. E. Simons, 4/E: C. K. Lee,  Elec: N. Padfield, C/S: W. Fernandez, Cadets: J. Cox, P. J. Gallie, T. Stanford, C. Broughton.

 

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