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I had just obtained my First Class Engineers Certificate and I joined the Welsh City as 2nd Engineer at Newcastle on Tyne on the 11th November 1958. Wages £93.7s.6p/month.
The voyage went as follows:-
Master: Picton Davis from Burryport, Ch.Engr: Alec Svenson from Sunderland, Cn.Officer: Jake Vaughan from Pontlotton, 2nd.Engr: Alec Osborne from Pendeen, Ch.Steward: John Lowden from Hereford, 3rd.Engr; Mike Hockridge from Cardiff, Radio Officer: Andy Ferguson from Glasgow, Elect: Dinty Moore from Newcastle.
| From | To | Cargo | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields | Albany (New York State USA) | Lightship | 3,264 |
| Albany | Bombay and Calcutta | Grain | 8,200 |
| Calcutta | Albany (West Australia) | Lightship | 2,106 |
| Albany | London (via Aden & Suez) | Grain | 9,822 |
| London | Leith | Grain | 350 |
| Total 27,819 | |||
| Voyage ended April 3rd 1959. Length of voyage 4 months 24 days. | |||
| 2nd voyage:- Officers remained the same. | |||
| From | To | Cargo | Miles |
| Leith | New Orleans | Lightship | 5,055 |
| New Orleans | Otura (via Panama Canal) | Grain | 9,853 |
| Otura | Yokohama | Part grain | 731 |
| Yokohama | Sydney | Lightship | 4,316 |
| Sydney | Hamburg (via Capetown) | Grain | 11,845 |
| Total 31,800 | |||
| Length of voyage 5 months 12 days. | |||
| This article from the collection of the late Alec Osborne. Copyright © Reardon Smith Ships. | |||
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