Denis F Ellis

[Denis Ellis]

SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

Full Name

Denis F Ellis

Discharge Book Number

R 517414

Department

Catering

Your Rank/Rating

From Kitchen Boy to Senior Sous

Which Ships were you on and When

Nautical Training School Ship's Cooks/Stewards1949
RMV Accra. Jan. 1950 - July. 1950
RMV Apapa. July. 1950 - June. 1951
Empress of Scotland. June 1951 - Oct. 1957
Empress of England. Oct. 1957 - Sept.1960

Notes:

My Father Frederick Ellis went away to sea in 1905 when he was Fourteen (14) Years Old. He served in the East Lancashire Regiment, in World War One enlisting in Preston in 1914 and then serving in Salonika until 1920.

My father returned to his first love, the Sea! Re-Joining Elder Dempsters. He served as Bosun on the Adda when it was torpedoed on June 8 1941 and again as Bosun on the DAGOMBA when it was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian Submarine on November 3 1942.

My father was making his last Trip as Bosun of the Elder Dempster Vessel, Thurland Castle. Leaving Liverpool November 2 1945 heading up to New York via Belfast.
On December 6th. It was reported that Bosun Ellis was laid up. At Noon
the next day December 7th?. Bosun Ellis passed away.

At 4:PM. December 7th. 1945, at Latitude and Longitude:
47"47N. 45"59W
Bosun Ellis was committed to the deep.




War era mnm

[john sutton]

I joined the Accra aug 50 as peggy.Do you recall the chippy who came from the builders with the ship and stayed until she was disposed of.
Also the printer Inky.big aussy..Idid five trips on her.always had a good deck crew.

[Captain Kong]

I was on the Empress of Scotland when you were there, just after the 1955 strike, on deck.
and again on the Emp of England. I preferred the Scotland to the new England, chatty but happy.
Cheers
Brian.

[John Yates]

Hi Dennis, It seems you served on the England at the same time as I did. 1956-2001. I walked off the ship in Gladstone Dock in 2001. A short time later moved to Bromley Kent, and worked in London until a permanent moved to Canada in 1967. I remember the GOOD OLD DAYS on the ship, but I guessing that most of my former shipmates have gone , I was just a young TIKE compared to the others. Regards John Yates (formerly Johnthewriter)