Carol McGee 28/9/1962 24/12/2017

[DeepSea]

My Sister and I both joined the Merchant Navy in 1980, following in our Dad’s footsteps. I attended the NSTC at Gravesend and Carol at the Fleetwood Nautical College as a Deck Cadet with the BP tanker Co. whom our Dad was serving with as Bosun. Carol joined her first ship British Loyalty the same year and by 1981 qualified for her certificate of competence in radiotelephony. In 1982 as top Cadet in her year she was given the privilege of attending the renaming of the North Sea support vessel Forties Kiwi to Coltaire and presented a bunch of flowers to Mrs Dorothy Howe (pictured), wife of BP Pet-Dev’s AGM Operations Stan Howe while the ship was at dry-dock at South Shields. In 1984 Carol qualified for her Second Mates ticket, but decided to leave the sea and eventually qualified as a Staff Nurse in charge of a rehabilitation ward at North Tees Hospital. Sadly Carol was found dead at her home on Christmas Eve 2017, age just 55. After travelling to the Isle of Wight where she had lived for a number of years, I arranged her funeral with her coffin draped with same Red Ensign I had used for my Dad’s funeral on the Isle of Wight ten years earlier. In due to time her ashes will be scattered at sea in the Solent. Fair winds and calm seas Carol.

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[Captain Kong]

So sad to read that Billy,
please accept my condolences, and may she rest in peace,
in my thoughts
Brian.

[Ivan Cloherty]

We offer our condolences Billy she is now on a fair weather voyage

[Keith Tindell]

So sorry to hear that Billy, i did read a bit in the County Press, did not know it was your sister, condolences to you all, kt

[Red Lead Ted]

Billy, Heart felt condolences may she R.I.P. Terry.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Thoughts are with you and yours.

Keith.

[cappy]

##such sad news billy ,,,condolences to you from cappy and co ...RIP carol on calm waters

[Lewis McColl]

So young, god speed and rest in peace.

[John Callon]

May I offer my sincere condolences on your sad loss Billy. May Carol Rest in peace in fair waters.
With Regards
John C.

[Marian Gra]

Billy, Terribly sorry to hear about your sister carol, my sincere condolences to you and your family. May she R.I.P