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Re: shawsaville line rms tamaroa
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lennon
just looking at some of the shaw saville ships i was on the old Tamaroa from 3 7 53 till30 8 54 which was her last trip i believe did one trip waiting in the aft dinning room then i went back to the galley to a bit more sanity not much comfit in the Tamaroa but lots of laughs and smiles spent a week or more in the ships hospital on her three days in a coma because of the heat in the galley 'low deck head oil fires no air con in those days' i the second steward s name was gray the chief cook was a small Liverpool bloke and head waiter & veg cook where Polish blokes the where hard days but we had our share of laughs which is what British merchant seaman got by on cheers lennon
Hi Ian here - I am doing some research into a former Chief Steward out of Liverpool whom I believe was on the Tamaraoa and emigrating to Auckland departed approx 8 July 1954 - this must have been the second to last voyage of Tamaroa? The man's name was Albert STANDRING from Prestayn, Wales - joined as a Cabin Boy in 1947 and paid off c1952. Ever hear or know of him? Appreciate any info - Albert died in Auckland in 1972 at the grand old age of 49 years. Pic attached.
Regards, Ian