zealandic/illyric

[Keith Sell]

love to talk to someone who sailed on zealandic-deep sea, illric home trade, looking to talk to Paul Dix or Paul Fairbrass

[Richard]

Hi Keith
my father was the Bosun on the Zealandic from its maiden voyage, his name was Dick Roche I don't know if it was during your time?

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Keith.
Don't give up on someone who may be out there, it only takes one post for an old shipmate to turn up, though I must say I have been on this site since 08 and as yet haven't found one. But i did find an old shore side workmate; we didn't sail together but were on the NZ coast the same time.
Cheers Des

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Richard.
Welcome to this very great MN site, plenty of memories and tales. Did you go to sea? if so post your ships, and post your Dad's ships and dates if you have his discharge book, all helps to find former shipmates.
Cheers Des

[Bill Morrison]

Hi Richard,
I sailed on the Zealandic as an engineer and remember your father. He was of the old school tough but fair as they had to be. On a voyage I remember there were horses as deck cargo and he fussed over them like they were his kids. A good crowd at that time so it was a reasonably happy ship.

Bill Morrison

[happy daze john in oz]

G'day Bill and welcome tot he site. If you have a list of the ships you sailed on and maybe with some dates and care tp post them here you may well get to hear from some who sailed with you. There are a number of engineers who regularly post here. So sit back with a cold one and enjoy the voyage.

[Richard]

Hi Bill
Thanks for taking the time to reply, Dad passed away some years ago now but that sounds just like him he was a country boy at heart, (althogh he would never admit to t) he retired to Ireland and spent several years in the country breeding dogs and there where horses in the field next door. I remember we always had a good many visitors to the house in Liverpool, there where a couple of ABs I recollect from the Zealandic Jim & Tony they where great lads and good pals of dads. I had a brief spell with Shaw Saville as a boy rating and did a trip on the Cymric to New Zealand probably close to 1970 be great to here from anyone who was on that trip great time!
good luck
Richard

[barry robins]

hi richard I also sailed with your father, I think it was on the laurentic . I also ended up as bosun in ss.

[Pat Bourke]

I sailed on the Zealandic as R/O from Dec 78 to May 79, a double header. Sailed under the charter of Uiterwyk Lines running from Europe to USA. Florida in the winter and the Great Lakes in summer. I then went on the Laurentic from Sept. 79 to Jan. 80, this was my last ship before going ashore. Enjoyed my time with Shaw Saville.
Cheers Pat.

[Bob Dunkley]

hi keith i sailed on the zealandic in 67 we went to zeebruge and then discharged cargo in cristobal san fransisco L.A portland oregon seattle and vancouver most on deck were shelties and engine had a lot of glaswegians the gargo was afull cargo of whisky what a trip no one worked whilst on the coast only to annoy the 3rd mate at stations, big tommy hay the worst and lowrie ewan +vic and karl grey all drank neat whisky from mugs , all day long they used to send me and the other deck boy on deck to chip like mad to make it sound like 6 men chipping tommy had to be on the after back sping in his y fronts and tartan socks shouting give it a heave not a bad ship keith ,have a good one