kenya castle april 1962-june1965

[David l Brooks]

I do not recall any roaches on Kenya Castle ,only on the docks in Mombasa, we kicked them over the dock wall only to have them fly back up at us , like a boomerang.Now on the Queen of Bermuda in 1961 we bought a can of lighter fluid ,took the gear out of our tin lockers squirted in the fluid and threw in a lighted match, whoosh, then the sound of dozens of roaches falling to the floor of locker, everything in our cabin was metal ,but the bedding.

[happy daze john in oz]

You do of course understand that for some of the locals that was a regular food supply you burned up.
Said to be a very tasty morsel, by some !!

[Doc Vernon]

I think a few of the old chuggers along the East and West Coast Runs were similar, the ones i recall that i were on, namely the old Dunnottar, and Warwick Castles were very good Ships but in need of a lot of loving care!
But good Crews on both and i really enjoyed my time on them both. Better Mates one could not ask for!
Great trips and times along those Barbary Coasts ! LOL