Hi Everyone! Please can you help me - I'm new on here!

[Sue Cooke]

Hi Everyone! I'm new and I haven't got a clue about forums! I'm researching my husband's father's life in the M.N. Unfortunately, his father passed away in 1977, so we have nothing to go on really.
Ronald (Ron) Cooke served in the M.N. in the 70's as far as we know and was on the Canaervonbrook and Winchesterbrook and possibly other ships. He was born in Sunderland but lived in Penzance, Cornwall. Does anyone remember him, or have any info on the ships? Thanks so much and I apologise if I haven't posted this correctly. :0)

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Sue
Thanks for joining and welcome!
Can you please give us his Year of Birth that will make it easier to look up his Seamans Pouch and CRS10 if they still exist but if he was still at Sea after 1972 then there will be no records of him,as they stopped keeping records from then untill a lot later when they restarted i am not sure as to when?
Anyway other than that i hope someone here may recall him!
All the best
Doc

Wonder if this could possibly be a relative ,Brother perhaps!?
Cheers

Record Summary
Scope and content	R882193 COOK B J 19/03/1955 SUNDERLAND
Covering dates	1913 - 1972
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Former reference (Department)	R882193
Legal status	Public Record(s)

[Tony Morcom]

Hi Sue. A warm welcome to the site. I hope that you find what you are looking for. You will soon find that there are many only too ready to try and help on the site. The more information you can provide the more you are likely to get in the way of results. Don't worry about being a novice on the forums ~ we all were once. If you have any challenges you only have to ask. Also you can visit the Help Desk Forum where you will find a "Help with using this site" sub forum. Good luck down there in sunny Cornwall.

[Ron B Manderson]

Wel;come to the site Sue.
I'm sure you will receive all the help there is .
Ron the batcave

[Gulliver]

Hello Sue

m.v. CAERNARVONBROOK- Comben,Longstaff & Co. 1964-1976
CAERNARVONBROOK 64.jpgm.v. WINCHESTERBROOK- Comben,Longstaff & Co. 1960-1974WINCHESTERBROOK 60.jpg

[Sue Cooke]

Hi Doc, many thanks for helping me with my quest.
Ronald Cooke (Ron) was born in Sunderland on 20th August 1932 and died in Cornwall in 1979.
My husband knows he was on the Canaervonbrook and Winchesterbrook, but little else.
I hope this helps, I know it's not much! Best wishes Sue Cooke

[Sue Cooke]

Hi Gulliver, Thank you for these super pictures. My husband and I were thrilled to see them.
Best wishes and grateful thanks, Sue and Bill Cooke

[Ivan Cloherty]

Sue a little bit more information for you from my survey records

"Caernarvonbrook"

Built 1964 at Clelands Yard, Wallsend. Yard number 274

Signal letters GNHF

Official number 306068

Length 264 feet

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Sue

didn't get chance to finish "Caernarvonbrook" before computer threw a woobler

Speed 11.5 knots
Draft 17 ft 00.25 inches
Gross tonnage 1593.97 (under 1600 grt no need to carry a Radio Officer)
Deadweight (carrying capacity) 2,608 tons

British Polar Engine type MN16S BHP 1340

"Winchesterbrook"
Official number 301041
Signal letters GFZU

Built 1960 Koster Holland rebuilt 1971 (lengthened) by same yard

Gross tonnage 1102.43
Length 231 ft 04 inches
Draft 14 ft 08.6 inches
Deadweight 1560 tons
Main Engine Deutz type RVB6M366
BHP 830
Speed 11 knots