Northern Star, Windsor Castle, Pendennis Castle and S.A. VAAL

[Bryan Portwig]

the sa vaal x transvaal castle

S.A_Vaal_.jpg

[happy daze john in oz]

If you think about it, what better company to do a trans job on a ship than UCL.

[Doc Vernon]

Was always better at taking photos than spelling.

Was more than likely Donker Kamer! Dark Room.
Cheers

[Bob Rowson]

I served on several Tate Boats from 1974, Importer, Producer, Transporter, Refiner, Trader. Best shipping Company I had the pleasure to work with. Frank Gillard was my fathering law.

I was on the importer: Worst ship i sailed on.Joined it in Panama as a.b. All Geordie crew...I'm from London.24 hr bars nothing but fighting. went to Pusan Inchon. Down to oz back to london. All crew sacked from mate down. On arrival, one ab left in an ambulance, two more left in a black maria. Happy days! Bob Rowson. 785766.

[Mick O'Brien]

Did a few trips on the old Windsor back in74 & 76, Hated the beer carry's lol. But loved the old girl.

Mike The mad Manc

[Robert Farr]

Hi there, i only did 2 trips on the Pendennis Castle Jan 74 to Apr 74 as a waiter. i know some of the names you mentionedWas known as Bobby Farr. Some of my shipmates were Keith Lambert, Paul Combes, “Sinkey” a scouse fellow and Dave Park . i think i remember your name

[Robert Farr]

. i did 2 trips on the Pendennis Castle Jan 74 to Apr 74. My first trip at sea. , Names i remember are Tommy Clark, (was he from Liverpool ?) Bob Mcknight, Roger Isby, Keith Lambert and Paul Combes( both from Birmingham), Does anyone remember the Navigators Den in Cape Town ?

[Peter Copley]

#24 Hi Bob sounds like a ship I sailed on (SS Sapho 1) I joined her in Piraus, crew consisted of Colobians and Mexicans, Sudanese, Egyptians, Spanish and Greeks and myself English. I forgot and one West Indian. Some of the dregs of the worlds seaports. I wrote a novel 'Diomed's Ghosts' based on this ship alone. I was lucky to get off the ship alive. A fire at sea, a drunken Colombian going berserk with a revolver and so on. Some of my Articles written on this media refers to the Sapho. Happy days PC

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Brian.
Thanks for that picture, I never sailed on any of them but the ships of that era were proper ships with beutiful lines never seen these days.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

'The Navigators Den', who if they ever sailed with UCL could forget it.
Lost track of the number of times we were in there and getting back on board just before turn to.
A first class bar man by the name of Tom Tarrent set up the music system there in about 1961, the previous one was stuffed.