Danny
was the Boilermaker on various P&O ships. The above photo was cut from
an Iberia group photo here.
Courtesy
of Geoff Kimber
This is Danny
Lloyd during his time as Boilermaker on Canberra.
Geoff recalls;
"I was
very saddened to hear that Danny has been added to the Seadogs Departed
section. I knew I had a photo somewhere that would suit his memory. He was
a real Gent of the old school; here he is in a rare pose as none of us
will remember him, but in a pose I'm sure he would like to have taken more
frequently. I think “assisting” him are Sandy Elson and Hilke
Hasenkamp - Chilly Ho’s".
Daphne
was a WAP on the Orcades in 1969/70 serving with our old mates Steve
Burgoine and Mike Gold. There's a picture of them all together at a later
time in Steve's section here. But
more amazing is some really great photos of those early days including a
very young Burgoine posted in the Orcades
Groups section.
During
Daphne's sea career she met a passenger, Peter - at Captains Cocktail
Party no less! - and on the 2nd December they celebrate 35 years of
blissfully happy marriage!
They
now run a fantastic bed & breakfast retreat called the Daintree Valley
Haven - Tranquil, Secluded Tropical Retreat In The Heart Of The Daintree
Valley. A special haven for nature-lovers, couples on honeymoon, a
romantic getaway or just to relax and unwind.
Three
self-contained, air-conditioned B&B rainforest bungalows on a lovely
secluded 30-acre property near Daintree National Park. Daintree Valley
Haven is the perfect hideaway for couples, birdwatchers honeymooners,
stressed-out executives or to simply escape and relax for a while during a
busy holiday schedule. Situated in a peaceful valley but not far from
Daintree Village, Cape Tribulation, Mossman Gorge, Port Douglas and the
Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Atherton Tablelands and Cairns
Highlands.
Daphne
wrote a column for a recent edition of "The Weekend Australian" newspaper. It followed a cruise Peter and
Daphne did earlier this year on Arcadia, when they caught up with Commodore Steve Burgoine for the first time in 40 years! (He was 4/O on Orcades when Peter and
Daphne met onboard in 1969.) Unknown to them Susan Kurosawa, the Travel Editor of "The Australian" was also on Arcadia and later wrote a review -
Daphne emailed her to say how much they enjoyed her article and briefly mentioned
her own P&O background and to her astonishment she replied, inviting
her to write a column for an upcoming cruising segment. The result is attached -
top left. And what a voyage down memory lane it has started with emails, letters and phone calls from old friends and colleagues from all over the world!
"I
have been reliving some very fond memories of the original Oriana after
being introduced to this great site by Eric Campbell who phoned me out of
the blue and left a message on my voicemail. I have since spoken to Eric
on the phone and also been in touch with Greg Sinclair and Steve Wedd
after so many years!."
"I
joined Oriana as Junior Engineer in February 1967 and was aboard her until
the summer of 1971 when I did a single cruise on Orcades before going up
for my 2nds ticket. I did a single trip on Pando Strait in 1972 (Great
runs to and around the far east!) before leaving P & O."
"I
think my Oriana history predates most of the correspondents. Who remembers
the incident in the Panama Canal in 1969 when we hit the bank with the
stbd propeller and pulled the shaft several feet aft. Good time in Panama
filling the aft end of the shaft alley with concrete before heading off
across the Atlantic on a single screw. Made pretty good progress too!
Eventful stay in Dry Dock in Southampton where a number of the original
shipyard staff from Vickers attended to assist Thornycrofts with the
repairs. I always remember a very wizened machinist engaged in reboring
the shaft coupling bolt holes in situate where they had been damaged when
the taper bolts were ripped out. Work of art and no mistake. I have some
photos and will send these in. These were the days of Toni Mazonowicz as
Chief and Jim Dobie as 2nd. Wonderful Charlie Newby as 1st."
Dave
Betts about 1969!
Dave
Betts 2007!
The
general consensus of opinion is the person on the left is Les Harris with Bill
McCandless and Steve Wedd.
Greg
Sinclair and Friend!
Greg
Sinclair, Douggie Haigh, Engine Crew
Eric
Campbell believes the guy in the middle is John Hammond (J/Elect) with Bill
McCandless on the right and by George I think he's right.
??,
Dave
Betts, Steve Wedd, Mark Gardner.
Eric
Campbell believes the bearded gent on the left wearing the green dressing
gown is A J (Tony) Goodman J3/E.
Eric
Campbell ashore
There's
more photos of Dave in Eric Campbell's section here
and some great photos that Dave sent in of Oriana here.
Dave
writes;
I have been in Singapore for the last 2 months, working on the Shipyard Overhaul of my present ship - the Orion Voyager.
Dave
Oakes, Chris Redmond, Dave Scammell, Dave Coleman (aka Cornish), Dave
Jewkes.
Here’s
Dave more recently taken on holiday on the south coast of NSW.
This
is Dave with his lovely wife Lucille whom he met onboard Oriana during the
1977 homeward bound trip. Dave thinks Jewksie might remember Lucille from
that trip. They’ve been married for 28 years now.
and
above is the stunning offspring of that union. Nicola is 20.
That’s
Dave on the far left, Harry Adamson
(aka Dirty Harry) is in the middle with me on the right. We were on our
way to board the Frigate 16 behind us and ask if we could have a look
around the Engine Room. A request that was granted I’m pleased to say
with the proviso that they were on a 5 minute standby which meant if they
got the order to move they had to be away from the quay and at full speed
doing 45 knots within 5 minutes. Fortunately that didn’t happen and we
were piped aboard and given the full officer treatment. It was a great
decision to go.
Dave
was another quiet one, you have to watch those guys. That’s Dave closest
to Bruce Lee. That’s me on Dave’s right and Les
Diffey next to me. John Speed’s
the one laying on me with Heather laying across us all. Where the hell are
my legs? The gentleman licking Heather’s bum is Nice
John From Windsor.
I've
finally managed to make contact with Dave. He is the Director Global Beer, Cider, Spirits and
Non-Alcohol Production for the Foster's Group and this is the only photo
he could send me at this time which he had ion his work computer ... more to
follow I hope. He's living in Sydney now but travels extensively and has
promised to make contact when next in Perth.
Dave
is one of the few amazing guy’s who’s still at Sea. God knows how you’ve
done it Mate. I was an alcoholic in just 2 years. I would have been dead
in 3. That’s Dave (obviously) sitting next to Jenny Little who became my
wife of now 31 years. I can’t believe how pissed she was in that photo.
Here’s
Dave working hard on his wheeling technique. Looking at the reaction of
the two chaperone teachers it’s not working. Dave’s been very good at
sending me photos and supplying info about people for the site so I thank
you for that Dave. I do believe you actually cracked that one in the end
if I remember right. Good job!
Never
too far away from the good looking ones eh Dave. They say the quiet ones
are always the worst.
I
dare not ask what was going on in that shot. That’s Dennis
Morris in the surgical gown and I think that’s Warren (Baby Doc) in
the middle. I’m sure that’s David Marks on the
left in the shorts.
Here’s
Dave in the red hat with Bob Eden
pouring an Allsopps. I think that might have been in the early days of the
scrap run shortly after leaving Malta.
Here's
a great and very recent photo of Dave & his lovely wife Sarah. They
now live in Vancouver. Dave sent in another great shot of him and Sarah
with his old Mate John Barclay and John's wife Sue which is in the Reunion
section here.
And
this is what my old mate looks like now. I'm not sure I would have
recognised you in the street Dave but when I look closely you haven't
changed a bit Mate!
Dave
has been such a great supporter of this site something which has been most
appreciated by everyone. There’s
more photos of Dave all linked together starting here
and I've added a new section called Harbo's
Memories with the photos he'd uploaded to the new defunct photo albums.
Dave
was a Deck Officer on Arcadia back in the 70's. I'm not sure of what other
ships he was on or how long he was with P&O but it's Captain David
Hepburn now and he runs his own marine survey company in Sydney called Hepburn Marine Surveys.
The above photo was cut from the Arcadia
1978 Drakes Tavern Group photo.
I
can't tell you much about Scruffy yet but I'm sure more will be added
soon. He was an Engineer Officer on Oriana in the 80's and now is the
Materials & Contracts Co-Ordinator in the Turnarounds, Majors &
Contracts Department at the Esso Fawley Refinery in Southampton.
Here
he is with Wendy Chappel taken on the famous floating Jumbo Restaurant in
Hong Kong circa 1985.
There's
a couple of preciously unnamed photos of Dave in the Oriana 80's on group
section here and here
where he has now been named and Dave sent in a new group photo taken in
the Stern Gallery which is now posted in that same section here.
Dave's
email address is
dave.m.hulbert@exxonmobil.com
and he's asked me to say that if anyone's ever in the Christchurch area
then please get in touch as there's always a beer and bottle of wine in
the fridge - some things will never change.
Dave
was one of the nicest blokes you’ll ever meet. A straight up decent
young lad in those days and now being back in touch with him after 30
years I can honestly say he hasn’t changed one iota in that respect.
Back then he was one of the lads doing the real work and that’s a very
scary looking Glyn Dodson with him after
a monumental struggle with an ID Fan if I remember right.
And
this is what he looks like now doing nothing but having to meet Royalty.
For those who don’t know that’s HRH Princess Anne and the Engine Room
looks more like NASA Control Centre. How things have changed. Well done
Dave.
I
want to take this opportunity to thank Dave for his great efforts
promoting this website. Through his seemingly endless contacts the
response and growth has been quite amazing. Thank you Dave.
click
on the photo to enlarge a different shot of the same group
Above
is a very recent gathering in Gavin Ash’s
cabin on the Sea Princess.
L-R:
Dave
Jewkes, Dave’s Staff Engineer Sinky Ross, Gavin
Ash and Steve Stroud. It would’ve
been nice to get an invite, I’m quite fond of a drop of Becks.
Photo
courtesy of Steve Borrill
Here’s
Mr Jewkes as recent as possible taken two days ago on the 9th March 2006.
The occasion was during MV Oriana’s visit to Fremantle and a few of us
were lucky enough to get onboard the ship and be treated like Royalty by
Dave and the rest of the brilliant P&O staff.
Photo
courtesy of Steve Borrill
This
is great caricature of Dave which hangs in his office. I had to take a
photo of it but later Dave presented me with an actual copy of it which I
intend to frame and display with my other P&O memorabilia. Thanks for
being such a perfect host and a great friend Dave.
This
was sent in by Jane Telfer. It typifies the character of David Jewkes. A
brilliant bloke with a great sense of fun and obviously a very discerning
pallet. I have to thank David for his unfailing support for this website
without which it would be a mere fraction of what it is today. Onya Mate!
David writes;
The MV Arcadia is on her Grand Alaskan cruise at the moment which is a 72 day cruise out of Southampton.
We've been all the way up to Whittier and are now heading south. We'll be in Victoria on Sunday and Vancouver Monday.
One of the Alaskan pilots is Tony Chadwick who worked for us for many years.
The above picture was taken on the bridge about an hour before he disembarked.
Its also a bit of a trip back for me. My first ship was the SS Arcadia in 1973 when I flew out to San Fran and joined it to go to Alaska as a cadet. 38 years on and I've just flown out to the MV Arcadia as Chief and gone up to Alaska.
I've attached my joining instructions... the most recent and from 38 years
ago!! (click on the pdf below).
There’s
more photos of Dave starting here.
Also go to the new page called Dave’s
Memories
Here's
a really nice tribute to Dave compiled by his 'lads' on Oriana
in 1985.
Dave
was a very amiable friendly guy. Not the biggest party animal you’ll
ever meet but was never far away from the action. That’s Dave with the
nearly empty glass standing next to David Marks in
the black Tux. I believe Dave is still at Sea too … amazing. Far left is
Dennis Morris then Lee (passenger), sitting down is
Laurie Cramm and outside is Harry Ritchie
on the left talking to George McHugh.
Above
is a recent photo of Dave with Celia Cowan (now Chester). They’re both looking great and it’s good to see old sea dogs
getting together.
Dave
was a cadet with P&O at the back end of the 1970's and into the 1980's
reaching the giddy heights of 5th Engineer before the P45 arrived. He
served Uganda, mv Strathmuir, Resolution Bay and mv Garinda.
Above
shows Dave at the pyramids. One of the many trips as a ship's escort on a
school tour bus to the pyramids. And we used to get payed to do this
stuff?
Above
is Spiv and Radar on the plates of the Uganda, in front of the DC
switchgear. Dave can't remember Radar's real name but he was a 5th
Engineer.
Spiv
& Babs the Banker.
Sam
Thompson Awake. Fellow Engineer Cadet in our shared cabin in the Engineers
Accommodation.
Sam
Thompson not so awake. The two glasses in the foreground tell a story.
Blaster
at work or asleep in a lifeboat. Michael
Blaskewicz in a lifeboat that had died at anchorage off Dubrovnik.
A restaurant
somewhere in the Med.
L-R:
Geoff
Kimber, Dave Moss, Hillary the Banker, Maurice (not Morris) Electrician,
Babs the Banker.
Dave
was on the best guys you could ever meet. His larrikin spirit always made
you feel good and his positive attitude to life and having fun was so
infectious. That’s Dave on the far right with me on the far left but I’m
ashamed to say I can’t remember the names of the other two guys. Please
email me if you know them.
We
were sorely tempted to leave Oakesy buried on Antigua Beach but thought
the natives weren’t anywhere near ready to cope with him. Note the
fabulous Red Garter hat from the club on Broadway, San Francisco. What a
hoot that place was. The closest I’ve ever come to death was having a
cocked Magnum 45 pushed in the back of my head by an irritated Police
Officer who arrested me after we’d been thrown out of the Red Garter for
being drunk and getting into a fight. I actually wet myself. I think
Oakesy started the fight if I remember right. Onya Dave.
This
is was Christmas Day 1975 and that’s me behind Dave … smoking!
Having
a wee bit of a samurai shut eye … on duty? Never.
This
next sequence tells a brilliant and very funny story as told by Dave
Whitehand;
"Oakesy
was on the 8-12 and in the cabin next to mine. I was on days and it was
the standing joke that Oakesy could always beat me back to the
accommodation, grab the shared suntan lotion and be on deck before me.
On
this day all went as normal ...
I
joined the group just as Oaksey started to apply “The Lotion” ...
What's
the matter Dave, you don't look very happy ...
Oaksey
was in fact applying large amounts of white emulsion paint to his leg!
I
have to add something here ... look at the genuine gut wrenching laugh on
Dave's face. Oakesy was the master of pranks and the first to appreciate a
good one ... even when he was the victim of it.
and
here he is later displaying the offending article and still appreciating
the skill and imagination of a fellow grade A prankster ... excellent
stuff Blackfoot.
And
this is what he looks like now when Celia Cowan (now Chester)
caught up with him at his home town of Cape Town. Dave’s had
a lot of physical and mental trauma recently but it’s damn good to see
him looking so happy.
Here’s
Dave with his two great kids on a beach in Cape Town looking across at the
Table Top Mountain. I’d love to stand there with you one day Dave.
I
know it's like getting blood out of a stone but Dave finally sent me these
brilliant recent family shots. Dave’s words ... 'The first one is me in
the middle and people pointing at me. I can't remember why but I'd
probably made a side splitting comment. Kelvin (my son) is on the left
with the Linken Park 'T' shirt and hair like a rats nest.'
'This
one is me and Emily (my daughter of 10 going on 25). By the way the short
hair is by choice and not by nature.' We believe you Dave, thousands
wouldn't in fact I use the same excuse myself :)
'This
is my dog Shep, just thought I'd throw that one in, he actually wasn't at
the Xmas party.'
Beautiful
family Dave, all the best to you all. Also I can't let this bit of
brilliant information go by in Dave’s last email. Again in his words;
"Things are good, I had all my scopes and I've been declared insane but
cancer free. Don't need to go back for 2 years now, thank god, my arse
needs a rest."
Here’s a
little story about Dave Shimmons, the Hutch and lots of balloons.
It was Xmas
time on the O and the man with the longest nickname in the fleet was
resident in the smallest cabin in the fleet. Yes, Shimbob was in the Hutch
but he didn’t care as long as he had a good time and he could drink
scotch. As Malc and myself were drinking one night, the plan was hatched
to fill his cabin with balloons, Yes, lots and lots and lots of
balloons.!!!!!!. So we acquired lots of balloons from the entertainment
staff and arranged for Farouk to be out of his cabin ( can’t remember
how but it was probably as simple as offering him a drink). So we blew and
blew and blew and blew until we just couldn’t blow anymore and then we
realised that it took a lot of balloons to fill the Hutch. We then left
Dave a note which said “We hope you don’t mind but the balloons are
for the children’s Xmas party and we don’t have anywhere to store them
so if it is not too much trouble, can we keep them in your cabin tonight
and we will pick them up tomorrow, signed the Entertainment Director.”
What follows next is testament to how good a bloke Shimbob is as we waited
for Dave to discover the balloons. We found Dave removing all the balloons
from his cabin and putting them in the old office cabin that was being
refurbished. As Malc and myself started to jump on the balloons and burst
them, Dave tried to stop us and explain that they were for the children’s
party and not to burst them. What a good egg. The last time I saw Dave was
in my cabin on the Sea Princess when he was on local leave and I am sure
that he would be exactly the same Shimbob today as he was then. I always
felt that Dave looked better without a moustache but that’s a story for
another time.
Dave
worked for P&O from 74-86 as a Fruit Machine Operator on Oriana,
Canberra and Sea Princess and also one trip from Southampton to Dublin on
Uganda.
He
knew Dave Jewkes quite well and even went to his
wedding but lost contact with him. We can certainly fix that. Above is
Jewksie with Micky Callo who was the Stern Gallery Barman.
This
was taken during an Oriana Fun Run in Nuku’alofa Tonga and shows
Dave stopping for some well earned refreshment (he still has the video of
this event). It’s good to see VB being used for it’s proper purpose.
Mother’s Milk.
Here’s
what Dave looks like now and below is a much better shot.
He
found this site through Ian Settle who
saw his name on a Canberra website. Dave believes that being one of the
Pursers crowd he may not be of that much interest to us but we’ll have
to prove him wrong won’t we. So if anyone remembers Dave send him an
email.
Dave
Twinning was the best Chief Engineer Rod Sharpe ever sailed with, a great
bloke Rod recalls. On the left is Big John
Englefield (aka The Bopper) and Rod reckons this is probably Big John’s
most photogenic angle. His words John not mine :)
Unfortunately
I've just been informed by Dave Betts that Dave Twinning passed away in
October 2006. I have no further details at present but I've added Dave to
the Seadogs Departed section here.
Dave
had a wit as sharp as a razor and dry as a desert. His array of facial
expressions were amazing and most of the time he didn’t have to say
anything to have people in stitches with laughter. I don’t know where is
he or what he’s doing at the moment so if anybody does please let me
know. Oh sorry, that’s Dave on the left with Kevin
Timms in the middle and Groucho’s
tonsils on the right. I’m very pleased I wasn’t at that
Barbecue
Here’s
a much better shot of Dave thanks to Mark
Sawyer. That’s Dave on the left, Paul
Robinson in the middle and Mark on the left. Looks like they were
ready to paint some town red. Notice Dave’s Seaman’s Identity Card in
his top pocket.
Now
this photo says it all about Dave Whitehand. A comic genius.
Here's
the photo which explains how he finished up like this in the above shot.
Dave's
kindly sent in an old “ORSOVA” Music Hall programme. He thinks it's
from 1973 sometime but not really sure.
I'm
assured by Blackfoot that Oakesy's eyes have not been touched up in Photo
Shop and it was a favourite party trick of his although I only remember
seeing him like that after copious beers but I always thought it was an
involuntary action.
Here's
Blackfoot showing another one of his thousand faces with Mick
Everson (aka Slav) pressing the lift button.
Only
Blackfoot could actually look nervous about a Plastic Parrot.
Dave's
now an Estates Officer Engineering in Wrexham Hospital. He tells me work wise
its very similar to sea life. The men in the workshop could build anything
and the nursing staff can break it within 24 hours. I can sure relate to
that after working at King
Edward Memorial Hospital here in Perth for 10 years.
David
was a Hospital Attendant on Arcadia and Canberra. He may have served on
other ships but I’m waiting for David to dig out his Discharge Book and
he’ll send his full history.
David’s
kindly sent in 2 group shots that I’ve posted in Arcadia
& Canberra Group sections.
I joined Orient Line as a Cadet Purser aboard “Otranto” in 1953; then an Assistant Purser in “Orsova” and finally swallowing the anchor from “Orontes” in 1957. I then however joined Orient Line’s Sydney Office (doing the passenger ship’s berthing) then Canberra, ACT, then back to Sydney, in the Sales Promotion department where I looked after the entertainment etc for both Cruise Ships and Liner voyages. In 1970 I went to Perth as Passenger Manager and after 3 years came to Melbourne as Passenger Manager. In 1976 we
(P&O) purchased a 1/3rd interest in World Travel Headquarters one of Australia’s largest travel agencies. They used to put together the famous Women’s Weekly World Discovery Tours taking over a whole ship such as “Himalaya”. As by the early 70’s Liner voyages had almost disappeared off the map and cruising became the in thing I became more of a Travel Agent than a Passenger Manager!! I “retired” in 1986 and since then have run my own business in Port Fairy
in Sydney and Lorne in Victoria where I now live.
David
joined P&O as a cadet in 1969 and made it to 2nd before departing for
P&O Ferries in 1990. His Ferry career continued with Stena Sealink in
1991 and he retired ashore after taking redundancy in 1997. He developed
his own business for seven years prior to selling-on, he then enjoyed a
well earned holiday before taking a temporary position on Southampton tugs
in 2005. He now Lives in Bournemouth minus one ex-P&O wife!
Boiler
Room Bailey Board
L-R:
Eddie
the fireman, Mick (The Screaming Skull) fireman, David Garry (4th).
Photographer:
Alan Newby
Oriana
1974
Post
Southampton Refit, Caribbean Cruise, 4/8 and 8/12 piss-up post midnight
off-decks
This
is David ‘Dai’ Griffin taken in Bali, I’m not sure of the date nor
the ship but it all looks so familiar.
Here’s
Dai in his cabin Christmas 1974, pointing to Doug
Cruickshank’s new 4th braid.
Dai
recalls;
‘For
those of you who sailed on Oronsay, remember our trip back to Sydney in a
cyclone when the Sydney pilot wouldn't come out to pick us up and the
captain (Scott Mason RNR, I think) came on the PA system and virtually
told the passengers that the pilot didn't have the balls to bring us in
but this was a British ship and with or without the pilot we were going
in! I was out on the STBD aft deck, (must have been at stern stations
arrival) and as we came into the cliffs at Port Jackson we turned 90
degrees to port and a wave hit us broadside and we lurched over, before we
were upright another wave hit us and we went much further over! but a bit
of full ahead both got us out of it, and behind the cliffs. I think this
was the cruise when we sailed out into cyclone Zoë and returned in
cyclone Allis.’
(click
on photo to enlarge)
Here’s
Dai with his workmate Svetlana doing what I love best … relaxing with an
‘Amberfluid’, God’s gift to Man.
Dai’s
contributed some great photos that I’ve put in the new Oronsay
Groups and Orsova sections. Thanks Dai. Great
effort
David
was Chief Butcher on Oriana in the 70's and that's David with a tender leg
of sexy chic on his lap. The gentleman on the left is David's good mate, Tommy Murphy
who was the Chief Baker.
David
spent 18 happy years with P&O on the many ships; Chusan, Chitral,
Canberra, Arcadia, Oronsay, Orsova, Oriana, Spirit of London, Uganda and Sun
Princess from 1961 to 1978, since then he's lived in Australia.
The
above photo is part of a collection David sent in from the 1977 Oriana
Galley Staff Christmas Party. David would love to hear from any of his old
seadog mates.
David
was a true gentlemen and better person you’re never likely to meet. He
was the Entertainments Director on Nevasa when I first joined in 1974 and
he was a
bit of matchmaker as I remember as he told both me and the girl I did
marry, whom I met on Nevasa, on separate occasions that we were meant
for each other. We are still together after 33 years David but I’m not
sure you were right.
That’s
David in the black tux.
L-R
Dennis
Morris, Lee ? (passenger), David Marks, Dave Kirtchen, Harry Ritchie &
George
McHugh in the alley way and Laurie
Cramm sitting down on the far right.
I was at sea for over twenty years as a
ship's Shop Manager. Working some of the time for a company called Ocean Trading
Co Ltd with it's head office in West Quay Rd. Southampton. Most of the years I worked on Sitmar ships in the shops but did start off with
P&O on the Stratheden and Iberia. Working as Shop Manager.
I'm
now age 77 and have found a few old photographs that may be of interest for your website. I would be very interested to hear from any other shop staff or hairdressing staff that worked on the ships from around 1955 to 1980,
OT staff or others, too many ships to mention and too many good friends to remember but very, very happy days. I lived in Las Palmas for many years, purchased a home there on the money I made at sea but have returned to England and the
NHS for my last years living in Petersfield, Hants. I loved my years at sea, the travel, the friendships and not least the money.
David
worked for P&O in the mid to late 70s as 3/RO on Arcadia, Uganda, Sun & Pacific Princess.
The above photo was taken in the Radio Room of the Pacific Princess.
David
writes;
My cabin on Uganda during 3 day stop over in Southampton.
The big burly chap is Tom Paterson, a deck cadet (I think), and the lady is my wife of nearly 30 years who I met on the Uganda as a school girl!
I can explain - honest.
He
would love to make contact with Surgeon Frank Zaniewski so if anyone can
help in that regard please contact David on his email address below.
I joined the
Sky Princess in '93 as a member of the photo team and recognize several
names on this site. For information, this forum website is dedicated to
Princess crewmembers;
David
writes;
I joined the company in September 1967 as a Purser Cadet. After a year training in London I went to sea in September 1968 and stayed until towards
the end of 1986, reaching the rank of Deputy Purser. Ships sailed on were
Chusan, Himalaya, Oriana (1), Uganda, Canberra, Arcadia and Sea Princess -
most of these ships more than once. People who met me during the first half
of my time at sea will remember me with a beard."
There's
more of David starting here and
check out David's Memories and Oriana Revue
movie.
Dai
popped out of the woodwork today (Tuesday 9th August 2005). I sailed with
Dai on Nevasa 30 years ago and he’s another still at sea. He’s
currently Staff Electro-Technical Officer on the Dawn Princess.
Finally,
thanks to the never ending quest of the beautiful Celia Chester to track
down every Engineer who's ever sailed on the Seven Seas we now have a
photo of Dai Thomas.
L-R:
Celia
Chester, Dai Thomas, Peter Chester and the delectable Katie Chester
David
writes;
After
retiring from Sea I started my own company specializing in Marine Electrical consultancy. I had a 12 month contract with Carnival for the building and delivery of the P&O ship Ventura and the Princess ship Ruby Princess. I have also just completed a 9 month contract with a new ferry company which operates from Cork to Swansea. I was involved in purchasing the Ferry, fitting it out, doing its first dry dock and delivering the ferry to its new owners. It is a 28 year old ferry so you can imagine the state of the machinery spaces etc. It is now fully in service and doing very well so I am taking some time out to catch up on holidays as I did not have any time off during the last nine months.
Denis
was with BI from 1961 till 1965, he sailed on Nevasa and was part of the team that
laid her up in the River Fal after she had finished trooping. He then transferred to BI tankers, which then combined with other P&O tankers in Trident Tankers. Sailed on Busiris, Foyle etc.
This
is Denis today and lives in Sacriston, Durham.
Dennis
was a fun guy to be around. He was quirkily different, a little eccentric
maybe, but none the less a great bloke with a very infectious laugh. I can’t
remember ever seeing him without a great big smile on his face from ear to
ear. That’s
Dennis sitting on the couch 2nd from the right and that’s the smile I'm talking about. That’s Bob Eden
with his arm around Dennis. I know the face of the guy on the left but can’t
for the life of me remember his name and I haven’t got a clue who’s
hiding behind him.
There’s
that smile again. That’s Ivor Young
standing with Dennis and that was taken on my very first cruise to
the Fjords of Norway.
This
is Dennis today. He's the Pollak Library Facilities/Security Coordinator
at the California State University in Fullerton.
Dennis
writes;
I'm still married to the same girl I met on the Island Princess and after working 17 years as a Maintenance Manager in an aerospace company
I now have worked for nearly 8 years in a University Library and love every minute of it. It is funny I served on an educational ship and now work in an educational facility.
I still live in Southern California and intend to remain here. I've attached a recent photo so people can see how I look now. I also dug out my old blues uniform, first time in over 25 years, and wore it at this year’s Halloween Party and won a prize. I have also attached that picture.
Who
can still get into their "Blues"? Amazing Dennis.
My name is
Dennis Rothwell. I was looking for photos of the Orcades when I came across your site.
I joined the ship on September 1971 to January 1972 as bass player vocalist in the
Strangers Trio. I was so pleased to see the photos on the first page belonging to
Martin Mullen, as I have lost all mine. I share the memories of the events he mentions and lots more, like when the air
conditioning broke down in Suva, and we missed Tasmania because of a quarantine due to a health scare.
I worked for Royal Caribbean later, but nothing sticks in my mind more than the experience
I had and the vivid memories on Orcades. I was so lucky to have been fortunate enough to get on that ship before its end.
In fact, the end of an era. I am not really a salty seadog but I am proud to have held a
Seaman's card, and enjoyed the sea life as much as being a musician.
To
see the Strangers Trio go to the Orcades
groups page.
I
never got close to Derek for some reason. Maybe he just didn’t like me.
I think the selection process for officers at sea was quite amazing for
that very reason … just about everybody got on with everybody else. It
was such a great atmosphere to be in. That’s the only photo I have of
Derek so if anyone has any or knows where is he let us know.
Does
anybody remember Pud and Angie from Pacific and Island princess? We met
and married on the PP celebrating 25 years this year. Pud was Bars and
Angie Shops and Beautician.
A
picture with Derek in it has been sent in but a large group from afar so
it's hard to pinpoint Derek but you can have a look here.
We
would like to contact all those who sailed on Uganda in 1982 (Falklands
Conflict). A reunion is being organised for next year that apart from
P&O personnel will include the RN, QARNNS, RM, some of the wounded and
many others. Please contact me if you know of anyone who served on Uganda
during the conflict. Thank you.
Derek
worked in the Hairdressing & Shop department on Canberra between
1965-75 during the time when they were employed directly by P&O. Derek
attended the Canberra Reunion on the 8th
September 2007 and kindly sent in 7 great photos of that event of which
the above photo was cut from.
Derek
is now the President & COO of UNIGLOBE Travel (British Isles)
Derek
(top right) worked for P&O for thirty years as Bell boy, BRS, PRS. He sailed on Chusan, Oronsay, Canberra,
Oriana, Sun Princess, Pacific Princess and more recently as AP on P&O
Ferries.
Derek
sailed on Strathmore, Oronsay, Chusan and Oriana from 1961 to 1967 as a
JAP, AP and SAP before transferring ashore to Head Office and eventually
became Fleet Personnel Manager. He retired in 2003. His wife Nell (nee
Broekman) was a Dutch WAP on Chusan.
Derek is the organiser of an annual reunion luncheon held each May in Southampton for those who have worked for P&O or P&O Princess and who are now retired. For more information about this event please email him.
'It's still nice to look back and think of the short time spent on the Oriana as an
Engineer in 1971-72. I chat occasionally with the design consultant for the A/C onboard,
Doug Richards, if anyone remembers him.'
Dianne
is 2nd from the left on the back row. I didn’t know her very well so she’s
a prime candidate for someone to give me the dirt. Any photos, information
about where she is or what she’s doing now will be welcome.
L-R
Back:
Jose
Mackenzie, Dianne Ashworth, Rosemary
Walker (Deceased), Sandra Whaites.
I
found the site via a search engine and plunged into instant nostalgia. I
would love to hear from anyone from Oriana, Canberra and a brief spell on
Island Princess that I sailed with in the early 80's.
Dianne's
sent in some great group shots taken on Canberra
& Oriana and
more
Dick
was a Deck Officer on Oriana in my day and I remember him well but don't
recall us ever speaking however Richard writes;
"I’m sure we did speak but I cannot recall any conversations. As you say on the website, the segregation of the departments on those older ships was not conducive to inter-departmental team building. I did manage to find my way to a number of pourouts on D Deck and you might remember one lunch time session in 1975 in which Chris Cowell and I served Kremlin Koolers (vodka, ginger and ice cream in pink plastic glasses). John Wacher attempted a
Cossack dance while Steve Burgoine beat time on his head with a green, plastic hammer shaped like a frog."
Sadly
I think I missed that one :(
Richard
now lives in Perth and is the Sales Manager for Austal Ships.
There's
another shot of Richard in Celia's Memories here
and 20 odd photos of Richard's Memories here.
I
never sailed with Don but he’s been partly responsible for the
continuation of this website. Above is what Don used to do in his spare
time. Don’t ask me, I don’t want to even guess. I’m told on good
authority that the one on the right is Barry Dover (aka Ben) but he may
want to deny that.
This
is Don sitting inside the starboard main alternator stator of Canberra in
1983.
This
is what Don looks like now. Good to see you lost a bit of weight now Don.
How did you do it Mate, I’ve been trying for years.
He’s
the Stage 1 Engineering Planner for BAE SYSYEMS Submarines in
Barrow-in-Furness.
This
is Don Cole's dad, Don Cole Snr who was with the Orient Line between 1951 and 1956.
He Served on ss Stratheden and ss Strathnather and was a boiler room 4th Eng.
A very handsome fellow, now we can see where Don gets it from.
He now lives in Paphos in Cyprus and to see what he looks like now go to
the Reunion section to see an amazing reunion
of some 54 years.
Don
Cole Snr can be contacted through his son Don.
Bill White (Senior 3rd
Eng), Terry ? (4th Eng), Don O’Connor and ??. As you can see the pic was taken long before air conditioned control rooms were invented.
Don
writes;
I joined
the Orient Line as a Junior Engineer in 1957 after serving a 5 year apprenticeship at Samuel
Williams at Dagenham Dock and spent most of my time on Orcades and two trips on Oronsay.
I achieved my 2nds and Chiefs steam tickets at Poplar Tech and thought that life was getting to be too easy so decided a change was warranted and came to Melbourne in 1964
and got married 2 years later. I had various jobs including 8 years as
manager with Sulzer before starting my own company in 1983 (Japan Marine Engineering Co.) we are a major supplier of marine spare parts and capital equipment to Australian and overseas shipping companies including Carnival Cruises.
This
was taken recently on a visit to Whistler, Canada where we have a condo and go there for the golf and skiing.
The
photo was taken by Greg Sinclair around
July-August 1971. Doug joined Oriana as 4th Engineer. We don’t know much
more about Doug other than he now lives in Doug lives in Warragul,
Victoria.
The
above photo is Greg Sinclair on the left
and Doug on the right. It was taken recently when Doug visited Greg in
Sydney. The first time they’ve caught up in 33 years. Great stuff.
Doug's career at sea spanned some 12 years, most of that time at sea with P&O
as a Radio Officer reaching the rank of 1st R/O before deciding to leave the
company and the seek shore employment. During that seagoing time he did work for a couple of lengthy periods in the Radio/Electronics Section of
P&O in Leadenhall St but times were a changing and he finally ended up residing in
Australia.
That’s
Duncan on the right with his arm around Harry
Ritchie and the other guy is Pugsley Howard. That’s Nevasa’s plates by the way.
Duncan
was totally crazy. His humour was so alternative I honestly thought he was
mad. He did have an amazing talent for sketches especially caricatures.
There was always a current humorous incident recorded in sketch in the
Engine Room Logbook and fortunately I was able to souvenir the very last
logbook used on Nevasa’s scrap run from Malta to Kaohsiung. I've scanned
the best of them and added them to their own section here.
Unfortunately
Duncan died of a heart attack while at sea as Chief Engineer
on the vessel "Flinders Bay".