Hi Roy, During the summer of 1964 aged 15 and still at The London Nautical School I managed to get leave and take a trip on the Avon Ranger (Avonmouth, Puerto Ordaz, Trinidad, Kilingholm). I shared a cabin with the deck cadet who might have been Welsh. It was a […]
Yearly archives: 2025
My apologies Neil, your e-mail got stuck somewhere and only just found it. Yes Roy still live just outside York – Retired from the Sea in 2020 after being stuck onboard Sailing Around the World during Covid for 7 months – thought life was too short – work out well […]
Neil Woodburn (Ex Ch/Eng)
Recently had correspondence with Grandson – the threads below.. 1/ Hi there Roy, I stumbled across the LOF website, I was looking for information about the Ropner Lines SS Clearpool(my great grandfather Alfred Smith was master but died at sea in 1931 and was buried in Istanbul). His son (my […]
Commodore Alfred Smith
How time does fly – tomorrow 03rd March will be one year since the passing of Mr. Norris Jackson,ex Jnr/Eng to Managing Director.RIP NJ and the Door Stopper.