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Yes Roy, your life story sounds very much like mine.
Although my Dad was not at sea, I grew up on and was fascinated by true stories like the heroic San Demetrio, Malta convoys including Ohio and many others, Flying Enterprise etc and many other tales of that time.
I always wanted to go to sea and eventually went as an apprentice with Reardon Smith straight after leaving school. Subsequently then interestingly found that an RSL ship, the 'Cornish City' was the Commodore ship of the merchant ships in the San Demetrio convoy (HX 34), the famous "Jervis Bay' convoy, attacked by the 'Admiral Scheer'. The 'Jervis Bay' sacrifice allowing enough time for the rest to disperse, resulting in far less casualties than there would have been.
On my first trip as Second Mate on Vancouver City in 1971, the Master had been an apprentice on 'Cornish City' at the time...'the world goes round'
Great stuff.
"Lest We Forget"
Regards
Last edited by Ozzie; 17th June 2018 at 21:45.
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