Chapters of the book








How it all started




The beginning



Dagenham School of Marine Radio and Radar


Marconi Apprentice Radio Club

chapter ship signing on signing off call sign
1 M.V. Benhope London, UK 02/09/71 21/11/67 London, UK GUFY
2 S.S. Solen London, UK 01/01/68 04/05/68 Stavanger GHPG
3-4 M.V. Silvercove
New York, USA 14/06/68 24/07/69 Boston, USA

5 M.V. Ivinghoe Beacon Rotterdam 22/10/69
18/06/70 Piraeus

6-7 S.S. Hemitrochus
Manila 03/09/70
29/03/71 Singapore
GCDH
Interlude
Marine Electronics Course

8 M.V. Canopic
London, UK 02/09/71
09/09/71 Liverpool, UK GSWK
Interlude Marconi Radar Course


9-10 S.S. Melo
Mina al Ahmadi 03/01/72
03/06/72 Singapore
GYYV
Interlude Pirates


Interlude Huge Ships and Consequences

Interlude Company Predictor Radar Course

11-12
Northern Star
Southampton, UK 02/10/72
19/05/73 Southampton, UK
13 Methane Princess
Tilbury 20/09/73
16/12/73 Canvey Island

14-15 D.C. Coleman
Tobata, Japan 06/05/74
23/09/74 Port Walcott, Australia
ZCAZ
16
M.V. W.A. Mather
St John, N.B. 10/12/74
22/05/75 Punta Cardon, Venezuela

17 M.V. W.A. Mather Los Angeles, USA 21/07/75 18/10/75 Los Angeles, USA
Interlude Sailing round the Canaries

18
M.V. Fort Macleod
Istanbul, Turkey 03/12/75
23/02/76 New York, USA

19
M.V. Lord Mount Stephen
Southampton, UK 08/04/76
15/04/76 Southampton, UK
20-21
M.V. E.W. Beatty
Gijon, France 10/05/76
24/06/76 Rotterdam
ZCAN
22-23
M.V.W.M. Neal
Fukuyama, Japan 17/08/76
20/12/76 Port Talbot, Wales
ZBML
24
D.C. Coleman
Rotterdam 16/03/77
18/06/77 Rotterdam

25-26
Fort Coulonge
Guayama, Puerto Rico 02/07/77
26/10/77 Bombay, India
ZCHA
27
Fort Coulonge
Wellington, N.Z. 25/02/78
17/6/78 Kawasaki, Japan
ZCHA
28 M.V. W.A. Mather Triest, Italy 16/08/78 20/11/78 Long Beach, USA
29-30
M.V. Fort Hamilton
Durban, R.S.A. 13/04/78
29/08/79 Kuwait
ZFCO
31-32
M.V. Fort Norman
Bremerhaven, Germany 16/12/79
5/7/80 Ghent, Belgium

33
Fort Steele
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 06/11/80
06/02/81 Tampa, Florida

34
M.V. G.A. Walker
Maracaibo, Venezuela 27/3/81
25/06/81 Cape Town

35-36
M.V. Fort Calgary
Singapore 03/09/81
02/02/82 Inchon, South Korea

37-38
Fort Fraser
Long Beach, USA 26/05/82
21/10/82 Kobe, Japan
VRCW
39-40
Fort Walsh
Singapore 16/01/83
24/04/83 Rotterdam

41-42 M.V. Fort Kamloops Esjberg, Denmark 26/07/83 20/12/83 Kunak, Indonesia
43 M.V. Fort Victoria Fukuyama, Japan 09/04/84 16/08/84 Vancouver, BC
44 M.V. W.M. Neal Rotterdam 14/12/84 12/05/85 Ulsan, South Korea ZBML
Interlude "Halcyon the Great"


45 M.V. Mississippi Antwerp, Belgium 02/05/85 26/06/85 Felixstowe, UK
46-47 M.V. Mississippi Rotterdam 09/10/85 21/01/86 Antwerp, Belgium
48 M.V. Fort Calgary Long Beach 08/03/86 03/06/86 Bordeaux, France
49-50 Dart Atlantica Felixstowe, UK 17/06/86 20/07/86 Felixstowe, UK
51 M.V. G.A. Walker Tampico, Florida, USA 06/11/86 12/02/87 Salina Cruz, Mexico
52 Fort Macleod Manzanillo, Mexico 03/04/87 09/07/87 Rosarito, Mexico
53 M.V. G.A. Walker Salina Cruz, Mexico 15/10/87 12/02/88 Singapore
Interlude Captains, Characters and Stories


Interlude Captains



Interlude Characters



Interlude Stories


Interlude Some interesting pictures



Epilogue



Marine HF transmitters and receivers

Appendix
Murphy's Law to Mariners


Appendix Marconi Radio Officer Career Brochure

In Memoriam last voyage London, UK 10/10/1947
28/08/2017 Offenburg, Germany
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