| How
it all started |
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| 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 |
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| 5 | M.V. Ivinghoe Beacon | Rotterdam 22/10/69 |
18/06/70 Piraeus |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 33 |
Fort
Steele |
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 06/11/80 |
06/02/81 Tampa, Florida |
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| 34 |
M.V.
G.A. Walker |
Maracaibo, Venezuela 27/3/81 |
25/06/81 Cape Town |
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| 35-36 |
M.V.
Fort Calgary |
Singapore 03/09/81 |
02/02/82 Inchon, South Korea |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Interlude | Captains |
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| Interlude | Characters |
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| Interlude | Stories | |||
| Interlude | Some interesting pictures | |||
| Epilogue | ||||
| Marine HF transmitters and receivers | ||||
| Appendix |
Murphy's
Law to Mariners |
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| Appendix | Marconi Radio Officer Career Brochure | |||
| In Memoriam | last voyage | London, UK 10/10/1947 |
28/08/2017 Offenburg, Germany |
DJ0OW/ sk G3VCH/ sk VP9HX/ sk |