Alan Elliott

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09/29/2008 - 21:11 I was 4th engr. on the Theliconus1955/56 when in passage from Curacao to Rotterdam in heavy seas when we recieved a distress call from a motor cruiser. We went to her and took off the crew. a brilliant bit of seamaship by our skipper Capt JJ Benson. The cruiser ' EPISODE' sank shortly after. Any one remember this.

Sailor

Period Tanker Job Details Action
1952 to 1953 TRIBULUS (1) 5th engineer
1953 to 1954 THELICONUS 4th engineer

Anecdotes

Tanker Anecdote Post date Action
THELICONUS

1954, I was 4th engineer on the Thelconus. We were in passage from Curacao to Ghent

04/02/2010 - 21:56