Royal Commonwealth Tour 1951-1954

 AB 01-1962 to 05-1962

11-57 to 07-58

Royal Commonwealth Tour  1953 - 54

1965

05-04-53 to 17-05-54

Thought these could be of interest to the Society - photos were from a newspaper. They were taken in 1967 after I had left the Merchant Navy. I sailed on her in 1962. She was homeward bound from Bluff to Panama when a fire started in the passengers accommodation below the bridge. It burned out the bridge and seven lives were lost. She put back to Wellington - steering was from emergency position aft. Interior photograph is of the burnt out bridge. She was patched up temporarily and only did one more trip without passengers before she was scrapped. Roy Massicks