The hyenas were never seen again and it was decided that they probably jumped overboard very soon after the greaser had seen them on the afterdeck. The fire eventually burned out and the ship was towed to Europe for repairs.A number of St Helenians were on board the vessel when it caught fire – many of them expecting to sleep on deck.Tony Leo covered the story for the five-year-old Radio St Helena when they finally reached home – and his interviews have survived, thanks to the archive that was carefully maintained over the station’s 45-year life.It ceased broadcasting on Christmas Day 2012, and the archive – mostly old reel-to-reel tapes – was transferred to the museum in Jamestown.The special programme was suggested after St Helena Online ran a feature on the fire, prompted by the return to the island of Jonathan Mercer, one of the junior officers who spent anxious hours in the lifeboats.He came back as Master of the cruise ship Amsterdam in April 2013.A great view shot from my DJI Drone flying over Jamestown Harbour Rupert's Beach a popular black sandy beach for days out. GOOD HOPE CASTLE Type Refrigerated Cargo Ship Launched: 16/02/1965 Completed: 09/12/1965 Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Yard: Wallsend Yard Number: 2011 Dimensions: 10538grt, 4235nrt, 545.0 x 77.3 x 46.2ft Engines: 2 x Oil engines, Sulzer type , 2SA, 8cyl (900 x 1550), 34720bhp Engines by:
I know two guys who started at the bottom and got to Master with a First Class Certificate steam and motor. I assume the one showing her in drydock is the one I took the same voyage and have currently posted on my website I have lots of pictures of the ship and will be posting some more presently.
A sister ship to the Kenilworth Castle, she was built by Fairfields, in Glasgow, Scotland, and came into service in 1903. Taken in December 1966 of the officers aboard the Good Hope CastleGood Hope Castle adrift in the South Atlantic after the fireâI took a few until I ran out of film, all on Kodak slides. I passed the cheetahs and the monkeys and shone my torch at the hyenasâ cage. By Sloyne in forum Liverpool Ex-Pats
All seemed to be in order. Jerry, the Ordinary Seaman, had the Aldis lamp and I still had the battery, wishing that the cable was a great deal longer! GOOD HOPE CASTLE (2) was built in 1965 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend with a tonnage of 10538grt, a length of 592ft, a beam of 77ft 5in and a service speed of 22.5 knots. This version, the point of which was that even when rudely awakened,Captains have an immediate grasp of the crisis, contrasted sharply with my own reminiscence, and I still swear that I saw three feet of daylight between his bunk and bare bottom as I said âforedeckâ.
By gillian in forum Liverpool People Discussion
one did it from engine room boy, got his tickets and then sat Masters and Extra Masters, sailed as Chief and Master at different times.
The story of a near-disaster aboard a ship bound for St Helena has been retold in a 40th anniversary radio programme – by the presenter who covered it at the time.Tony Leo revisited interviews he recorded with survivors of the 1973 fire aboard the Good Hope Castle, as well as talking to people who remembered their involvement. It took three hours to get the cage in position and it was heavy work in searing heat.
She was delivered to the Ministry of War Transport on 5th April 1945 as the Empire Life with T …
Leopards and hyenas are natural enemies, and there appeared to be teeth marks on the leopardsâ cage. On our first voyage after the fire, the company announced that they were getting out of shipping within two years.