Issue 3/2019 Volume XXV No. 003

The Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners

Livery Company of the City of London Founded 1926, Incorporated by Royal Charter 1930 Contents

Court of the Company Wardens and Court from 1 May 2019 MASTER Captain W J Barclay FNI SENIOR WARDEN Captain D Chadburn IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER Captain R B Booth AFNI WARDENS Commander L A Chapman CMMar RN; Captain R F A Batt; Captain G English AFNI COURT OF ASSISTANTS The Honourable Company Commander P R F D Aylott MNI RN; Captain R W Barnes CMMar; Mr M Burrow; Captain B A Cushing; Mr C Dancaster; Captain S P of Master Mariners Donkersley RFA; Mr H Dundas; Captain I C Giddings FNI; Captain P T Hanton RFA; Captain L J Hesketh FNI; Commander D Ireland MBE PATRON MRIN; Captain J M Simpson; Mr J Johnson-Allen FRIN; Captain P J Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN McArthur MNM CMMar FNI FIMarEST; Captain J K Mooney AFNI; Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets Captain T Oliver; Captain M C Powell FNI; Captain M A Robarts MNI ARINA; Captain N R Rodrigues; Captain T W Starr MSc LLM; ADMIRAL Captain S E Thomson CMMar; Captain H J Conybeare; His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Captain F K D'Souza FNI; Captain M Reed RD* FNI RNR Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, KG KT OM GBE KCVO OUTPORT REPRESENTATIVES FOUNDER NE Scotland – Captain R Curtis Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, Bt. Clyde – Mr H Dundas b. 1869 d. 1951 NW England – Captain L Hesketh Bristol Channel – Captain T Hughes South West – Ms V Foster MBE Solent – Captain C Douglass Contents NE England – Captain M James CLERK OF THE COMPANY Commodore Angus Menzies MNI RN – [email protected] Company News Page 71 BUSINESS MANAGER – 0207 845 9872 Mrs Alison Harris BA (Hons) – [email protected] Obituary Page 72 FINANCE OFFICER – 0207 845 9875 Mrs Penny Burningham – [email protected] Ship Affiliations Page 80 CHARTERED MASTER MARINER ADMINISTRATOR Lieutenant Scott Hanlon BA (Hons) AlnstLM, RNR – [email protected] Global Links Page 88 RECEPTIONIST – 0207 836 8179 Gail Byrne – [email protected] Features Page 92 Kelly Carter HONORARY CHAPLAIN Events Diary Page 102 The Reverend Reginald Sweet BA RN CORPORATE MEMBERS The Baltic Exchange; J&J Denholm Limited; Furness Withy Merchandise Inside Back Cover (Chartering); *International Maritime Pilots' Association; Maritime & Underwater Securities Consultants Limited; P&O Ferries; Star Reefers; Stephenson Harwood; John Swire & Son Limited; Witherby Publishing Group; X-PRESS Feeders; (*Tenant company) Produced by Perfect Imaging Limited, Enterprise House, Cranes Farm HQS WELLINGTON, Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, Road, Essex, SS14 3JB. Telephone: +44(0)208 806 6630 London WC2R 2PN Published by The Honourable Company of Master Mariners , HQS www.hcmm.org.uk Tel: 0207 836 8179 Fax : 0207 240 3082 Wellington, Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, London WC2R 2PN. Email : [email protected] Company News

wealth of other events with Livery lunches From the Master and dinners taking place in various halls We are sorry to re cord the death of Captain WJ Barclay FNI throughout the City. I will not bore you the following members (and past with all the details. There have, however, members) of the Honourable been some very special occasions which will Company of Master Mariners: forever remain in my memory. • Captain Ian Sparham , Elizabeth and I were very privileged to be 14 June 2019 invited by the Master and Mistress of the • Captain John Potts , Worshipful Company of Dyers to attend 6 July 2019 their annual Swan Upping event. • Captain James Martin , According to our learned Clerk this is an 4 August 2019 invitation which has not been received by • Captain Brian John McAree the Honourable Company for at least ten 9 August, 2019 years. The tradition of taking part in the Queen’s annual Swan Upping is shared The final occasion just the other day was with only two Livery Companies, the Dyers an invite to attend the Sea Cadets National and the Vintners. The cygnets are taken up Band Championship, held in the moat of for identification once a year in July under the Tower of London. I was privileged to be the auspices of the Queen’s Swan Marker. asked to present a prize to one of the Ownership of the Dyers and Vintners birds bands. To see these young people are recorded on a leg ring whilst those of performing with full military precision and Her Majesty, the Seigneur of Swans, are playing to a very high standard was My first three months as Master have flown unmarked. This tradition dates back to inspirational. They are a credit to by; every Past Master told me that this before 1483. Swan Upping plays an themselves, their parents and of course the would happen. It takes a while to get into important role in the conservation of the leaders. These youngsters must have spent the swing of things and many thanks to mute swan and affords an opportunity to weeks if not months practicing. There were Angus for his help in this regard I am now assess the cygnets and examine then for no signs of nerves but it must have seemed beginning to enjoy fully the wealth of any injuries. Unlike Ironbridge this was an a bit traumatic to perform in front of a events that I have experienced when idyllic summer day and the cruise along very large audience. Seeing these boys and representing the Honourable Company. the Thames was thoroughly enjoyed by all girls thoroughly enjoying the day gives In my last article I mentioned that who attended. hope for the future. It is hoped that we can Elizabeth and I were due to attend the Another memorable event took place at the arrange for some of these youngsters to annual Ironbridge weekend along with one Old Bailey. We were kindly invited by the come on board HQS Wellington for a visit hundred and two other Livery Masters and two Sheriffs for a guided tour followed by in the not too distant future. Who knows their Consorts as well as the Lord Mayor dinner. The tour included the historical No. maybe some of them will at some stage and the Sheriffs. This does seem like an 1 Court as well as a newer Court. We were become members. eternity away but was only in June. The also allowed to view the holding cells in At the moment I am looking forward to weekend was marred by torrential rain on the basement……not the most comfortable having a few weeks rest and recuperation the Friday and most of Saturday which is place to be. Dining in the Great Hall is a as Livery events take a break during when the museum tours took place but this rare treat and was a stunning venue. August. By the time you read this I will be did not stop us from appreciating the A tour of the House of Lords, hosted by back into the full flow of events in fascinating range of industry in the area Baroness Byford, was also very special. September, hopefully fully recharged. My which made us proud of our heritage. It After a very pleasant lunch by the river we diary is already looking fairly full. was also of course a great opportunity to were allowed into the Strangers Gallery to get to know some of the other Livery Merchant Navy Day will be celebrated this view the Lords taking part in some year on Sunday 8th September and as Masters who do not necessarily cross my debates. Coincidently the Admiral the Lord path very often. usual there will be a Memorial Service at West was speaking on some shipping Trinity Gardens, Tower Hill when I hope to The weekend proved to be very busy and matters at the time. see as many of you as possible. This is apart from torrential rain on the Saturday A special day was spent with some of our always a very moving ceremony and all went very well. This was a very good ladies who are trying to raise funds for our reminds us all of the sacrifices made by so opportunity to meet others in the Livery Centenary Celebrations. We had an many seafarers. and also to start our present year’s excellent lunch along the Strand followed Association. This Association will ensure that by a tour of Somerset House. This was most after our term in office we will to meet up enlightening. Many thanks to the Ladies and continue friendships already formed. Centenary Group for organising this, and Our annual Church Service at St. Michaels, other events. Cornhill was very well attended and as ever It was a pleasure to see some Outport the music was up to the highest standard. members and their partners attend our The Lord Mayor of Westminster joined us annual Outport Ladies Lunch. The lunch after the service for an excellent lunch on was held on the Quarterdeck and the only board HQS Wellington. downside was the weather….the joys of the In the past three months there has been a British Summer! www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 31/2019 • Page 71 Company News

an extra term to get the job he wanted. On Congratulations to the following on Obituary leaving the Worcester he started working being sworn in as: for Strick Line in summer 1958 on general Freeman: CAPTAIN ALASDAIR cargo ships Captain William Bowen, Captain CRAIG McCULLOCH Alasdair worked himself up through the Ivana Carrioni-Burnett, Captain Chris January 10, 1941 – May 9, 2019 Merchant Navy from Cadet to Captain. He Dodds, Captain Richard Gammie, sat and passed his Master’s Certificate the The following Eulogy was delivered at Captain Andrew McLaughlin, same day as his mother died in December Captain McCulloch’s Funeral (see previous Captain Kevin Roach, Captain Mark 1967 although he always said that he had issue of this Journal) on 17th May 2019 by Thompson, Captain Jan Wilhelmsson no idea how he manged to do so. Member: the Revd Jeanne Roddick. As already In 1973 he left Strick’s and moved to P&O Theo Campbell, Andrew Cowderoy, reported, Clyde Outport was well- where he continued working on general Jake Evans, Liam Pagonis, Kurt Rogers represented at the Funeral, not least the surprise attendance of 95-y/o Captain cargo ships until 1983. Seeing that this was Associates: Arthur Young MBE, Captain McCulloch’s the way things were going, he then moved Aidan Bates-Porter, Alex Bellamy, Liz close friend and neighbour. to Overseas Containers Ltd (OCL) to work on Coase, Rory Maclure, Alex Watson containers ships from 1983 to 1986 at which Apprentice: Jakob Ward point they merged with P&O Containers to become P&OCL Containers Ltd. In 1988, after 20 years as 1st Mate, Alasdair was finally promoted to Master, with his first Captaincy beginning on 16th October 1988 on a P&O Container ship, Botany Bay. He remained a Captain with P&O Containers / P&O Nedlloyd until his retirement on 11th December 1998 after 40 years at sea. Alasdair married his wife Marion on 18th May 1973. She lived at 23 Stamperland Drive, just across the road from his house, and their romance blossomed after Alasdair’s mother died and Marion’s mother came to help his father at home. After their marriage they moved to Knollpark Drive, their one and only family home together. Their son Iain was born in July 1975. Alasdair’s job meant that he was away for about six months of the year when Iain Alasdair was born on 10th January 1941 was growing up but over the years as and brought up in the family home at 24 technology grew communication with his Stamperland Avenue by his parents family became easier. When he was at Archibald and Christina McCulloch. He was home, he liked nothing more than spending the youngest of four brothers, Archibald quality time with Marion and Iain. Iain says Congratulations also to the following: who died when he was 11 years old, Robert he was a brilliant father, a father who was On being elevated from Junior (who later emigrated to New Zealand) and always there for him and who always had Associate to Freeman: Iain who died 21 days after his 5th birthday. time for him Andrew Hines Despite the miles between them, he and Family holidays, when Alasdair was at On being clothed as Liverymen: Robert remained close and kept in touch home, always involved boats – because he Captain Christopher Bordas, until Roberts’ death in October 2016. One loved the sea. Until last year he had a Captain Philip Gregson of the benefits of Alasdair’s job was that he narrowboat moored in Anderton, Cheshire was able to make many visits to Robert and which he grudgingly sold after 17 years: as his wife Agnes and their children Derek, he himself put it “From the knees up he did Pauline and Stephen in Australia and New not want to sell it but from the knees And to the following on attaining Zealand. In later years, following his down he knew that he had to”. After selling Certificates of Competency: retirement, he was grateful for skype the narrowboat he bought a caravan at Chief Officer : keeping them in touch. Wemyss Bay, where he spent what was a Dan Pile, Chris Small, Conor Warde, Alasdair was a pupil at Belmont House first and ultimately a last weekend three George Whitfield School until he was 14 years old when he weeks before his passing away, happily looking at the water and the ships going OOW : left to train as a Navigational Officer at The up and down the Clyde David Allen, Fleur Brewer, Liz Coase, Incorporated Thames Nautical Training Ryan Graham, Tony McGurk College situated aboard HMS Worcester. He After retirement Alasdair became busier was there from 1955 to 1958, staying on than ever and Commodore Laurie Howell,

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with whom he was paired on the Oriental fond memories” Unlimited) with command experience. Bay, introduced him to the Honourable “I sailed with him when I was Mate and The core element modules of the Course Company of Master Mariners, Clyde lucky to be paired with him on the Newport are: Maritime Economics and Accounting, Outport which Alasdair subsequently Bay when I was newly-promoted Master. Maritime Law, Maritime Management, joined. The Outport would meet regularly Many good memories of handover days.” Maritime Operations and Insurance, for lunch on the 3rd Thursday of every “A great captain” Maritime Technology and Environmental month at the Western Club in Glasgow. Postscript on behalf of Clyde Outport Issues. Elective Modules comprise: After his retirement he became the We will remember Captain Alasdair Marketing of Marine Services, Security Honorary Secretary of the Clyde Outport, a McCulloch with immense respect, Studies, Port Management, Offshore position he held for 11 years. admiration, warmth and affection; he Studies, Risk Management and Conceptual Alasdair met his best man, Iain Sinclair, was a larger-than-life character in every Ship Design. every month at the White Cart and with sense and, for all of us, it was a huge The Course can be undertaken as Full Time others they formed an Investment Club privilege to have known such a fine – one year with the Project (Dissertation) called the Carte Blanche, which was wound Master Mariner and Captain and such a taking approximately 3 months during that up only last year. He served as the club’s wonderful man. He will by now have period, or Part-Time over 2 or 3 years, with Secretary and, after Iain’s untimely passing, met his Pilot face-to-face now that he the Project taking approximately 6 months “Temporary Acting Treasurer” has Crossed the Bar. during or after this period. In either case As an ex member of Belmont House School, employer participation where appropriate Alasdair became chairman of the Belmontian Clerk’s Corner in the Project is encouraged. Association for former pupils and through Commodore Angus Menzies RN The Trustees of the Honourable Company this joined the board of governors and was of Master Mariners and Howard Leopold Santa Claus at the school’s Annual Christmas Davis Charity (HCMM&HLD) have initiated Fayre for several years. a Presentation for full tuition fees He was a member of Greenbank Parish (currently circa £12,000.00) for the Course Church where he served on the Kirk for a suitable UK member of our Company Session, did administrative paperwork for who has held command at sea for 2 years, the Boys Brigade and made sure the not necessarily with and preferably without presentation cups were beautifully polished a lower University awarded Degree. It is each year hoped to fill a place to begin in the Alasdair was an extremely practical man autumn 2019 academic year, either full- who enjoyed listening to classical music, time or part-time. Applications by email to working on the computer, cooking and the Clerk. baking. He was a dab hand at making Journal Articles caramel shortcake for BB coffee mornings Members and especially Apprentices and He was an outgoing, friendly and sociable Associates are enjoined to provide articles man who got on well with people. for our Quarterly Journal. Articles You will all have your own memories of supported by pictures or illustrations are Alasdair, memories to hold on to so that particularly encouraged. The best article for you can look back after today and take 2019 by an Apprentice or Associate, as comfort and strength from the way his life selected by the Master and Wardens, will touched and enriched your life by what he receive the Anchorites Prize of £250. All was and what he gave to you. correspondence, articles and reports for the MSc Maritime Operations Journal should be in Word Format/Arial And so, may you give thanks for all and Management font and forwarded to the Editor at Alasdair meant to you and to everyone – City University London [email protected]. who had the privilege of knowing him and This Second degree course has been loving him in life. supported by the Honourable Company Careers at Sea Ambassadors Although overseen by the Merchant Navy Postscript from Facebook since its inception and is designed to train Training Board, our Company does A colleague of Alasdair’s posted notice of professionals for the various sectors and occupations within the maritime and sea encourage our Apprentices and Associates his passing on a Facebook page and this to join the “Ambassadors Scheme”, where generated some touching responses: transport industries in the UK and internationally. The Course is open to during your off watch time you can visit “I sailed with him as Mate … what a graduates and those serving at sea, your old school or others, to give a short lovely main to sail with” offshore or with inland based organisations talk backed up by suitable provided “I sailed with him on Oriental Bay; … a and repair facilities. paperwork and a video and show what a good man” The Course is delivered by the Department career at sea entails. Join today! Full details “Sad news indeed. [I] will never forget of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from the Clerk or the MNTB website. his laughs, such a cheerful man” as part of the School of Mathematics, Committees “He always met you with a large smile Computer Science and Engineering. Entry The Company operates five Standing and a laugh, a true gentleman” requirements are a lower second class Committees (this means permanent and “Sad news indeed, a true gentleman. honours degree or a Certificate of reporting direct to the Court). They I sailed with him a few times; Competence as a Master (STCW II/2 generally formally meet four times a year www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 31/2019 • Page 73 Company News

and cover the following areas: WELLINGTON: Stations) offers our members access to • Finance & Risk – all aspects of the – The Committee Room – seats 16 at their overnight accommodation, some Company’s investments and accounts. the table. rooms are en-suite and start at £60 + VAT. Contact 0207 651 0748 • Membership – policy on membership – The Medals Room – seats 14 at criterion, recruiting and numbers. the table. [email protected]. • Education & Training – oversight of – The Charthouse – seats 8 in an informal Similarly, The Mercer’s Company offers a training standards and the setting (with superb views of the Thames). range of bedrooms all with ensuite facilities and start at £90 single, £110 double Apprenticeship/Associate Scheme. The first two rooms have large-screen including VAT and Breakfast. Contact • Professional & Technical – oversight of wall mounted computer monitors (HDMI) Collette 0207 776 7233 professional practices in every area of and conference call facilities and with [email protected] maritime business and shipping. room for additional seating round the • Treasures – management of all our bulkheads. Contact the Office for details Members, who are still “serving”, may make artefacts, library and silverware collections. and for bookings. use of the facilities of the Union Jack Club at Waterloo Station, where a single ensuite In addition, the Catering Company can Members are invited to consider joining one room begins at £72.00 and a double offer business meeting facilities in: or more of those committees and thereby ensuite room begins at £126.00. Discharge to take more part in the day to day life of – The Model Room – seats 20 at the table Books need to be carried. Contact Daiva our Company. Membership will not take up – The Court Room – seats 52 at the table Sobole, Advance Reservations Manager much personal time and a great deal of the ([email protected]), and Tel. 0207 902 work is achieved by email. If interested, I am The Court Room is provided with full IT and sound facilities and both are booked 7379, Fax. 0207 620 0565, Union Jack Club, always delighted to update members on the Sandell Street, London SE1 8UJ. workings of the Committees whose Minutes through the Cook&The Butler – via Egle, are published in the Member’s Area of the whose office is onboard WELLINGTON on Royal Garden Parties 2020 Company website. 0207 240 9888 or Royal Garden Parties are hosted by Her [email protected]. Majesty the Queen and other members of Honourable Company of Master Members are entitled to generous the Royal Family annually and for 2020, Mariners and Howard Leopold discounts on the Room Hire charge for will be held in May and early June at Davis Charity both venues. Buckingham Palace and on July at Members are reminded that our associated Wardroom Holyroodhouse Palace (dates tbc). HCMM & HLD charity is focussed on the The Wardroom is available for members and support of needy Merchant Navy Deck The Honourable Company receives a limited their private guests from 0900 until 1700, Officers and their dependents and also number of invitations to the events and Monday to Friday, either to relax during support to educate and train those Members should apply to the Clerk to join busy visits to London or to conduct interested in a career at sea and the waiting list. If supply outstrips demand, business. It is best to advise the Office if seamanship and sail training generally. then a ballot will take place to fill the you will be onboard, to prevent over- available slots. Please visit the Royal Garden As in paragraph 1 above the Charity now booking. The bar opens from 1230 to 1430, Party website for details of who can attend offers tuition fees for the City of London when the temporary Chief Bar Steward, and the dress code etc. Members should MSc in Maritime Operations and Jayson, serves a full range of drinks and normally be accompanied by a guest and Management. It also offers 2 Bursaries cold and hot food (hot food should be can also be accompanied (space available) for Cadet Officers until achieving CoC ordered 24 hours in advance) and is by up to two children between the ages of STCW II/1 qualifications. available when Roy the chef is on duty, 18 and 25. Guests may be foreign nationals Our Charity also oversees our presentation at please check beforehand). but must be resident in the UK. Members or Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, and West Members are reminded that during bar their guests should not have attended a Sussex RH13 0YP. The presentation, opening hours any formal business Garden Party before. Applications, with the depending on a parental means test, can meetings underway in the Wardroom must full names and up to date home postal cover all fees, uniform and equipment at the be put on hold and, that dress for members addresses and preference for dates, should School for the full secondary course. This and their guests in the Wardroom is jacket be with the Clerk by mid January 2020. presentation is currently not filled and a (optional in the summer) and tie. A stock of Although Apprentices and Associates are suitable candidate is sought; details from me. spare maritime ties is held in Reception. encouraged to apply, please be confident The Royal Hospital School at Holbrook also Accommodation that you can attend as a withdrawal after offers generous bursaries to the sons or There are two ensuite cabins, one double the deadline Thursday 31 January 2020, daughters or the grandchildren of male or and one twin, onboard WELLINGTON for causes us to lose the places as tickets are female officers of the UK Merchant Navy. the use of members (£50 single, £60 double not transferrable. Scholarships are available in four areas: occupancy). Both cabins have colour Income Tax Relief on Annual Academic, Arts, Sports and, in particular, televisions, digital radios and full Wi-Fi Subscriptions and Livery Sailing. The Royal Hospital School, facilities. Please let us know if you will be Quarterage Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2RX arriving after normal working hours to The Honourable Company is approved by Tel: +44 (0)1473 326200 check in and collect your key. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the [email protected] If unable to book onboard, The Vintner’s purposes of Section 334 of the Income Tax Meeting Rooms Company, Upper Thames Street, London (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (which There are three bookable rooms for EC4V 3BG (close to Cannon Street or replaces the previous legislation). Where a business meetings available onboard Mansion House District/Circle Line Tube member is employed in a marine or marine

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related occupation, the Annual Subscription Kelly will both be working for us part time • The Member’s Lunch on Friday 15 and Livery Quarterage is allowable as a to ensure that there is full cover from November 2019 ( 1215 for 1300 ). This deduction from earnings for tax purposes Mondays to Fridays and during holiday event is for us and private guests (not (but not Freedom or Livery Fines). Section periods. I know that all members will make spouses or partners), where the guest 334 is limited to earnings from her extremely welcome of honour is the (new) Lord Mayor employment, but members who are self- of the City of London. Wardens will employed receive relief under Schedule D. wear Morning Dress; Court Company Events Assistants and Members, who wish, may conform, although Lounge Suit is At their own behest, our (previous) perfectly acceptable. Caterers, the Cook&TheButler left our employ as of the end of August. SEARCY’s • The annual Christmas Lunch on Tuesday Ltd a very old and venerable London 18 December 2019 ( 1230 for 1300 ) Catering Company hosting venues such as (very limited availability). This lunch is Inner Temple and the Gherkin etc. begin for us and our spouses and partners and with us on 1 September this year. SEARCY’s the aim is to have fun at our final event have gladly accepted the transfer to their of 2019. Santa Claus will be in staff of our current Head Chef Roy Wilson, attendance once again this year. The our Sous Chef/Porter Abba Khan and Co- dress theme for all is “Stars”, with a prize ordinator Egle Maksimovaite. for the most extravagant. And, available for collection by pre-order through Chief Bar Steward Alison, is the perfect Christmas Gift, the Company’s own labelled delicious Champagne at the special price £25.00. Events Library The Office is currently working on: New Books • Curry Lunches. All Curry Lunches until • Anything But A Cruise! the end of 2019 are FULLY BOOKED, A tale of life at sea in the British but please call to be wait listed . The Merchant Navy and Royal Fleet first for 2020 are Friday 31 January and Auxiliary (1949-1991) Friday 22 February – book early. Captain John RODDIS RFA Members are reminded that guests must Second Edition(June 2019) conform to our Curry Lunch dress code ISBN 978-0-9932057-7-7 of jackets and ties (no jeans please). A (donated by the Author). stock of maritime type ties is held at Reception. Also, that set tables and individual groups will be called forward CMMar Column by the Catering Manager when they Lieutenant Scott Hanlon should rise to select their curry lunch. • The Ladies Night Dinner on Tuesday 4 Our Wardroom Bar Steward, Simon Cucik, October 2019 ( 1830 for 1900 ). This has hurt his left knee and is absent on event is for our Ladies and Partners and extended Sick Leave. A temporary stand- we; private guests are also most in has been recruited until the end of welcome if there is space available. The October/begining November as a stop- dress is Black Tie so that our Ladies can gap. Many of you will recall Jayson, who outshine us! has been operating as a temporary Front • The Annual National Service for of House and Head Barman for our Seafarer’s at St Paul’s Cathedral on previous Caterers. Wednesday 9 October 2019 ( 1700 ), Curry Lunch Bookings followed by our traditional Hot Pot Members are strongly encouraged to join Supper onboard ( 1830 for 1900 ). The the waiting list for fully booked Curry Service is usually attended by our Past Master, HRH Princess Anne and by the Lunches as we regularly receive majority of the maritime sector in cancellations at short notice which throw London. Tickets should be ordered as up spare seats. Additionally, henceforth, in soon as possible from the Office. Both order to improve availability and loss of the Service and Hot Pot afterwards, are income, group Table bookings which are for us, our ladies and partners and cancelled at less than 7 days’ notice will private guests. Members do not have to incur the full cost of that Table. attend both events. Wardens will be In the previous Journal, I provided an Receptionist wearing Mid-Morning Dress; Court explanation of how our Chartership will be Kelly Carter recently joined us as our new Assistants and members, who wish, may going international from July 2019. The Receptionist and Administrative Assistant. conform, although lounge suit is Registration Authority decided to rollout In our re-vamped reception area, Gail and perfectly acceptable. the Chartership in a four phased plan. www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 75 Company News

Phase One includes Australia, Canada, Hong how it anchors a ship to the bottom of the Around each will be placed a circular Kong, New Zealand, Singapore and the sea, making it a symbol of safety, security floating pontoon (doughnut) to which, by United States of America. Phase Two will be and solidity. An Open Book represents a crossed chains the ship will be moored fore Europe and Phase Three will be the CMMar’s professional eminence and and aft. The construct will prevent the ship Commonwealth of Nations. After the acknowledges future responsibilities toward ranging upstream and downstream completion of the previous three, Phase regulatory competence and personal generated by ever busier river traffic and Four will be the rest of the globe. I am very conduct. Nautical Globe represents the also reduce the sideways lateral movement pleased to inform you that at our CMMar navigational experience and skill of Masters which causes crashing against the current Annual Awards and Alumni Event, taking who sail across the globe. And finally, wooden dolphins structures. It is hoped place on Friday 6th September, we will be Britannia represents the British Isles and that piling can begin in early December this awarding our very first Singaporean and where CMMar started. It also highlights the year. The current fore and aft ground South African based Masters! Another drive for greater female representation moorings will remain in place. It is also milestone in our journey and an evidential within the maritime profession. hoped that there will be sufficient funding indicator of how CMMar is developing in a remaining after the “doughnut pontoon” strong and stable fashion. project completes to remove the wooden dolphins structures and the floating You will also note how I was preparing my pontoon alongside the ship – all to be pitch for the Nautical Institute’s replaced by a new single gangway from the International AGM and Seminar taking Embankment steps directly to a platform place in Hong Kong. Despite of the bad on the side of WELLINGTON at the front weather and the occasional protest or two, door – this would save on our rates bill to it was a great success! Captain Peter the PLA and ease “step free” access to the McArthur and myself formally launched ship as well as delivering a “clean” view of and promoted the Chartered Master the ship from the Embankment. Mariner Scheme during the two days. At the AGM, Peter awarded Captain Nick Nash, Remember to follow us via our Twitter President of the Nautical Institute, his page @HCMM_UK but for more CMMar certification. Although long information regarding the Chartership, overdue, it was a great celebration and a please feel free to email me at historic one for CMMar. [email protected]. The Wellington Trust Captain Guy Brocklebank RN Chairman of the Trustees

Staying with works, our Engineers have been hard at it during August to oversee the annual deep cleaning of the ship’s main galley and its entire repaint. Slightly less fun has been the project to entirely replace the rusted internal sewage pipe system onboard, which mainly affects the Courtroom. Due to Another sign of the continuing strength of the very restricted spaces involved this has CMMar is the new approved designed for been a labour of love for our people and Chartership. Now, every Chartered Master who have completed a complex job to cost Mariner will be able to identify with each and inside the deadlines set for them. BZ other through a beautifully designed lapel the Engineers! pin and a tie. We felt it was important for those who gained Chartership were able to The bid for our 2019 exhibition, Women on advertise their achievement and with the Waves, looking at women in both the applications coming from across the globe, Merchant service and Royal Navy from it seemed a natural step to be inclusive. The 1840 up to today was rejected by the logo was designed to reveal the spirit and Heritage Lottery Fund. However our professional symbolism of the Chartership The Trust Board at its last meeting agreed a partners remain keen and we are examining programme. King Neptune represents the design for the ship’s Replacement Moorings the options of having the exhibition in worldwide seafaring community and Project and this will comprise two 2020, there being no time for any other traditions that unite us (Crossing the individual steel piles approximately 15 option this year. As a stop gap we have Line/Equator Ceremony). An Anchor metres ahead and astern of WELLINGTON, signed up to the London Open house for represents the connection to the ocean and placed on the centre-line of the ship. Sunday 22nd of September and a call has

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opportunities. A full review of the governance of the Wellington Trust is being conducted, including the roles of Trustees and key players and committee structures to ensure compliance with current charity law and also best practice. Finally we are doing an Education review with the aim of producing an updated 5 year plan for our education offering to keep it relevant and focussed on what does well. Readers may remember that whilst our Primary and 6th form sessions are going well there has been a drop off in Secondary GCSE take up. We are not alone in this and it is partly due to the current Ofsted requirement on a high proportion of classroom time in that age group combined with ongoing worry about terrorist activity in central London. The Wellington Trust Heritage Evening Lectures Glyn Evans Co-ordinator Wellington Trust Heritage Evening Lectures gone out for guides to assist. Our Resilience personal bids and also a plan to increase consultants will also attend to collect data the number of Friends for long term RMS Caronia on who turns up as part of the market support to the Trust. The programme for the 2019 - 2020 survey activity. In parallel we have achieved a Resilience seasons featured in the previous edition Our fundraising team, Rosie Fraser and Faye grant from Heritage Lottery to fund some of the Journal and is re-printed below as Clews have completed their initial report of the preliminary work; this is now a reminder. and delivered a fundraising strategy and underway by a team of specialist Our first speaker for the season, Robert G the next task is to convert it into a plan consultants with relevant experience. There Lloyd, is considered one of the world's aiming to get underway by November this are three key elements, the drafting of a foremost maritime artists. Robert's wide- year. A cornerstone will be a repeat bid to Business Plan for a 5 year period in detail ranging commissions have earned him an the Lottery Heritage fund but also to a and 10 years in outline. This includes a wide enviable reputation for visually stunning, wider range of trusts and giving ranging market survey for education and technically accurate work. This example corporations. We will then follow up with heritage as well as other visitor makes the point.

The Wellington Trust Heritage Evening Lectures – Programme 2019 Date Speaker Subject

14 October 2019 Charles Miller Maritime Auctioneer

11 November 2019 Nick Hewitt “German Commerce Raiders of WWI”

“Saving the Nation, yet largely forgotten 09 December 2019 Rear-Admiral John Lang – The Mercantile Marine in WWI.”

The Wellington Trust Heritage Evening Lectures – Programme 2020 Date Speaker Subject Captains G Brocklebank “A History of Rowing on the Thames” 13 January 2020 & J Freestone. “The Life and Times of Sir R Burton-Chadwick, 10 February 2020 Glyn L. Evans Founder of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.”

09 March 2020 Graham Capel “Recovery of Gold from the British Cruiser HMS Edinburgh”

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The second session, with presentations by the MNTB because it was clear those PDC Column Nick Cutmore - IMPA, Sinikka Hartonen - conversations during and after were Paul Shepherd Finnish Shipowners' Association, Liz Baugh - directly influencing MNTB policy and the Red Square Medical and Mike Lloyd - second was the diversity in terms of age Consultant & Author highlighted a and experience among the delegates. While disconnect between the traditional skills I am grateful for every delegate for taking taught in college and those that are the time to attend on the day, I feel required onboard. The conference came to a particularly indebted to Lee Clarke (VShips fairly consistent proposal, which was not to Cadet Training do away with celestial, chartwork, stability, Manager), who brought along a large etc., but to alter the emphasis from, say, group of VShips Cadets, and the Cadets 80% chartwork, 20% ECDIS, to 20% themselves for being so involved in the chartwork (to understand the foundational discussions. With such keen involvement principles), 80% ECDIS. Two of the speakers from all present, it was a pleasant surprise emphasised that the current syllabus is at that a fairly coherent strategy seemed to capacity and that we cannot keep adding form during the conference, with quite a more, without reflecting on what can be clear path forward indicated. removed/de-emphasised. Buoyed by the success of the conference, There was also a more radical and divisive the Professional & Technical Committee has proposal, reflecting the increasingly decided that we will aim to put on an specialised nature of ships, to move away annual conference, which will be explicitly from an Unlimited ticket and towards open to external delegates from across the modularisation of the qualification system, maritime community. Do keep an eye out Future Skills Conference so that one qualifies in the basics and then for articles in both the Nautilus Telegraph I had a horrendous night’s sleep the night does type-specific training on ship-specific and the NI’s Navigator relating to the before the Future Skills Conference, operations, equipment types, engine/thruster conference and I would also like to thank tossing and turning in one of the systems, etc. This would be more akin to the our Business Manager, Alison, without whom Wellington’s cabins and thinking of all the aviation industry and could produce better- the conference wouldn’t have happened. trained seafarers but would require a myriad ways in which the first conference Any letters regarding the conference are fundamental re-think of the way the that I’ve ever been involved with could be more than welcome and may be published maritime industry approaches training. a complete disaster. The good news is that in the next journal. nothing caught fire and that our 65-odd The third session, with presentations from PS - I’ve already written too much but I delegates were treated to a fascinating Lee Clarke - VShips, Gordon Meadow - day of presentations, panels and would quickly like to thank Kyle James, one SeaBotXR and Kathryn Neilson - MNTB of our Mentees, who has very kindly workshops from some of the best-placed looked at some interesting proposals for speakers in the industry. volunteered his time to run our LinkedIn training seafarers differently (the and Facebook accounts. I’m sure that After an opening address by the Master and modularisation topic above overlapped everyone will agree that he’s been doing a a keynote presentation by Kathryn Neilson with this session). The effectiveness of great job, particularly with his series of (Director, MNTB), the conference was using virtual reality for training was “Meet a Member” posts, so much so that broken down into four parts. The first dealt highlighted and an online college concept we’ve already seen a significant uptick in with soft skills, safety culture and wellness; floated. Mr Clarke’s proposal, with a view our engagement and visibility across both the second with digital and technical skills; to several decades in the future when platforms. Keep flicking for his article on the third with innovative training methods autonomous ships might be ascendant, to social media and the Younger Members’ and ways in which the qualifications might combine a Deck Officer, Engineer and ETO group and another from Oli Bates on our need to change; and the fourth to allow into one person (approximately 60% ETO, attendance at the Livery Schools Link event the delegates to brainstorm answers to a 35% Deck and 5% (mechanical) Engineer) at the Guildhall a few months ago. pre-set series of questions relating to the was discussed. topics discussed. Back to today, Mrs Neilson briefed the HCMM Social Media The first session, with presentations by Johan conference on the MNTB’s fairly-advanced Gahnström - Intertanko, Neale Rodrigues - proposal to allow ten days of simulator By Kyle James Britannia P&I Club, Steve Cameron - CMR time to count for 30 days of seatime (but Do you follow the Honourable Company on and Andrew Cowderoy - ZS Wellness no more than 30 days of seatime could be Twitter? How about Facebook, LinkedIn and revealed general agreement for the need to replaced in this fashion). This is clearly Instagram? That’s correct, the Honourable improve the integration of leadership and valuable from a training quality point of Company now has a presence on all four of management skills, and safety culture view and generally well received by the the main social media platforms. The principles, within the wider training conference, although there was some purpose of our presence on these platforms program, rather than having them as a reluctance to reduce the sea time is to raise awareness of the company, our bolt-on for a few days during a HELM requirement, with calls for simulator time work, our members, our events and course, etc. It was widely agreed that soft to be in addition only. anything HCMM-related. skills are not taught adequately at the In summary, I believe that two elements The Company’s Twitter account has been moment, although awareness of mental were critical to the success of the live for a while now however, the other health issues is improving rapidly. conference; the first was the presence of three pages are relatively new but have

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increased in popularity. As an example, at September, I will be returning to Plymouth the time of writing, our LinkedIn page has University to complete my final year of Wardroom Notes well over 800 followers. However, you can study to gain a BSc (Hons) degree in John Johnson-Allen assist us to continue to increase our social Navigation and Maritime Science. My social media presence by simply following the media background is running my own Honorary Wardroom Mess accounts and sharing the content as much social media accounts, starting a successful Secretary as possible. We aim to create pages that Facebook page for a small maritime can be used to reach all corners of the company that I worked for after school and maritime industry and share content that running the accounts of my local RNLI will be interesting for everyone from first- lifeboat station before handing them over phase Cadets to retired Masters. when I started my cadetship. I ask that if any member has any questions related to the social media pages or wishes to query any of our posts, to contact myself directly and I will endeavour to answer any questions as quickly as possible. Younger Members Group Calling all HCMM younger members! In an attempt to better connect the younger members of HCMM, we have created a closed Facebook group called ‘HCMM Younger Members’. The page is setup to act as a forum to discuss events and topics related to younger members of The 15th Maritime Ball on 12th July was the company and act as a hub for again a great success. The weather, communication and support. If you are not although the forecasts earlier in the week already a member of the group, simply had been threatening rain, on the evening search the name on Facebook and request did not let us down. Tartan was the theme, to join. It will ask you to complete three and it was enthusiastically responded to, the simple questions which are important to Master setting the tone in full Scottish rig, give us information on who we have within with at least one other gentleman similarly the group. attired. The piper played on the upper deck Once you are a member, we encourage while we enjoyed the early evening air active participation. If you have questions whilst one couple escaped to the foc'sle about orals, anything related to the where a gentleman went down on one knee Company or simply find yourself in an area and proposed; the lady accepted and joy with nothing to do and want to ask if was unconfined! As another couple, the This will only be achievable with the help anyone is free for a drink, please post! husband a very newly joined member of the whole Company. We need members Social media will allow us to develop a resident in the United States, and his wife to join in our campaigns, such as the highly sense of community within the HCMM like were celebrating their wedding anniversary popular ‘Meet a Member’ series that is never before. it was indeed a memorable evening. The already in full swing and any future food, naturally, had a Scottish theme and campaigns. It would also be very interesting My Contact Details after the meal the dancing, including if members could share pictures of their I am very keen for the social media groups Scottish country dancing, started. The size daily work or any maritime events that to represent the wide variety of of the dance floor naturally restricted the they attend. Even a simple picture of you membership we have within the company, sometimes over exuberant nature of such enjoying a day onboard HQS Wellington or so please GET IN TOUCH! dancing and some chose to go to the upper at one of our Outport meetings would be Email – [email protected] deck to enjoy the night air and the lights great to share. of London. Mobile – 07872859196 To get involved with the pages, you will Our thoughts now turn to the Christmas need to contact myself via my contact Below is a list of the names of our social Lunch. By the time this issue of the Journal details at the end of this article. media accounts – appears there may only be a few places As many of you probably don’t know who I Twitter – The Honourable Company of available; if you haven't already booked am, here’s a short introduction. My name is Master Mariners (@HCMM_UK) and would like to come I suggest you ring Kyle James, I am a Mentee and I have Facebook – Honourable Company of Master the ship without delay. I believe some volunteered to manage the social media Mariners (@HQSWellington) bookings were made many months ago. pages on behalf of the HCMM, alongside Father Christmas has sent the first line of Scott Hanlon who runs our very popular LinkedIn – The Honourable Company of the Limerick to the Business Manager and Twitter account. I am about to sit my first Master Mariners it has been securely locked away until the oral exam after completing my cadetship Instagram – HCMM (Honourable Company day. The theme of the lunch is “stars”. onboard PCTC and Container vessels. In of Master Mariners) Interpret that as you will! www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 79 Ship Affiliations

In the interim, there is the Ladies Night information packs were generously Dinner and the Hot Pot Supper, which provided by Rachel Gurnett, Training and Ship affiliations follows the Annual National Service for Careers Manager from the Merchant Navy Seafarers, to enjoy. The Annual Seafarers Training Board. HMS SUTHERLAND Service in St Paul's Cathedral is a wonderful Captain Christopher Laycock event. With the Cathedral full; the Band of It is a proud affiliation with HMS the Royal Marines; seven school choirs and SUTHERLAND that we enjoy with our own the congregation of some 2000, singing and recently reinvigorated Type 23 Frigate, “Eternal Father Strong to save” makes the and that she and her fine ship’s hair on the back of my neck prickle! compliment are serving us and the country You will note that I have studiously avoided so well. An interesting newsletter from the any mention of politics: that subject and vessel is included in this column, but I religion, were, I believe, traditionally not suppose the really interesting details of discussed in wardrooms. Whether that is what She gets up to and where She does it true or not, I will not discuss it now, suffice will never be known to us nor able to be it to say that we live in interesting times! included here! By the time that you read this, the new I was pleased to welcome the previous caterers will be operating. As they are Commanding Officer of HMS SUTHERLAND, inheriting our chefs, we can be sure that our Commander Andrew Canalé MVO RN and meals will continue to be of the same high his family to our recent annual Sea Sunday standard that we have enjoyed in the past. Service here in Bishopstone Village, and which is held in aid of the Mission to Seafarers. Altogether we raised over LIVERY SCHOOLS £700.00 for this worthwhile cause, much of which was due to the very interesting LINK, CAREERS address Commander Canalé gave regarding EXHIBITION. how the Royal Navy provides its own spiritual and pastoral care to those on GUILDHALL board our naval ships when deployed away Wednesday the 19th June from home for lengthy periods. Oliver Bates MNI As HMS SUTHERLAND is currently on high 3rd Officer readiness duties close to home for the Princess Cruises foreseeable future, we look forward to I have been fortunate to work alongside hearing when any new port visits may be Rachel as a Careers At Sea Ambassador made. In the meantime, there is always a which is a voluntary program to raise welcome for any member of the ship’s awareness of career opportunities within company at the head of our gangway at the Merchant Navy. I joined as an HQS Wellington in London. ambassador during my cadetship and have since featured in the Careers at Sea FIGHTING CLAN promotional video, given presentations in CHRONICLE schools and colleges and represented the MNTB at the IMO World Maritime Day. This Message From has been an enjoyable and enriching The Commanding Officer. experience although my main motivation has been to give a higher profile to careers Paul Shepherd, Rachel Arnold, Luke Kelly- at sea. Whilst at Secondary School and Granger and I, of the Honourable Company contemplating my future it was evident of Master Mariners Young Members Group, there was a paucity of knowledge had the privilege of representing the regarding the Merchant Navy even HCMM at the Livery Schools Link, careers amongst our career advisors. After talking exhibition on Wednesday the 19th June. to teachers and students at the recent The event was held at the prestigious event I realised little has been done to Guildhall and was attended by address these issues and I believe this approximately 1300 students from local highlights the importance of representation schools. The event was a great success with for the future of our industry. A career in The months of June and July certainly saw plenty of interest at our stand. We were the Merchant Navy offers an exciting an increase in our tempo as we conducted able to offer students an exciting virtual alternative to the typical university National Tasking, supported an important reality experience with a VR headset which pathway, with a funded training program weapon trial on behalf of the Royal Navy enabled them to experience the and excellent opportunities for progression. and participated in a large NATO exercise in navigational bridge of a ship in 3D. This For further information on becoming an the Norwegian Sea. After our time in the equipment along with leaflets and teacher ambassador visit careersatsea.org. ‘land of the midnight sun’, the Ship

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returned for an early period of summer there should be privileges associated to succeed her namesake predecessor which leave and some well deserved rest. We hold being a LHOM and therefore invited the now belongs to the Imperial War Museum high readiness duties for the month of LHOMs to dinner in his cabin at sea. The and is permanently docked in London near August which promises to be even busier! occasion was an opportunity to thank Tower Bridge. RAS With RFA TIDESURGE those present for their commitment but Missiles away LMM Trial Success also a forum to discuss pertinent points HMS SUTHERLAND has played a pivotal role relevant to messdeck life onboard. in delivering the next generation of missiles Merlin Conducts Helo Transfers. to enter service. During June the Ship One of the most frequent uses of successfully tested the Royal Navy’s ability SUTHERLAND’s Merlin Mark II, in addition to destroy surface targets with a new to antisubmarine warfare, is transporting lightweight multirole missile (LMM) passengers and stores from ashore to the system. The LMM is designed by Thales Air Ship, and vice versa. Another type of Defence to be used in either airtosurface transfer altogether, but rehearsed in case or surface tosurface mode and can be HIGHLANDER is needed for Search and mounted on vehicles, ships and helicopters . Rescue (SAR) duties is the helicopter winch Drone vessels were launched off the coast Avid readers of our newsletters may recall transfer, using the Merlin’s winch to lower of South Wales where the ‘Fighting Clan’ HMS SUTHERLAND carried out a practice the aircrewman onto the deck of a ship in took her position. The laserguided missiles Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with RFA distress and if necessary lift to safety a were fired from the Ship’s 30mm Small TIDEFORCE back in May; important training member of the crew or casualty. Calibre Gun and then accurately honed in to prepare the Ship and her crew for future HIGHLANDER was able to spend an evening on the targets. The missiles successfully replenishment on operations. The first of training in this crucial skill, and also managed to destroy the target and marked these operational replenishments came not generating some unforgettable memories an important step in efforts to combat the long after, in early June. Returning from a for members of the Ship’s Company fast attack craft and swarm threat. period of National Tasking, we (un)lucky enough to volunteer to be Fighting Clan Visits Narvik rendezvoused with RFA TIDESURGE (same winched up themselves. It’s a place which was almost completely class of ship as TIDEFORCE) in the southern destroyed in the Second World War and North Sea and successfully carried out a Fighting Clan Visits Belfast was the site for several naval and air refuel with the Ship 50 metres on the beam battles between the Royal Navy and Nazi of TIDESURGE. For the Commanding Germany’s Kreigsmarine. HMS SUTHERLAND Officer, his Bridge team and the Seaman and her sister ship HMS WESTMINSTER Specialists a RAS is a complex and pulled into the small seaport of Narvik, 130 dangerous evolution which requires nerves miles within the Arctic Circle. The visit of steel!!! marked important firsts for many of the Fighting Clan Marks #DDay75 Ship’s Company, for the second time in 18 The 6th June 2019 saw the 75th months, sailors from SUTHERLAND were anniversary of DDay commemorated called once again to King Neptune’s Court around the world, and the ‘Fighting Clan’ this time to earn their ‘Blue Nose’ to mark was no exception. In true Royal Navy style, their first crossing of the Arctic Circle. To members of the Ship’s Company arranged celebrate, sailors were awarded their ‘Order After almost ten months since her last themselves (with a little help from the of the Blue Nose’ certificates whilst out on foreign port visit, HMS SUTHERLAND paid a Gunners Party) on the flight deck in a the upper deck of the Ship and provided rare visit to Belfast after shadowing a formation clearly identifiable from above as mugs of hot chocolate to keep warm as the Russian naval vessel as it passed through “75”. There wasn’t an HMS SUTHERLAND in temperature was close to freezing point. the UK waters. Though the visit remained commission during the Second World War, short members of Ship’s Company took full HMS SUTHERLAND AFD2019 but the Gordon Highlanders, one of the advantage of their time ashore and visited predecessors of our affiliated Army such sights as the Titanic Museum, HMS battalion 4 SCOTS landed on JUNO Beach CAROLINE Museum and Crumlin Road Jail on DDay; the first of the Highland Division (the only Victorian era prison remaining in to set foot in France. Northern Ireland). In addition the then CO Hosts LHOMs For Dinner Secretary of State for Newsletter of HMS One of the important communal duties SUTHERLAND Northern Ireland the Rt Hon onboard is the role of the Leading Hand of Karen Bradley MP took the opportunity to the Mess (LHOM). A LHOM and their visit the Ship and meet some of the Ship’s Deputy LHOM are appointed for each of Company. Belfast has historically enjoyed a the four Junior Ratings’ messdecks close relationship with the Royal Navy. In onboard. They are responsible for running September 2017 it was announced that one In The Arctic Circle More than 300 events the daytoday routines, supervising of the Royal Navy’s newest warships will be took place across the UK this month to everything from cleaning routines to named after the Northern Irish Capital. mark this year’s Armed Forces Day. But for messdeck discipline. This is a position with HMS Belfast will be the third of the the 10th anniversary of Armed Forces Day significant responsibility and vital to the Cityclass Type 26 Frigates and is expected HMS SUTHERLAND celebrated a little domestic life of the Ship. The CO believes to enter service in the mid2020s. She will differently to their peers back home, by www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 81 Ship Affiliations

crossing the Arctic Circle. After travelling from Plymouth to Narvik, members of Ship’s Company celebrated the event by taking in the stunning views of Norway’s famous picturesque fjords on her transit into northern Norway. Armed Forces Day is an annual event hosted since 2009 to commemorate the service of men and women in the British Armed Forces; from current serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. Exercise Dynamic Mongoose

The ‘Fighting Clan’ played a pivotal role in Lady Messenger received flowers from the NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose ‘FINAL PIECE OF THE Molly Richardson and Emily Noctor – the which was conducted in the Norwegian JIGSAW' IN PLACE daughter and stepdaughter of naval diver Sea during early July. Half a dozen Petty Officer Mark Richardson. warships, plus submarines, maritime patrol AS RFA TIDEFORCE aircraft, helicopters and more than 2,000 COMPLETES UK’S military personnel waged a tenday anti submarine battle in the Arctic Circle. HMS NEW TANKER FLEET SUTHERLAND was joined by ships from 30 July 2019 USA, Turkey, Norway, Denmark and Holland. During the exercise the Ship was The Royal Fleet Auxiliary saw its numbers tasked to locate, identify, track and then bolstered as RFA Tideforce – the last of destroy ‘enemy’ submarines. The onboard four new-generation tankers – was sensors and the embarked Merlinhelicopter welcomed into the Fleet. were no match for our foes and all targets A service of dedication was held in Dorset were neutralised. for the 39,000-tonne ship – second only in size to the UK’s two new aircraft carriers. Other VIP guests included Fleet Commander Our Future Programme RFA Tideforce will now join her sister ships Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd and Lord Lieutenant Tidespring, Tiderace and Tidesurge in of Dorset Angus Campbell. providing fuel at sea to Royal Navy, NATO and allied warships, as well as other RFA Tideforce’s arrival into the Royal supplies and fresh water when required. Fleet Auxiliary represents the culmination of a major project to modernise and update the UK’s Fleet Replenishment Tankers. I am indebted to all from the UK and abroad who have contributed to the success of the project and the ship’s company who have provided the final piece of the jigsaw by bringing the ship alive After some well deserved leave for the through delivery, trials and training. Ship’s Company we will look forward to Commodore Duncan Lamb, head of another period at sea conducting National the RFA Tasking. This no doubt is another The service at Portland was attended by challenging period for the ‘Fighting Clan’ the tanker’s sponsor Lady Sarah Messenger but one which we are fully trained and and her Royal Marine husband, former After receiving military equipment – equipped for – the task of protecting our Vice Chief of Defence Staff General Sir communications and IT systems, defensive nation’s interests. Gordon Messenger. weaponry – fitted in Falmouth to turn a

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tanker into a naval tanker and extensive 1787 Marine School founded in Trinity trials, Tideforce recently arrived in Portland to HULL TRINITY HOUSE House Lane. This is the first Marine school be official accepted into operational service. Captain Derek Chadburn. ever established. “It’s incredible to think it’s taken only 13 1800 Pilotage Act. Humber Pilots are not months since delivery to today.” Said necessarily Brethren of the Guild. Commodore Duncan Lamb RFA. 1810 Compulsory Pilotage introduced on the Humber. The Guild establishes the First Fleet Commander Admiral Kyd – first Lifeboat station at Spurn Point. commanding officer of carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth which the Tides were built to 1908 The Humber Conservancy Board is support – hailed the advent of the fourth formed. Six of the Brethren to serve on the and final ship in the class. board. This Authority took over all the administration of the Humber and all the “This is the next chapter in the navigational aids. regeneration of our Fleet,” he stressed. “The 1951 The alms houses were officially Royal Fleet Auxiliary are a critical part of Changes to the Rules of Admission opened and consist of 56 one bedroomed our Fleet and I look forward to a new era to the House as a Younger Brother. flats, in blocks of four on the West, South of carrier power projection.” Hull Trinity House Guild was formed in and East sides of the grounds. Eight two 1369 with the first Subscription Deed. bedroom bungalows are located on the North Side of the grounds and the Rest In 1456 there was an agreement by twenty Homes Centre, in the middle, is the location four Shipmasters with the Vicar of Hessle, of the Common Room, Dining Room, to establish an altar in the Holy Trinity Offices, Laundry and a room where Church. They pledged to pay their “Lowage hairdressers, manicurists, and Chiropodists and Stowage” into the Guild, to support can practice. These are still fully occupied distressed seamen. today by recipients of Trinity House grants, In 1461 A house to accommodate or non-seafarers who are in need. Seafarers thirteen pensioners was completed along who are in ill health or retired. The Charity with a Chapel. also supports the Trinity House Academy In 1512 Hull Shipmasters request the and Welton Waters Adventure Centre. Brethren to assign “Good Men” to pilot 1973 The Trinity House Nautical School “Strange” ships into and out of Hull. Each of the four Tides can deliver more amalgamates with the Boulevard than 1,500 cubic metres of fuel every hour 1581 Second Charter of Elizabeth 1st Nautical School. – nearly 400,000 gallons, or 1½ million establishing the constitution of the Guild 2012 The school becomes an Academy and litres… enough to fill the tanks of more substantially as it is today i.e. Wardens, Elder in 2013 moves into the refurbished than 27,000 family runarounds. Brethren, Assistants and Younger Brethren. Nautical College building in George Street. 1698 Alms-houses, with accommodation The Estate from which Trinity House derives As well as their supply duties in support of for six persons, founded by William the income to support its charity includes the Royal Navy, the vessels can also Robinson, taken over by the Guild 1745. retail units and office accommodation undertake a wide range of independent The Guild established the Elder Brethren along with several farms in the East Riding operations, such as patrols policing and Assistants Fund. of Yorkshire. shipping lanes and humanitarian relief.

Vice Admiral Chris Gardner, Defence Equipment and Support Chief of Materiel (Ships), said: “This event marks one of the final milestones of this major shipbuilding programme and affords a moment to reflect on the vital importance of the work DE&S does to provide our Armed Forces with the equipment and support they need." www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 83 Company News

satisfaction of the board either:- Board shall determine any fee payable A. He has satisfactorily completed at least by a Candidate on his submitting three years sea service as a Master of himself for the Younger Brother’s any vessel or vessels, or Examination. A successful Candidate will B. That he has satisfactorily completed at receive a Branch as evidence of passing least three months as Master or Senior the examination Officer of any vessel or vessels and has 6. An applicant will be allowed a period of in addition served in some other six months in which to present himself capacity in senior management which for examination. Before that period the board shall consider suitable, such expires, the candidate may request an that together they cover more than a extension of the time in which to period of three years, or, present himself and any decision taken C. That he has satisfactorily completed at will be at the Board’s discretion. least three years’ service as a Class 1 7. The examination will be in two parts: Pilot in a major port. A. Part A .From the River Humber to D. For the purposes of this rule, a vessel the Isle of May, Firth of Forth and St. shall be any vessel, other than a fishing Abb’s Head. vessel which carries goods or Part B. From the River Humber to the passengers and exceeds 250 Gross tons Elbe and River Humber to the Maas. In 2017. The Board of Hull Trinity House E. Or, that during his service in Her A Candidate may request The Board to looked carefully at the rules for admission Majesty’s Royal Navy, he was in take the examination in two parts, as a Younger Brother, being mindful that command of one of Her Majesty’s ships taking Part. A. before the Pilotage the whole certification structure of the for at least one commission, and Committee and Part B before the Board. MCA has changed considerably over the F. Held a senior appointment within the If the candidate takes both parts years. Similarly the UK Merchant Navy has Royal Navy, such that together they together, the examination will be before contracted and therefore for many Master cover more than a period of three years. the whole Board. If the examination is Mariners their career structure does not taken in two parts, then Part B. must be lend itself to a “lifetime” in command, as 4. A. Any person wishing to become a Younger Brother of this Corporation taken within six months of successfully used to be. must be proposed by a Member of the taking Part A. The Board are very conscious that there is a Guild and seconded by another Member need for Younger Brothers to eventually of The Guild; both the proposer and From the Editor offer themselves for election to The Board seconder must be well acquainted with and there is a very strong desire to the candidate and must vouch for his Captain Robert Booth. maintain the Board of Trustees of the integrity and suitability. The obituary for Denis Rudd is in here Charity wholly from the members of The B. An applicant must submit a satisfactory because he unfortunately resigned from Guild. The Board consists of 12 Elder testimonial or testimonials from: the HCMM some years ago. He was the Chair of the NE Scotland outport when I Brethren and 6 Assistants It is now hoped 1. The employer or employers with was a member up there. He was always that the changes to the rules for admission whom he has served during the period will attract members of the profession, who of three years immediately preceding kind but could on occasion be sharp, but have served at sea, but who may not have his application, or that is never a bad thing, another crossing of the bar too early. achieved much, if any seatime in command, 2. Such other person as the Board but who have gone on to achieve senior shall in their discretion think The photograph is one taken by one of my positions elsewhere within the Maritime satisfactory in the circumstances of mentees, 3/O Chris Eldgridge approaching Industry, to offer themselves as candidates any particular application. St Pietersburg. Nature is wonderful and we for Younger Brother and eventually perhaps C. An Applicant shall obtain an need to ensure that it stays that way. a position on the Board, where their application form from The Secretary, expertise and experience in broader which, together with the required management can be of great value, to both documentation shall be placed before The Guild and The Charity. The Board after having given due notice. The new rules are D. After presentation the application 1. Applicants must be British Citizens shall remain on the Board Table for 2. Applicants must examination by the Members of The A. Hold a Master’s Foreign Going Board. The application shall be certificate of competency or an considered by The Board at its next equivalent Certificate of Competency meeting as long as due notice has been or a certificate of competency with an given and it is at least seven clear days This quarter we have a mixed bunch of entitlement to Command, or, since the application was placed before articles that I have found quite interesting B. Have attained a substantive rank, not The Board. while putting the Journal together. A small junior to the rank of Lieutenant 5. Before any applicant is admitted as a start by some of our younger members but Commander, in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy. Younger Brother of this Corporation he at least it’s a start, keep them coming please. C. Complete the application form, shall satisfy The Board by undertaking The stalwarts have been prolific as usual but obtainable from The Secretary. an examination in the format decided could do with some back up. So get the 3. Each applicant shall prove to the by The Board from time to time. The pads out and sharpen the pencils and start

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writing as John Johnson Allen says “There Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Later moving to As a Royal Navy Warfare Officer and Mentee are more ways of killing a cat…”. All you can their dream home ‘Woodhelven’, at Bridge of the Honourable Company I am currently do is try, if you don't try you'll never know”. of Canny in 1987. undertaking Specialist Fleet Time which So please enjoy and let me have comments He retired from the BP in 1994 when he roughly equates to a Deck Cadet’s final sea and suggestions. established Inchmarlo Marine Management phase before oral examinations. Our Fleet Ltd as a consultancy company principally Time requires, as a minimum, 600 hours with offering services on fishing matters. the ‘con’ leading a bridge team in coastal navigation, ocean passages, Traffic Obituary Denis died suddenly and unexpectedly in Separation Schemes as well as in a variety of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a very scenarios such as flying operations, visual Captain Denis short illness. pilotage, GPS denial as well as maritime He is survived by his wife, Marlene, two Thurston Rudd warfare evolutions. As opposed to the oral children, two Grandchildren and two Great boards undertaken by our civilian Master Mariner MNI Grandchildren. His funeral was Private at counterparts our OOW skills are examined his own request. May 27th, 1945- May 15th, 2019 through several assessed simulator runs as Denis was born raised and educated in A life taken too soon. He will be sadly well as formal written examinations. Richmond, Surrey. He joined the BP Tanker missed by his family friends and colleagues. Company as an Indentured Navigating Apprentice, when he left school in 1961. He Royal Navy Mentee gained all the relevant seagoing qualifications and obtained his Master’s Experiences Life in Foreign Going Certificate in 1971 and subsequently sailed as Chief Officer. the Merchant Navy He met Marlene when he was studying for his Masters and they were married in 1970 and he continued his seagoing career. In 1975 Denis Joined the BP Drilling Rig Sea Quest as Barge Engineer/ Offshore Installation Manager he later held the same post on a new rig, the Sea Conquest. Increase in the exploration activity led to the requirement for additional Mariners. Training and mentoring these new staff fell to the original Mariners on the Sea Quest SLt Samuel Williams with Capt Scott and Sea Conquest. Some 50 Master Henderson MN, Master of the MV Mariners migrated from BP Tanker HARTLAND POINT Company to BP Petroleum Development. The Merchant Navy Liaison Voyage is a well- It was recognised that Denis (along with established scheme allowing Royal Navy From my own experiences on board I came others) had gained significant expertise and personnel the opportunity to experience life to appreciate the similarities in training with knowledge that could be shared with the on board a Merchant Navy ship. The scheme the exception of the added maritime warfare growing numbers of BP Mariners. In 1978 continues to grow with just under 150 components expected from a Royal Navy Denis transferred onshore into this new voyages a year ranging from Cross- Channel Warfare Officer and the cargo-handling department. Denis held several posts in BP Ferries to Container Ships with further scope aspects which form such an important part Exploration as BP Pet Dev was now known. to expand. For my own MNLV I was able to of a Merchant Mariners’ skillset. He subsequently Managed the Marine join one of the Point Class strategic sealift Department within the Logistics Department. ships, operated by Foreland Shipping Limited His last position within BP Exploration was as on behalf of the MOD, for a routine passage Fisheries Liaison Officer. In the main he was to Germany and back. responsible for investigating compensation claims for fishing equipment lost or damaged due to BP’s offshore operations. Denis was an active member of many external Industry Organisations, UKOOA, Nautical Institute, Institute of Petroleum and the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. The voyage facilitated navigational training, Denis firmly believed that it was important consolidated ship handling experience and that these bodies should be effective in provided an opportunity to practise setting standards for the Offshore Oil celestial navigation from first principles Industry. He and his opinions were always with Mariners who hone these skills held in high regard by his peers. regularly. Whilst my MNLV experience was Denis, Marlene and family moved to in a vessel supporting the military, it still www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 85 Company News

provided a unique opportunity for cut the ‘first turf’ on the site where the professional civilian seafarers to ask monument is to be built. questions about the Royal Navy as well as Councillor Davey, a Master Mariner the numerous questions I asked about their responding to the invitation summarised work. The professionalism and competency his own early career at sea with BP tankers of all those on board made the passage and the Marine Biological Association. incredibly rewarding. He commented on the Merchant Navy’s The MNLV scheme creates an important role in world trade during times of peace dialogue between those in the Royal Navy before paying tribute to the sacrifice of and Merchant Fleet and allows each to merchant seafarers during the World Wars examine the differences in training and and more recently the Falklands Campaign. professional practices of working at sea. There is much that can be learnt from one another and whether it be an officer under training or a more senior officer looking to maintain a maritime career outside of the RN there is much to be gained from the MNLV, both for the individual and companies involved. Any company wishing to know more about the MNLV should contact the Royal Navy’s Merchant Navy Liaison Officer, Lt Cdr David Carter RNR at [email protected] Sub Lieutenant Samuel James Williams Royal Navy Plymouth Merchant Councillor Sam Davey then cut the ‘first turf’, this being the first step before Navy Monument foundations are laid and the monument First Turf Cutting - an Important constructed. The dedication ceremony and Milestone – April 24th 2019 unveiling of the sculpture ‘the He stated that the ‘Atlantic Conveyor’, a Watchkeeper’ that will top a granite plinth About fifty people gathered on Plymouth notable casualty in the Campaign was Hoe including the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, is planned for Tuesday 3rd of September converted in Devonport Dockyard. It was an this year. The day marks the eightieth Councillor Sam Davey to commence an example of the connection between the important milestone in the building of a anniversary of the outbreak of the World Merchant Navy and the City of Plymouth. War 2, the first action of which was the new monument to the Merchant Navy and The loss of life of those serving in the Fishing Fleet. sinking of the merchant ship ‘Athenia’ off Merchant Navy during World War 2 was the coast of Ireland. Chairman of the Monument Committee, large and that proportionately there were Vivien Foster OBE presented the Lord Mayor more fatalities in the Merchant Navy than P.G. Wright & P.F. Willerton with a ceremonial spade and invited him to in any of the armed services. MARITIME SECURITY IN THE GULF REGION Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh Freeman of the Honourable Company, Chairman of the Membership Committee and Former First Sea Lord The first and overriding duty of the government of any country is defence of the realm. In the UK’s case this remit covers a wide range of diplomatic, security, economic and defence activities which, in sum, serve to protect our country’s vital interests. As an island nation and one critically dependent on international maritime trading as a key component of its physical and economic survival, the freedom of navigation of British-flagged ships on the high seas and through important waterways world-wide is of paramount importance. Here, one of the

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centuries-old, traditional roles of the Royal shipping, actions that are flagrantly in the incident, she was already escorting Navy comes into play, namely the breach of international law. another vessel and was unable to reach the protection of British merchant shipping. The detention of the Iranian tanker Grace 1 scene of the hijack before it was too late. Fast forward to 4 July 2019, the Gibraltar on 4 July in waters off Gibraltar has been The paucity of naval vessels in the area authorities legally detain an Iranian tanker, used by Iran as an excuse for its current actually committed to the day-to-day the Grace 1 on suspicion of breaking EU actions. However, this is bogus reasoning protection of their nation’s shipping plays sanctions on the supply of oil to Syria. On since the Grace 1 was legally detained on into the hands of a country wishing to use 19 July, in reprisal, Iran illegally seizes the suspicion of illegally transporting oil to harassment of merchant ships as a lever to British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Syria in contravention of EU sanctions. On gain other ends. Hormuz Strait. This outrage has caused the contrary, nothing about the Stena Meanwhile, the United States Central considerable concern in political and Impero’s actions was illegal. Despite Command has called on nations to join a commercial circles on a broad front and, in unsubstantiated allegations by Iran that the coalition force in Operation Sentinel, a pursuance of the Honourable Company’s Impero had hit a fishing vessel, she just multinational maritime effort to increase role as a body of professional mariners, we happened to be unprotected and in a security and surveillance in the key have taken a number of actions to add convenient place to be seized in an Iranian waterways of the Middle East (the Arabian weight to the case for securing the release supposed “tit-for-tat” response. Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab-el- of Stena Impero and her crew as well as Subsequently, Grace 1 was re-named and Mandeb and the Gulf of Oman). This arguing to bolster the naval presence in the released by the Gibraltar court, provided maritime security framework will assist Gulf area to deter any further such that the cargo of oil would not be nations in providing escort and protection occurrence. The Master has sent letters to discharged in Syria. Meanwhile, a US to their flagged vessels whilst taking the Foreign Secretary, the Defence Federal Court issued a new arrest warrant advantage of the cooperation of secretary and the Secretary of State for addressed to "the United States Marshals participating nations and the enhanced Transport. He has also had a letter Service and/or any other duly authorized maritime domain awareness and published in the Daily Telegraph. I myself law enforcement officer" for the continuing surveillance. Alongside its own Voluntary have represented the HCMM on a BBC detention of the Grace I. However, for legal Reporting Areas (VRAs) scheme radio programme and, in parallel, 6 of my reasons, the Gibraltar authorities were administered by the Royal Navy’s United senior naval colleagues, also former First unwilling to enforce this. Nevertheless, Kingdom Marine Trade Operations Sea Lords, joined me in another letter to amidst this flurry of activity, Impero’s fate (UKMTO), the UK has agreed to collaborate the Sunday Telegraph highlighting the continues to hang in the balance. with the Americans in security activities issues at stake, in particular the impact that If one sets aside the overarching political pending the development of a fully progressive reductions in the size of the issues and the legal wrangling, at the heart internationalized operation. However, to Navy’s frigate and destroyer force have had of the matter lies the very serious impact date, it is not clear how many other on its ability to provide sufficient that Iranian actions, amounting to state nations will commit forces to join that protection to shipping. Also, I have penned sponsored piracy, have had on innocent scheme even though various countries have an article that will be published soon seafarers going about their lawful business. issued statements expressing concern. setting out the issues and encouraging ship In the case of the Stena Impero, the impact Nevertheless, such arrangements do not owners and operators to press for resolute crosses numerous boundaries. The vessel is happen overnight and yet there is a government action to ensure this sort of Swedish owned, registered in the UK, continuing need for urgent action. state-sponsored piracy is held in check. managed from Glasgow and crewed by It is up to those tasked with implementing For the benefit of Members, the following seafarers from India, Latvia, Russia and the security to decide how shipping going is the full text of the magazine article. Philippines. The multinational aspects of about its lawful business can be protected SECURITY OF COMMERCIAL this ship’s operation are nothing unusual. from the sort of hostile actions SHIPPING IN THE GULF REGION These men are not military personnel, they demonstrated by Iran. Whether this Recent actions by the Iranian Revolutionary are civilian professionals who, quite rightly, defence amounts to individual escorts or Guard Corps Navy in harassing in carrying out their lawful duties at sea, convoys is for them to decide and, of British–flagged tankers in the Strait of should have no expectation of being taken course, the commercial interests of ship- Hormuz area and the detention of the hostage by state forces. Imagine their owners and charterers must also be taken Stena Impero, still under arrest at the time feeling when surrounded by aggressively into account. In the immediate aftermath of writing, have brought into sharp focus maneuvering fast patrol boats and ordered of the Stena Impero detention, both freight the risk that ships run exercising their to divert from their planned track to await and insurance rates jumped dramatically. internationally recognised right of innocent arrest and an uncertain fate. Imagine the Whilst freight rates have stabilised, passage in that area. The Hormuz is one of impact this has on their families, powerless insurance remains at eye watering levels the most strategically significant to intervene since the incident on 19 July. and, overall, these changes were a clear international waterways in the world given These seamen had every right to expect demonstration of the impact. In another the volume and value of sea-borne trade that the armed forces of the several development, at least one cruise line has that makes the transit every day. The nations working in the area would come to diverted vessels away from port visits in the problem is that high level political discord their aid. Gulf area. As well as providing protection, between Iran and other nations over In the event, the British frigate HMS security measures must also be designed so matters nuclear, and the sanctions that MONTROSE was in the area having earlier that they do not impede the routine flow have been imposed on Iran as a result, have seen off a similar Iranian attack on another of routine commercial traffic. provided the excuse for the latter to UK vessel, the tanker British Heritage. However, the overarching principle must be instigate reprisals against merchant However, although within radio range of that, without any further delay, a sufficient www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 87 Global Links

international naval presence be put in place the principle language base of Seaspeak may transcend and mitigate debilitating to underpin the legally recognised because it was the most common language barriers. That international language is principles of freedom of navigation and spoken at sea in 1988. English is also the Professionalism. In depth knowledge and rights of innocent passage. At stake are the international language in civil aviation. expertise demonstrated and executed; lives and well-being of innocent seafarers There are numerous factors that led to Prudent Seamanship. On the part of the as well as the critical interests of free trade English as a common language for Master, demonstrating and executing through an international waterway. Whilst communication at sea. Some not nearly as Prudent Seamanship from approaching the British ships have been targeted, this is a relevant today, as they were years ago Pilot Station to officers and crews well matter that should be of immediate some more so. But I ask the question not in trained and on deck interfacing at the concern to all Governments and ship a legal, historical or technical light but highest levels of professionalism. operators who depend on trade through practically in the Master Pilot relationship. The local tug Captain coming alongside the vital Hormuz waterway. Action at an Particularly when the native language of that vessel to put a line up, knows international level is required now and on a Master and Pilot is very different. Language immediately if the ship’s crew are seasoned scale demonstrating that harassment of barriers have long plagued safety at sea. professionals, without a word of contact shipping and threats to the welfare of Accidents due to misunderstandings or between the ship and the tug. The tug crews will not be tolerated. miscommunications can become disasters master knows by the demonstrated when there is no common language among execution from the ship’s crew, no words Global links officers and crew or passengers. The need be spoken. Likewise the Pilot upon devastating fire onboard the ferry entering the ship’s bridge may through The Company of “Scandinavian Star” in 1990, where 160 lost demonstration and execution, (and yes their lives in part because many of the crew hand signals!) show the Master that Master Mariners did not speak English, Danish or Norwegian. Professionalism and Prudent Seamanship of Canada A similar challenge lays in wait for Master are the Pilot’s priority and habit. and Pilot speaking very different native Admittedly Professionalism and Prudent languages. Masters and Pilots worldwide Seamanship are likely not enough to are full of tales of just averting (or not) overcome very serious language barriers. serious accidents due to a language barrier. But as in many professions, one In spite of the IMO and SOLAS 1 professional will always recognize another. requirements and recommendations, The importance of nonverbal language barriers are as great an issue communication is too often glossed over or today as ever. At times it feels as though it dismissed. Professionalism demonstrated is practically impossible to overcome. through execution, actions taken, will go a Regulations aside, how can I as a Pilot long way to mitigate the very serious demand that the Master speak fluent potential mishaps that otherwise occur English when I can’t speak their language when we cannot converse fluently. at all? Yet if the Master cannot speak Professionalism is the true international English, as regulations require, practically language of the Sea. how can I get their ship safely to the May 22, 2019 by Grant Livingstone. Photo: “THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS OF berth? Certain non-English speakers trying deela dee / Shutterstock CANADA is a professional organization, to speak English are required to replicate https://gcaptain.com/is-english-the-true- representing command-qualified mariners sounds, pronunciations that are non- international-language-of-the-sea as well as like-minded seafarers, industry existent in their native language. We and government members, and cadets English speakers expect them to form Big ships raise concerns in across Canada. Our work with and for our words with sounds that they have never insurance industry. members is organized around three pillars: uttered or heard in their lives. In addition awareness, education and advocacy. English is now a minority language among ”www.mastermariners.ca international shipping officers and crews. It is a serious conundrum. From the Bridge The reality is language barriers are Is English the True International increasing at sea not decreasing, Language of the Sea? particularly unsafe between Master and Pilot. Is English the true international language at sea then? What to do about the very serious challenges in safely berthing a vessel when the Master and Pilot are having a difficult time “Insurers have been warning for years that communicating or not at all? A common the increasing size of vessels is leading to a international language, English, has been higher accumulation of risk,” says Allianz. The the obvious international choice. But what ever-growing size of ships continues to raise do Master and Pilot do when it isn’t? concerns in the insurance industry: In the In 1988 the IMO made “Seaspeak” the There is an older more powerful language 2019 edition of its Safety and Shipping international language of the sea. English is of the sea. A universal language that often Review, Allianz Global Corporate and

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Specialty highlighted the challenges big ships Kinsey pointed to the 7,510-TEU Yantian close to 60% of the cargo value. A high present to the industry, saying, “Insurers have Express, a Hapag-Lloyd containership that contribution has also been requested for been warning for years that the increasing caught fire in January while crossing the the Yantian Express.” size of vessels is offsetting improvements in Atlantic, as an example of how vulnerable safety and risk management.” large ships can be. “There is testimony from the crew that that fire started in a single container and that led to the General Average of the entire vessel,” he said. “It’s shocking and people don’t understand.” General Average requires shippers to contribute to the expenditures made to preserve a ship and its cargo. “We can’t be worrying about putting out fires on ships,” said Kinsey, saying dangerous Over the past 50 years containerships have cargo has to be prevented from getting increased in capacity more than tenfold, loaded aboard vessels. said Allianz. It contrasted ships such as the 1968-build Encounter Bay, with a 1,530- Stricken ships may have trouble finding a place of safe refuge, since ports don’t want TEU capacity, with the 21,413-TEU OOCL Roanoke Insurance said its claims’ team vessels in distress in their ports and tying Hong Kong built in 2017. Hyundai historically saw General Average and up their infrastructure. Merchant Marine has a salvage security guarantee amounts dozen 23,000-TEU ships on order from ranging between 10% and 20%, “but lately Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering as evidenced with the Honam, these and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), and amounts appear to be on the rise. This is 24,000-TEU ships are under discussion. why it’s so important to carry cargo “We’ve been talking for a while how the insurance. Shippers interest cargo insurance economy of scale for one portion of the protects a shipper’s merchandise from industry, the marine asset, does not physical loss or damage, covers General necessarily equate to an economy of scale Average losses and facilitates the process of for the entire supply chain,” says Andrew The Yantian Express, for example, was releasing a shipper’s cargo from the Kinsey, senior marine risk consultant at coming from Sri Lanka and bound for steamship line.” Allianz. “We’re seeing this with the ultra Halifax, but when Hapag-Lloyd declared While the Allianz report found the number large container vessels when we talk about general average, the ship was towed all the of “total loss” casualties of ships decreased port infrastructure — raising of bridges, way to Freeport, Bahamas. General Average last year, Kinsey said another troubling dredging of harbours, raising of cranes. And is a complex undertaking, noted Kinsey, and trend is climate change and the effect that that’s just to service them when they’re in when a shipping company has to decide may have on shipping along the Mississippi good condition.” where that work will be done, a big part of River. “We just saw the first of this month When things go wrong, big ships create the decision is driven by availability. He on Saturday hurricane season started,” said another set of problems. explained that cargo has to be taken off Kinsey. “This is the first time I believe any the ship and inspected and there needs to Following a number of incidents in recent of us have seen a hurricane season start be a holding area where that work is done. years, the shipping industry should question with a river running this high for this long.” With the increasing size of ships, “looking whether it is running acceptable levels of At the time of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, “I at the sheer volume of these vessels —it’s risk for large vessels, said Kinsey. “There is a believe the river was at 4 feet; now we’re rewriting how General Average is being push for efficiency and scale in the shipping over 16 feet. So the levees are already, up looked at and conducted because there’s industry, but this should not be allowed to and down the Mississippi, being pressured; just so much real estate and infrastructure give rise to unacceptable levels of risk. the infrastructure is strained. If we were to that these incidents are taking up.” “We continue to see the normalization of look at a hurricane event coming up the risk in the shipping industry. There have In another high-profile casualty, a 2018 fire Mississippi pushing water even more, I have been welcome technical advances in aboard the even larger 15,226-TEU Maersk no idea what would happen, but it would shipping, but we do not yet see a Honam, five seafarers lost their lives. not be good. There’s a lot of people worried commensurate safer environment. There is General Average work was performed in about it and we should be worried because now much talk of automation and Jebel Ali. But Kinsey noted, “You don’t we’re entering uncharted territory.” High autonomous vessels and how this will be always get the situations where you can go water is delaying grain and soybeans from safer. But in truth, innovation will be driven into a United Emirates port equipped to being loaded on ships. “You have ships that by the bottom line.” Chris Turberville, head handle those vessels and has extra capacity.” are at anchor in the Mississippi for of marine hull and liabilities for the U.K. at According to a presentation by Tony Brain prolonged periods of time, leading to Allianz, said, “It is very clear that in some of Braden Marine, the Maersk Honam was machinery claims because their ground shipping segments, loss-prevention carrying 7,860 containers (3,300 20-foot tackle-their anchors and their chains - are measures have not kept pace with the containers and 4,500 40-foot containers). not designed to withstand these stresses. upscaling of vessels. This is something that Damage was concentrated in the forward There’s so much silt and mud that they’re needs to be addressed from the design part of the ship, but still Allianz said, actually being buried. There are situations stage onwards.” “Salvage and General Average represented where vessels actually can’t raise their www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 89 Global Links

anchor after standing by for two weeks.” colleague, “Must get back. I’ve got a 1,000- SS MAITLAND By Chris Dupin | Jun 05, 2019 Yantian tonner going up to Newcastle to insure”. Express image by Midshipman Cameron “You know”, said his companion, “One day Brunick, USMMA Class of 2021; underwriters will be sitting here and talking of 500,000-ton vessels and voyages to https//www.americanshipper.com/magazine/ countries not yet heard of”. daily/?year=2019&month=6&day=5&page_ number=2&via=asdaily “Aye”, said his friend with a great deal of ill-concealed sarcasm, “and one day they’ll AMERICAN SHIPPER MAGAZINE be playing cricket at night and landing With Captain Richard James Skinner behind July 24th: Maersk Honam Rechristened - men on the moon”. He paused in the act of the wheel, the 880 tonne paddle steamer see https://splash247.com/maersk-honam- leaving and, turning again, said with left its dock near Market St in what is now rechristened-and-ready-to-sail/ renewed irreverence, “What’s more, they’ll Darling Harbour at 11pm on May 5, 1898 And then there is the discussion between allow women in the Room and – worse still bound for Newcastle. No sooner had it two underwriters way back in the Eighties – we’ll have a woman as Prime Minister!” passed Sydney Heads than the iron ship, – the 1880s. Both men laughed heartily at this great with 36 passengers and 32 crew, was beset by ferocious winds and wild seas. A huge At midday on Thursday, July 12th 1883, the joke and made their way back to the wave tore off one of its paddle housings, pavements of the City of London are stifling cauldron of the Room. ripping a hole through the hull and sending thronged with gentlemen in light summer This article is an extract from a water flooding into the boiler room. The attire; cool, energetic and inquisitive Supplement to the “Fairplay International crew bailed for hours and when the coal businessmen on their way to various Shipping Weekly”. The Supplement was got wet they started burning wood and hostelries scattered at random about the printed to celebrate 5,000 weeks of kerosene to keep the steam engine firing. area. In the comparative quiet and publication of the Journal – from May seclusion of the Captain’s Room at Lloyd’s, 18th 1883 to June 28th 1979 . Realising there was no way through the two venerable-looking gentlemen were in tempest Capt Skinner turned back for the deep conversation seated at a small alcove, relative shelter of Broken Bay but by 5am thankful no doubt to have escaped, for a The Company of the following morning the engine was short while, Master Mariners swamped. Forty-five minutes later the the perverse and generally unpleasant air stricken ship crashed against a rock shelf at of the underwriting room, which the of Australia what is now Bouddi Point with such force recently announced scheme of it ripped in half — the bow quickly ‘improvements’ had in fact done little to disappearing beneath the waves. improve; there were still warming-pipes in Crewman William Williams tried to swim abundance, particularly about the entrance, ashore and secure a line but he was quickly despite the fact that nobody complained of lost. Seaman Anderson made the second being cold in winter and that many attempt but the rope got fouled on rocks complained of the lack of ventilation the and he was washed ashore. A passenger whole year round. named John Russell and two crew made a The conversation had opened with the third attempt and while he made it to latest gossip concerning the outrageous Mr. shore the two crew perished. For hours the Oscar Wilde, the deliciously attractive but remaining passengers and crew who had notorious Lily Langtry, and the all- not been washed overboard during the conquering Miss Sarah Bernhardt. From grounding made the perilous crawl along there, it had predictably turned to the great the rope. All the while they were bashed sporting matters of the day, not the least against the rocks by waves and the howling of which was the recently concluded first wind until the rope snapped with four round of the competition for the All clinging to it — two were drowned but England Lawn Tennis Championships at another two were washed ashore. The Wimbledon. The promoters of the Captain and four other men remained on Wimbledon tournament had mismanaged The Company of Master Mariners of the ship comforting a one-year-old baby everything most extensively. With a keen Australia is an association established to named Daisy Hammond who’s mother had eye for gate money however, they had promote the interests and status of the made it to shore but was told it was too made as much as possible of the fact that Merchant Navy generally and of Master dangerous to take the child. Mr. Ernest Renshaw and Mr. Lawford were Mariners in particular. The Company was The following day Mr Russell, of Newcastle, to play each other, and this proved to be founded in 1938 by Capt.A.N. Boulton, risked his life again to secure another line fully justified in so much as the encounter MBE, VRD, BCom, ExC and became an and the remaining souls including baby had provided a thrilling contest of serve- incorporated body in 1988. The Company Hammond were saved. It would be days and-return, sustained until the very last of Master Mariners of Australia Limited before rescuers arrived and in the days that stroke when a most effective smash by is a not for profit professional followed hundreds of people travelled over Renshaw had won the day. Finally, and association that is limited by guarantee. the rugged headland to see the wreckage most reluctantly, the conversation had The Company has six Branches based in and loot the cargo and debris which turned to business, and the elder of the Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, littered the beach up to 1.8m high in two gentlemen rose to leave, saying to his Newcastle and Brisbane. places. Many of the 83 kegs of beer washed

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ashore, along with whiskey. “And it was not and at Stevenson’s subsequent Australian He was also distressed by the condition of long before a sad spectacle was made court martial his defence counsel, Gordon the Allied prisoners: “A horrible sight they extremely sadder by the riotous revelry of a Samuels, QC, argued that he had “never were, all on the level of starvation and drunken mob,” the Gosford Times published seen a prosecution case so bereft of any sickness and death … in desperately bad on May 13, 1898.In another incident a possible proof of guilt”. The court martial shape; many, many were just about to die police officer asked some men to help him found there was no case to answer, and in and did die. Many just surviving and so carry the dead, also washed up with the dismissing the charges, honourably utterly thrilled to see us with lots of flotsam, back to a house but they ignored acquitted Stevenson. Nevertheless, amid an weeping and wailing and happiness.” him for the “beer, glorious beer”. outcry that he had been made a scapegoat, Post-war, Stevenson visited Britain again Young Daisy grew up and moved to Canada he was given a minor, remote appointment for courses in navigation and fighter where she married but returned to visit in the and he resigned, thus ending a direction, and served in Royal Navy ships in 1970s before her ashes were scattered into the distinguished and active 35-year career. the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Atlantic sea — as per her dying wish — by Reverend John Philip Stevenson was born on August Ocean and Mediterranean, and also saw Michael Chiplin in 1988. She was 90. 24 1921 in Melbourne to a naval family, operational service during the Malayan The isolated beach then known as Boat and entered the Royal Australian Naval Emergency. As a lieutenant-commander he Harbour was changed to Maitland Bay and College as a 13-year-old cadet in 1934. returned in 1950 in the aircraft carrier the storm dubbed the Maitland Gale. The There he earned colours for tennis, and on Sydney to Australia, to take command of Maitland Gale claimed a number of other his passing out was awarded the science the training ship HMAS Barcoo. He next ships that night including the barque prize. His first posting, as a midshipman, served in the heavy cruiser Australia as Hereward, which was washed ashore on was to the Australian heavy cruiser navigator before re-joining Sydney as the Maroubra Beach but no one was lost. Canberra, before further training in the fleet navigation officer. When Sydney visited Portsmouth for the Queen’s Source: dailytelegraph.com.au from the book Royal Navy. He was in the British heavy Coronation, Stevenson commanded the ‘Wreck of the Maitland” by Geoffrey Potter cruiser Shropshire in the Mediterranean when war broke out. During those early RAN detachment at the march-past in Australian naval officer who after months, Shropshire took part in the hunt London. In early 1954 Sydney conducted a 35 years’ loyal service was unjustly for the German pocket battleship Graf post-armistice patrol in Korean waters, and blamed for a collision at sea Spee, forced the blockade-runner Adolf in June 1954 Stevenson was promoted Leonhardt to scuttle herself and escorted commander. In 1954 Stevenson was the damaged HMS Exeter home after the Director of Plans in the Australian Navy Battle of the River Plate. Office, and during the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne he was naval equerry to After courses ashore in England and Prince Phillip. He commanded the destroyer promotion to sub-lieutenant, Stevenson Anzac in 1957 and 1958, and then studied joined the brand-new destroyer HMAS Nestor in the US for a year before being appointed on the hunt for the German battleship the defence attaché in Bangkok. Bismarck in the Atlantic in May 1941. J P Stevenson at the time of his court As a captain, Stevenson commanded the On December 15 1941 Nestor was off Cape shore establishment HMAS Watson, the martial, with his wife, who campaigned and St Vincent when she sank the German U- wrote two books about his case. destroyer Vendetta and the fast troop boat U-127. However, on June 15 1942, transport Sydney, which ferried Australian CAPTAIN J P STEVENSON, known as “Steve”, while part of the escort of Operation troops to Borneo during Konfrontasi, the who has died aged 97, was a distinguished Vigorous, a convoy to Malta, Nestor was so struggle between Malaysia and Indonesia. Australian naval officer whose career was badly damaged by enemy air attack that In 1965 he was Naval Officer in Command, ruined by a collision and the subsequent she was scuttled. Stevenson was among Victoria, and in 1966 he became Australian mishandling of court proceedings. In the those lightly injured men who were rescued naval attaché in Washington, returning to early hours of June 3 1969 Stevenson was by HMS Javelin. Quickly recovered, he Australia to take command of the aircraft commanding the Australian aircraft carrier served in the destroyer HMAS Napier in the carrier HMAS Melbourne. On leaving the Melbourne, in the South China Sea, when Indian Ocean before re-joining Shropshire, RAN, Stevenson worked for the Australian the American destroyer Frank E Evans, in which had been transferred to the RAN. Gas Light Company from 1970 until 1987, changing station, turned across Shropshire served in the Pacific campaign and on retirement he settled at Burradoo, Melbourne’s bows and was cut in two. The from 1943 to 1945 and, apart from a spell New South Wales. forward section of Evans sank immediately for radar training in Britain; Stevenson with the loss of 74 lives. Despite remained in her and was onboard at the He married the American actress and Stevenson’s previous clear orders and Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on television presenter, Joanne Duff, in 1958. immediate warnings, and the admission September 2 1945. There, for two weeks, he While he bore the humiliation of the that Evans’s captain had been asleep in his aided the repatriation of Australian Melbourne affair uncomplainingly, Joanne cabin, a joint American-Australian board of prisoners of war and visited Nagasaki, campaigned vigorously on his behalf. She inquiry in Subic Bay in the Philippines, which had been bombed a few weeks wrote two books in his defence: No Case to presided over by the American officer who earlier. He confided to his diary: “God what Answer in 1971 and, when more had been in tactical command of Evans, a mess. A stirred up desert. The hills information came to hand, in 1992 she held Stevenson partly responsible. It stated overlooking the town have all been published In the Wake: The True Story of that he could have done more to prevent scorched black … ships were sitting on the the Melbourne-Evans Collision, Conspiracy the collision from occurring. The integrity bottom … No smoke from the chimneys, no and Cover-up. of the board of inquiry was questioned, sign of life.” His wife died a few months before www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 91 Features

Stevenson received in December 2012 an The following officers were elected or “An extraordinary project,” greeted the apology from the Australian defence appointment confirmed: French Secretary of State for the Transition minister stating that he had not been Master Captain E Ewbank Ecologique Brune Poirson, baptizing the treated fairly by the government of the day General Secretary/Treasurer – boat Friday. “You are the economy of nor by the Royal Australian Navy after the Commander Larry Robbins tomorrow,” she added to the four young events of more than 40 years before, and Warden Auckland Branch – men between 24 and 30 years behind the describing Stevenson as “a distinguished Captain Chris Barradale project. The idea was born a few years ago, naval officer who served his country with Warden Christchurch Branch – in Dakar, Senegal, says Simon Bernard, 27 honour in peace and war”. Captain Darrell Daish. years old, officer of the merchant navy. Stevenson was appointed a member of the Warden Tauranga Branch – “We saw plastic everywhere and people Order of Australia in 2018. Captain Ken Camp looking for a job to survive, and we Captain J P Stevenson, born August 24 Warden Wellington Branch – thought we needed to make recycling more 1921, died January 29 2019 Captain Eric Good accessible,” he says the goal of “Ulysses” is not to clean the oceans, already largely The Company of polluted by plastic. Indeed, “once at sea, it is too late: only 1% of plastic waste floats Master Mariners on the surface”, emphasize its designers. of New Zealand “The remaining 99% break down into microparticles and line the seabed”. “So, how do we make sure that the plastic does not arrive in the ocean? We must turn off the tap,” said the leader of the expedition. Hence the idea of a boat that, through a journey of three years and 33 stages, will primarily raise awareness of the reuse, sorting and recycling of plastic, including offering free of charge machines for create objects from waste. According to the UN, MASTER and WARDENS only 9 percent of the nine billion tons of l-r: Darrell Daish, Eric Good, Ted Ewbank, plastic the world has produced were Chris Barradale, Ken Camp recycled and 12 percent was incinerated. The rest has ended in landfills, oceans, Features pipelines, where it will take thousands of years to completely decompose. If current WORLD’s FIRST consumption patterns and waste management practices continue, there will CATAMARAN be about 12 billion tonnes of plastic waste Captain Tony Murphy (Auckland) was in landfills and in the environment by presented with his membership certificate. PROPELLED BY 2050, the UN estimates. Life Memberships were awarded to Captain PLASTIC WASTE Nic Campbell (Wellington) and Captain John Frankland (Auckland). The awards The Ulysse catamaran of the Plastic Odyssey INVESTIGATION were passed by acclamation. project inaugurated in Concarneau on June 17, 2018, in Finistère. Fight against ocean FINDS RISKS WITH pollution by travelling around the world on ECDIS NAVIGATION a catamaran propelled by plastic waste: this is the challenge of the Plastic Odyssey The newly-released Australian Transport project, which has just launched its Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation of the prototype. Dubbed “Ulysses”, the grounding of the Australian Border Force demonstrator boat 6 meters long Cutter (ABFC) Roebuck Bay on Henry Reef has inaugurated a few days ago in Concarneau revealed underlying safety issues with the in Brittany (western France) prefigures a effectiveness of ECDIS type-specific training, catamaran of 25 meters supposed to go to ECDIS software updates and the use of a sea in March 2020. single point feature to represent relatively large physical features on electronic navigational charts. On September 30, 2017, shortly after midnight, the ABFC Roebuck Bay grounded on Henry Reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. The cutter was on a passage from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago bound for Lizard Island, located The trial Ulysses Catamaran about 71 nautical miles south-east of Cape

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Melville. The cutter sustained substantial Fellow of a number of professional DIT. The Industrial Strategy from BEID. The damage to the keel, stabilizer fins and organisations. A City Liveryman at the Environment Strategy from DEFRA., and in propellers, with hull breaches near the Worshipful Company of Scientific our own industry Maritime 2050 – a 30 storage void and tank compartment spaces. Instrument Makers and a Member of the year strategy – from DfT. There were no reported injuries or oil Honourable Company of Master Mariners. If I ask how many of us in this room have pollution. While planning the passage from Policy Advisor to a Peer in the House of read them – or even 1 of them – how Saibai Island to Lizard Lords. Supports 5 Departments of State in many of us could raise our hands to say Island, ABFC Roebuck Bay’s previously used modest engagement roles including Trade that we have ? & Diplomacy and the Overseas Leadership passage plan was amended, with its route So I offer a simple thought. inadvertently plotted over Henry Reef. The Programme at the FCO and UK Export Look above you now. Read the words on ship’s ECDIS identified the reef as a danger Finance. Speaks at industry events in the walls in this room. It says: to the planned route; however, the crew support of HMG, free trade, the did not identify the danger either visually relationship between government and They that go down to the sea in ships or by using ECDIS. The vessel continued on business, UK Export Finance, EU Exit, that do business in great waters. the amended route and grounded on Henry Global Britain, Constitutional We do business in ships. We do business in Reef just after midnight. The ATSB found understanding, Exporting, SME Sector great waters. We in this room contain some the crew’s ability to check the amended Invigoration, Innovation and the need for of this great country’s maritime leaders, route was limited as their training was not UK business CEOs to become “HMG Focals”. and we are here in London - in the world’s effective in preparing them for the A member of the Chairman’s Business maritime centre. operational use of their on board ECDIS. Advisory Council at CCHQ, a Board Advisor to Conservative Progress, active in So please read Maritime 2050 and respond The ATSB says the investigation highlights Westminster and a modest party donor. to the call of our government to play your that the safe and effective use of ECDIS as Published political, industry and defence part in a spirit of public service to help the primary means of navigation depends articles. Company won the Queen’s Award implement it. on operators being thoroughly familiar for International Trade in 2019. Honoured You have heard this morning from the with the operation, functionality, with an OBE for services to business and Health & Safety Executive. Our Civil capabilities and limitations of the specific international trade in the Queen’s Birthday servants are the jewel in our national equipment in use on board their vessel. Honours List 2019. Married to Dorothy crown. I wish to thank the HSE for their with 4 Children. fine presentations. Mr Carl Stephen But can any of you recall the slide Keynote Speech to describing what percentage of UK Patrick Hunter OBE the Lloyds Register companies had a written procedure on Coltraco Ultrasonics Limited confined space entry [31%] and also how Foundation many of those companies who do, implemented it [0%]. By Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter CEO Coltraco Ultrasonics So what does that tell you as the maritime professional you are ? Is the problem one Lloyds Register 71 Fenchurch Street EC3 of regulation or implementation, and if it is To deliver the keynote address is a great the latter might each of us ask whether honour for me. now is not the time to exert our own I thank you Aisling. And I thank you leadership in our own industry ? Captain Stavrakakis. No need to answer me. Just ask yourselves – If you look around this incredible room you what are the qualities and characteristics of will see the reason why London remains the leadership ? It can consist of a wide world’s maritime centre and why the UK spectrum from bravery and courage, [I have remains a lead maritime nation. seen it as a former soldier. I am not saying I Note about the Author was any of those things myself; but I did Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter OBE is a Look above me and at the top of the witness them when a young Greenjacket former Greenjacket Officer in the British ceiling you will see the name of one of our Officer]. It can be subject matter expertise, Army, strategic advisor and CEO of a world’s greatest physicists – Newton. Can and the ability to influence those around manufacturer exporting 89% of its output any of you tell me what his 3rd law is? - you, and a hundred other things in-between. to 110 countries in the shipping, energy [for every action there is an equal and and renewables sectors. Carl is a DIT opposite reaction]. That completes our Are we acting as leaders in our industry ? Is Export Champion, Expert Panel Member of Brexit moment ! Government leading us as the maritime the Business Integrity Initiative at DFID, Many of us here today view the work of nation we are ? Decision-Making Panel member of the government through the prism of what we Why are ships still lost at sea ? Why is Bank of England, the Commonwealth’s hear in the news. And it is no surprise if we sinking the No 1 reason for it still ? Why is 37th Business Mentor and a stakeholder to do that, that we conclude EU Exit has fire the No 2 reason still ? and why are DIT’s Export Strategy and DfT’s Maritime blocked all other good work. But how hundreds of seafarers and maritime 2050 Strategy. Professor-in-Practice at many of us here today would know that professionals still dying in peace time ? Durham Business School. Honorary this government has applied some of the Why are the worst operators in our global Doctorate of Science of Durham University. greatest strategic thought I have seen from industry still employing people in a state of Supports the UK-USA SME Dialogue. A any in 25 years? The Export Strategy from modern slavery on our worst ships? www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 93 Features

Think in your minds of a definition of a same ones who lead. So why do you not call the Maritime Team company. There are hundreds. After 25 The world fleet is now 55,000. So that at DfT to see how you can assist our years in business I offer to you mine. [A leaves 35,000 vessels that have no concerns government to implement Maritime 2050 definition of a company or an organisation at all that their CO2 system – the very ? Let us see how we in this room can is that it is the sum of the individuals system that protects their ship from fire - support government. within it]. the No 2 reason for ships loss at sea - have Let us take as an example 3 issues and If you think I lack auctoritas in this then insufficient contents to extinguish a fire if examine the synergies they have in their prey don’t. I speak with the authority of a it occurs. safety outcomes and identify what we can recently established Visiting Professor of The regulations are clear that every ship do to resolve them. Durham Business School. must “have the means [for the crew] to I have chosen 3: Think now of a definition of the CEO of check the content of the CO2 system”. It is In confined space entry, the regulations your organisation. Mine is to create a clear why. No one ashore can, when the state every ship must have aboard happy and dynamic environment for the ship is at sea. Anything pressurised can leak. oxygen monitors and flammable & toxic individuals within it so as to create a CO2 is at 720 psi. That is 45-50 bar of gas monitors. sustainable and profitable one. So how pressure. It will leak and sometimes have we arrived at the point we have in accidentally discharge. The failure of 35,000 We have the kit on board to protect life at shipping where the assets we have in our ships in our world fleet not to be so sea. We have written the procedures for ships are crewed, in some of them, by some equipped is a failure of leadership, and one their use, based on the fundamental of the cheapest labour on earth recruited of the reasons why every week we read of underlying science, and their engineering 1,000 miles from a coastline ? yet another ship with an uncontrollable fire. and technical implications. I used to be a soldier. My regiment, the I have travelled to 30+ countries annually So why are mariners losing their lives every Greenjackets, is a rifle regiment and the for 25 years ever since. Away 4-5 months a year at sea when they enter a confined sister regiment to the Gurkha’s. Years ago I year. More time by far than when I served space and stay there ? Dead. was attached to them and had the privilege in the military, meeting some of the world’s If the kit is aboard, and the procedures for of seeing the recruitment of young Gurkha leading former Master Mariners and Chief their use are written the only reason they die is riflemen from the foothills of the Engineers and they guided and assisted us. in our industry’s failure in leadership - whether Himalayas. In Nepal. Some had never seen Assisted me t o become who we are today from Master and Chief Engineer aboard the running water from a tap or tied a – the world’s leading manufacturer of vessel or from their head office ashore. That is bootlace. We hold them in the highest systems to protect ships. the consequence of poor leadership. regard. There are no bad Gurkha soldiers: In service aboard those 10,000 ships; the In CO2 contents at sea? A ship depends on just bad leaders. Yet in our pursuit of the world’s top Navies, half of the world’s its CO2 system to protect against fire at sea cheapest, Nepali’s are now recruited to go offshore oil and gas operators and 1 of stored in up to 600 45KG cylinders. CO2 is to sea – and with many others from other the 4 offshore renewable manufacturers. stored under pressure. The Master and Chief developing countries - being employed in a Some of you are here today and together Engineer are trained in its location; what its state of modern poverty on some very we are now Fellows of the Institute for effect on fire is; how to actuate it and to poorly run ships. Is that not above all a Marine Engineering, Science & Technology conduct a simple visual inspection of it. Yet failure of leadership in our industry by and Fellows of the Royal Institution of few of them understand the science behind some of our peers ? Naval Architects. it or its physical characteristics. They I began in shipping over 25 years ago. I You are my fellow Fellows of our industry. understand it can asphyxiate, yet we still had grown up in port cities in Australia, have mariners dying at sea because of it. Canada and Singapore. My father had been We are meant to be learned. We know it is a liquid gas stored under in submarines. He was the basis of what we And we are our industry’s leaders. pressure and that it vaporises on discharge have today. But 2 years ago I stopped flying. I wanted and expands by volume. We also know – But when we began I visited your peers. I to support government. To use the time I because we supply the marine servicing met some of the finest Master Mariners used to spend overseas seeing what I could companies the equipment to test for and Chief Engineers in the world, - and do in public service. I have now supported contents – that in Dubai they report that some far less so too. in modest ways 5 departments of state, and the average CO2 contents deficiency is In those days the world fleet consisted of in a very modest way, I supported our 30 20%. This leaves the ship below the 40,000 ships operated by 8,000 ship year maritime strategy too – Maritime threshold at which sufficient design owners. Over 5 years I visited nearly 3,000 2050, and 4 of the 5 UK core values in it concentration can be generated in the of them. apply to us here today in this incredible event of fire to put it out. Why ? Many of your predecessors listened to our room where we say that men go to the sea. Because our worst ship owners do not want ideas. Some were engaged; others less so. The 1st of these in Maritime 2050 is that the the CO2 system maintained. They want the Some even swore at the very idea itself government was determined that the UK certificate issued by the company to say that they should be concerned their ships maintains itself in our global industry as “a that it was - for insurance purposes. In would not extinguish the fires they had on premium brand uncompromising on safety”. China we know that 80% of Chinese their vessels or in the cargoes they carried. flagged vessels are deficient in their CO2 The 2nd: Making a commitment to the systems. Every year mariners die, ships are But today we are in service with 10,000 rules based system. ships. Nearly 20% of the world fleet are lost to fire. sufficiently concerned. But they are the The 3rd: Within the context of a Global UK. I wonder whether you study the MCA best operators, - those who care are the The 4th: A government-industry partnership. accident investigation reports. The MCA

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have some of the best in the world. How out of the suggestion by Phil Belcher that many of accidents reports reference the ON WRITING A BOOK the recollections of the then more elderly contents of the CO2 system ? John Johnson Allen members of the Honourable Company All of these combine – not to a lack of should be recorded for posterity and regulations or to the written procedures – resulted in a major oral history project, but to a lack of leadership. carried out jointly with the late Professor David Smith, which I used both in the In the way we crew our vessels some of our dissertation for my degree and for the book. worst operators think that the cheapest The second book, They Couldn't Have crew is best. Done It Without Us, I wrote to coincide Some think that they should be worse than with the 30th anniversary of the Falklands that. To allow mariners to exist in the state War and the exhibition which was held on of modern slavery that they do is the board Wellington. opposite of good leadership. My last book ,They Were Just Skulls, I was Which is why in Maritime 2050 our asked to write to record the naval career of government has committed to eradicate it Fred Henley. in the next 10-15 years? As to the process, I can only write about I believe we will be the first nation on my own approach. I'm sure that there are earth to do that, combining our maritime many, many ways of writing a book. I and our fine naval traditions that abolished would imagine, but I don't know, that slavery in the 19th century and to I have, first, to acknowledge my thanks to writing light fiction probably can be done eradicate its modern form today – that is the Honourable Company and particularly straight, as I'm doing at this moment, by an act of leadership by our government. All to Phil Belcher, the then PDO, who, soon dictating it into, in my case, the computer of us in this room can play our part to after I joined the company in 2005, using speech recognition software. encouraged me to apply to the Greenwich inform, advise and command to work with Writing non-fiction is very different. One is Maritime Institute at Greenwich University government as a core UK value. That is very often quoting from various books or to read for a Masters degree in Maritime leadership. journals and so I write all my books out History. Without that I would not have longhand first, on cheap A4 pads so that I So here is some data and the following become a writer. slides are available for any of you. can note the references for my footnotes in However, many other people become the margin as I go along.(I prefer footnotes So you see. writers without that impetus and I have to end notes, but again that is a purely There is a connection. taken an easy route by writing non-fiction, personal preference).A degree of self In all 3 cases. specifically about my own interests. Some discipline is, I think, vital. I am normally people pooh-pooh the non-fiction writer, sitting at my desk by 6.30 every morning Your peers had the wherewithal to identify and to some extent I would agree with and writing for up to 2 hours. A pad of problems and generate the policies that led their view, as I do not have the particular paper and a pen by the bedside is to the regulations at home in our MCA and imagination required to write fiction. invaluable; thoughts or ideas or sentences globally at the IMO, in which our country is I have always had the opinion that no one can arise at any time during the night and the lead maritime nation, and the reason can write a book of any sort unless they the only way that I can banish them, so I its headquarters are in London just across read a great deal on all sorts of subjects, can return to peaceful sleep, is to write from Parliament. We sit on its committees, both fiction and non-fiction. Nor do I them down on the pad, to add them, or but the regulations generate the equipment believe that “everybody has a book in perhaps have to change or even to delete that is the tools to solve the problems and them”. Three out of my five books have them when I go through to my desk. in turn the regulations and the equipment been the result of a particular event or generate the working procedures so that Looking back through what has appeared suggestion from a third party. both combine to a cohesive whole to on screen after a period is always preserve safety of life at sea. It is called The first book, Voices from the Bridge, came fascinating. Like many writers with whom SOLAS. The best of our operators sail in good faith that their mariners will be safe. For when we go on great ships to do great business we have enough risk to cater for from winds and seas. But our greatest failures lie in our worst practices that are about us and whether we can look the world in the eye. And say we led. Thank you all and let me offer my best wishes to you all. Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter CEO Coltraco Ultrasonics www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 95 Features

I've spoken I have no idea where the words Lastly, a warning: writing a book is hard and, following a large explosion in her come from or the process undertaken by my work and quite lonely. There is only so forward magazine, she quickly sank. From brain to get them onto the paper and in a much one's spouse can take. Claire has not her crew of 268 there were only nineteen form that other people might want to read! read my last two or three books but, as she survivors, most being picked up by fishing says, she has lived through the writing boats from nearby Eyemouth. The next step is trying to find a publisher. process and therefore doesn't need to. Nor This is becoming ever more difficult. should you expect to earn significant Publishers are businessmen; they will only money from it. In the case of maritime publish a book that they think will bring history I can't think of a single author who them a return on their investment. They are has made much money– but that's not the not, of course, infallible. One only has to point. If you feel compelled to do it, you think of the huge number of publishers will do it because there was a story to be that turned down the Harry Potter books told, be it fiction or non-fiction; the before JK Rowling found a publisher. There satisfaction of seeing your book printed are publishing houses that offer “a new and in your hands is a great thrill. Also a Sadly, Pathfinder entered the history books way of getting a book published”. Reading great thrill is reading a review of your book as the first ship to be sunk by a motorised the small print that normally means that in a magazine or professional journal- torpedo from a submarine, a fact that the the author will have to pay a significant assuming of course that it is not slated. Admiralty either refused to accept or sum to the publisher to get the book I said at the start that this is very much a wished to cover up, placing a gagging published in the first instance but then will personal view of writing. “There are more order on the national press. The enormous receive, if the book sells, a larger proportion ways of killing a cat…”. All you can do is try, significance of this event and its portent of the cover price. I take the view that if a if you don't try you'll never know. for the future was not lost on the marine publisher will not accept your book and artist W L Wyllie, whose painting of the you have tried various publishers, as I have explosion and sinking of the ship was done, you may have to come to the JOTTING MONTHLY created from eyewitness accounts. One conclusion that it would not sell. I'm not in Glyn L Evans hundred years later, on the 5th September favour of self publishing; occasionally 2014, a wreath was placed over the wreck books do wonderfully well and make Lost and Found of Pathfinder by Captain Chris Smith, RN, headlines. One only has to think of 50 The story of HMS Pathfinder from HMS Example, while The Last Post was Shades of Grey but that was an exception. sounded by a Royal Marine bugler. For a number of years I have been a member of the judging panel for the Mountbatten book award for which 50-60 books are nominated that we have to read and assess. This year we had 67 to reveiw and three of them were self published. Sadly, compared with books which came from publishing houses, they proved my point admirably. If you are seeking a On the 16th July 1904 HMS Pathfinder was publisher then do look at the books you launched into the River Mersey from the enjoy reading and might be similar to the shipyard of Cammell, Laird & Co., None of the above was known to me until, book that you have in mind, then you can Birkenhead and, just one year later, was on 14th September 2018, I received out of research online for the publishers' websites. commissioned into the Royal Navy as a the blue, an email from a Mr R Page which Locate the section for authors – look scout cruiser, the lead ship of her class. Her read, “I hope you don’t mind me contacting carefully as that section is not always easy principle dimensions were; Length 370’. you with queries about a small picture, to find - to ascertain whether they accept Breadth 38’9” and Draft 15’2” fully loaded. dated 1906, that came to me from my late direct submissions from authors – the On commissioning, her main armament mother. The Curator of Art for the Ulster larger publishing houses do not; they will consisted of ten QF 12-pounders, eight QF Museum, Belfast, suggested that I try you.” only accept submissions from literary 3-pounders and two 18” torpedo tubes. Her Attached to the email was an image of a agents. If direct submissions are invited two triple-expansion steam engines gave painting by Kenneth Shoesmith, of HMS then the precise requirements for an her a top speed of 25 knots. She began her Pathfinder during her visit to Blackpool in author's submission will be set out. This is Royal Navy service with the Atlantic Fleet 1906. Mr Page went on, “My queries are a) your chance to sell your book to the then the Channel Fleet (1906) and the Do you know what Kenneth Shoesmith was publisher, normally in a fairly small number Home Fleet (1907) before becoming, at the doing around the year 1906? b) Is it of words! Another source is to look in the commencement of the Great War, part of possible he was in or not far from annually published Writers and Artists the 8th Destroyer Flotilla based at Rosyth Blackpool at the time of the Royal Navy Yearbook which has a list of all book in the Firth of Forth, by which time she was visit? c) Did he work in or have some other publishers in the United Kingdom; each under the command of Captain (later Vice- connection with the Royal Navy?” publisher will have an entry which Admiral) Francis Martin-Peake. In a fit of deliberate and unprovoked describes the categories of books that they On 5th September 1914 off St Abbs Head, benevolence I sent Mr Page a copy of my publish. Very often the entry will also while steaming at only 5 knots to conserve book, which contained the answers to indicate whether or not they will entertain her bunkers, Pathfinder was hit by a these questions. Shoesmith lived in submissions from authors. torpedo from the German submarine U-21 Blackpool from the age of one and was

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there in 1906 aged sixteen, immediately sarcasm, says “Where do you think your ferry. The P&O I don’t think ever had an SS prior to his being sent as a cadet to the picture is going to end up if you donate it Pacific which had sailed in the Caribbean training ship HMS Conway, at that time to Liverpool? On display?” and it was easy to assume the erroneous O- moored in the River Mersey. The painting is In my final letter to Mr P, I wrote “From my for-Oriental rather than the correct in the somewhat naive but nevertheless experience of marine artists, I know that, Occidental, adding to the confusion. The accurate style of his at that time – by any apart from the sheer joy of creating a P&O.S.N.Co had had the Pacific Princess, standard an excellent representation by a finished painting from a blank canvas, ex-Sea Venture for winter cruising in the self-taught lad of his age. artists want their paintings to be viewed, Caribbean, but the dates were way out; yet valued, appreciated and accessible. No SS Pacific was the one clearly mentioned. It artist creates a work for it to be consigned turned out that the book had two mistakes to the black hole that is a museum’s in both the ship’s name and the Line. archive. Certainly Shoesmith’s work Research soon revealed the Line to be the deserves better than that. I am pleased you Peninsular & Occidental, the Peninsula share my view when you say you think it is being the State of Florida and the a shame that so much of KDS’s work is Occidental obvious, and quite unrelated to stuck unseen and unappreciated in Belfast. the P&O.S.N.Co of London. The Peninsular It will be interesting to see whereabouts in & Occidental SS Company, formed through the Merseyside Maritime Museum his the union in 1900 of the Plant Line and the painting of HMS Pathfinder ends up!” I Florida East Coast Line, styled itself as a feared that Pathfinder was about to sink steamship company, not a steam navigation once again. company, the two merged lines being It transpired that Mr Page had tried to owned at the time by their respective donate the painting to the Ulster Museum On a visit to Liverpool in April this year, I steam railway companies. The merger, in Belfast where a large collection of called in at the Merseyside Maritime creating the American P&O.S.S.Co, might Shoesmith’s works are held in their archival Museum in the vain hope of finding that well be thought of as the seed pearl for the storage facility. As there was no Belfast the painting had been put on display. multi-billion dollar Florida-based cruise connection to the painting, they politely Predictably not, and sadly so given the business nowadays involving a number of told Mr Page “Thanks but no thanks,” historic importance of the cause of her loss. global cruise Lines. From 1900 to 1967 a suggesting he might like to donate it to a Glyn L Evans total of thirteen ships were at various times Blackpool museum while, at the same time, “Cambria” part of this American P&O fleet until it contacting myself. Before making contact December 2018 ceased trading, the nail in the coffin being with me, Mr Page did indeed get in touch the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro in with the History Centre (Central Library) in 1959. That revolution would, within a year, Blackpool who provided him with a press The other P&O, put a stop to the Florida-Cuba passenger cutting from that time, reporting on a visit service sailing three times a week from to Blackpool of the Channel Fleet. Mr Page the American one… Miami, the Castro regime closing Cuba to then advised me that he had offered the all cruise ships in 1960. painting to the Blackpool History Centre. On 25th September I made a note on my There is in fact, no SS Pacific listed in the file “Mr P awaiting a decision from American P&O fleet list, thus there is also Blackpool History Centre if they want confusion as to which ship Hemingway and Shoesmith’s painting - suspect they will say his second wife, Pauline, did sail on in 1928. “No.” By this time I had made it clear to Mr They had left France earlier that year, sailing P that I would be keen to acquire the first to Cuba. By a process of elimination the painting myself. only ships they could have sailed on in that In November I contacted Mr P for an up- year were; the Cuba built in 1921, the date and he emailed a reply saying that he Governor Cobb, built in 1906 and possibly had still not received a response from the Miami, built in 1897 and not sold on Blackpool but was chasing this up. By the (The Peninsular & Occidental until 1932. On guesswork and the basis that same email he advised “I’m going to Steamship Company) Hemingway was by this time quite rich due contact Liverpool Museums to see if they to the earnings for his recently published would be interested in the KDS picture.” On Dr Robert Bruce-Chwatt. book “A Farewell to Arms” and that he had a 15th December I had a further email A very minor and understandable error in a new wife to impress, the Cuba would be my advising that, after contacting Blackpool book about Hemingway resulted into best bet. The newest and most modern of again by ‘phone, Mr P was informed that research on a small shipping company in the P&O fleet it seems to fit the bill and the they did not feel it should form part of the Caribbean. A lot less well known than timings of Hemingway’s travels back to the their collection (no surprise there.) Mr P the mighty P&O, not many people may US from France and included the year that went on, “I’ve agreed to donate the picture even remember this line, let alone have Hemingway was said to have been travelling to Liverpool Museums and will deliver it as heard of it. My chance encounter was his from Havana to Key West. The return, ferry- soon as possible in the New Year. I think it voyage in 1928 when he is said to have like routes at that time were Miami-Key is a shame that so much about KDS is sailed on the hundred mile crossing “from West-Havana and Port Tampa-Key West- stuck, unseen and unappreciated in Havana to Key West on the P&O’s SS Havana; both were twice weekly round trips Belfast.” My file note, written with deep Pacific”, on a ship which is described as a with three days sailing for each sector. www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 97 Features

A 5”/51 calibre gun.

The SS Cuba, official 221220, with the would have made such trip even more signal letters MCRW, was built in 1920 by attractive both to the company in terms of William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia alcohol revenue and the passengers with a for passenger and freight services between freedom to choose any cocktail they liked Tampa, Key West and Havana. A twin far and free from the shackles of the A 3”50 calibre gun screw, oil burner, 341feet long, 47 feet Volstead Act of 1919. The repeal of the She then spent most of the war sailing out wide, draft 17ft, a weight of 2,479 GRT and latter Act would have to wait for the Blaine of New Orleans, transporting troops to with a top speed 18 knots, she had a total Act of 1933 and the end of Prohibition. British Guiana, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, passenger capacity 512. She sailed on her After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour Trinidad, and the West Indies, serving as a maiden voyage and a crew of 54 from her in December 1941, Cuba was requisitioned USAT until the 20th December 1946 when home port of New Haven, Connecticut. The as a USAT, US Army Transport ship on the she was returned to the company for ship had been specially designed for 19th February 1942, this under the powers civilian use and a return to the Havana run. service in the Caribbean with having wide of the US War Shipping Administration, a However the war years and post-war years shaded decks, outside rooms and spacious, similar arrangement to the British STUFT had not been kind to ss Cuba and she was airy saloons. She had one hundred and (ships taken up from trade), the acronym sold in 1947 to an Italian company a mere thirty-two first-cabins, with 16 “parlour” UK STUFT seeming rather apt these days. six months after returning to the P&O flag. cabins containing a double bed and sofa Initially renamed Pace, then Sassari and berth, private shower bath, toilet, running based in Sardinia, she sailed around the water, electric fans and “every convenience Mediterranean as a ferry-and-freight ship for comfort”. until scrapped in 1962. No mention is made of any provision of In the 1930s to 1950s, passengers would medical services, but one must assume often take their cars with them so as to be there would have been at least an able to explore the whole island of Cuba. experienced nurse, since alcohol and the Those now vintage and veteran cars that USAT ss Cuba in 1942 photographed from a discretion that such cruises offered for were imported in those years have become ZP-22 blimp out of USNAS Houma, Louisiana affairs of the heart would have been a iconic to modern Cuba and are now a fairly potent combination with the Cuba was refitted for war and armed with major tourist attraction and holiday eventual need for medical advice. a 5”/51calibre gun firing a 50lbs shell with marketing ploy. Their serendipitous Prohibition in the United States was in an effective range of 17,000 yards at the existence today is because the economic force from 1919 to 1933, a nationwide stern, two 3”/50 calibre guns firing a 24lbs blockade after 1960 preventing imports of constitutional ban on the production, shell with an effective range of 14,000 newer cars necessitating the continued importation, transportation, and sale of yards or 30,000ft when used in an AA role. repair of what they had to hand. The alcoholic beverages which did not apply A further two 20mm Oerlikon guns were Caribbean mini-cruises in the 1950s were once the vessel was out of US waters. This installed in the bows. good years for the P&O and passengers could cruise from Miami to Havana, Cuba for $42.00 per person, this fare including

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was not a problem. Hi-tech drill ships Offshore drilling today became extremely popular due to their Captain Mike Rowland ability to quickly complete ultra-deep- The Oil & Gas downturn has deeply water wells by offering the customer impacted offshore operations over the past increase drilling capabilities and variable five years. A perfect storm of weakening deck loading. Between 2000 and 2012 global demand, unwinding global technological advancements increased geopolitical risk, and the appreciation of considerably, reducing days versus depth the U.S. Dollar were all driving factors. Oil operational targets. Clients were willing to Companies abandoned the majority of pay for such improvements, and by 2012 all transportation, two nights aboard ship, a offshore capital projects before FID (final deep-water drilling projects approached a day in Havana and four meals on board investment decision), focusing on balance million dollars a day Open. ship. In 1950’s $42 was equivalent to $400 sheets and shareholder requirements. “Dual activity” offered clients the ability to today and compares favourable with Another impacting force of the downturn utilize two drill floors side by side, today’s 4 day cruises. was OPECs change in policy. The increasing the volume of offline There were, however, dark clouds gathering advancement of unconventional drilling preparations. The initial construction of a for the P&O. The Cuban Revolution which techniques (Shale Oil Fracturing) acted as a deep-water well typically consists of had rumbled on since 1953 achieved its disruptive technological advancement, running 36” and 30” conductor first. aim on the 31st of December 1958, when changing the balance of global supply and Drillers jetted through the mud-line, then Fidel Castro and his guerrillas ousted demand. While the U.S. consolidated its drilled ahead to a predetermined depth in President Fulgencio Batista. A Communist growing role as an oil producer, OPEC record times. Top-hole drilling is designed style government followed in 1959 and this strategized to protect its position as “swing to isolate potential shallow gas H2S zones put it at odds with America. With an producer.” Abandoning its pricing policy in and provide structural stability for the embargo of certain products, including favour of increased supply, OPEC drove wellhead (once cemented) to support the luxury cigars being imported to the US, down pricing. As shale battled to attune weight of a 380t blow-out preventer (BOP). Cuba found this time very difficult technology to survive the ensuing Bear Dual-activity allowed the client to drill the economically and it responded by market, OPEC fought internal friction as hole from one drilling centre while running nationalising $25 billion worth of private Saudi Arabian led policy tested the groups casing to the mud-line from the other. As property. In a response to the American resolve, with member states feeling the soon as the drill bit is recovered to open sanctions the Cubans banned US cruise pinch at home. water, the ship moves using Dynamic ships from their ports in 1960. The ban on Since 2014, shale has been accepted as a Positioning approx. 20mtrs, stabbing the US cruise ships in 1960 was followed “new entrant” and speculation has casing string already built (offline) straight shortly afterwards by the arrival of Russian increased as to whether the Permian Basin into the hole. In water depths of up to cargo ships laden with SS-4 and R-14 could become the future “swing producer.” 3000mtrs, it can take hours to run or missiles as a response to the CIA backed Either way, it appears a policy of the Trump recover assembles to deck and dual activity and failed Bay of Pigs invasion of the Administration’s is the strengthening of could shave days off the overall program in previous year. The American naval blockade U.S. independence from foreign oil for the top-hole section alone. starting on 22nd October 1962 to prevent national and economic security. Meanwhile, Once the 18 ¾” (inside diameter) BOP is run further missiles arriving on their back cash-rich China has been taking advantage on continuously connected 30mtr (40mt) doorstep precipitated the Cuban Missile of the bountiful market, thirstily stockpiling marine riser and connected to the wellhead, crisis in the same month. After several days cheap oil reserves. all activities run through one well-centre. of very tense negotiations President Today, with markets closer to equilibrium at However, dual-activity allows for assemblies Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev agreed a around $60dpb, offshore upstream oil & to be pre-made and stored in the derrick or solution, removed the very real threat of a gas operations are back on the table as broken down offline so as not to interrupt nuclear war, the US naval blockade was offshore blocks are being auctioned off. “critical path” downhole operations. ended on 21st November 1962 and the While faster and cheaper produced shale oil Production wells may be drilled to depths world breathed again. continues to provide short term reserves, oil of 12,000mtrs before completion, lifting The P&O.S.S.Co had weathered the political companies are thinking towards the long- (flowing), and handover to an FPSO for storms as well as the meteorological ones term rebuilding of dwindling reserves. production. Another technological and continued in the Caribbean cruise Capital projects are receiving advancement was the development of market to other, new destinations such as “Authorization for Expenditure,” this year’s Multi-Machine Control (MMC). MMC Nassau in the Bahamas. FID rates are up to three-fold. Good news automates operations on the drill floor by However, the Cuban cruise route had been for the offshore sector, however, it’s likely a coded sequence reducing the crew size and so financially rewarding that its absence rocky road to recovery for drillers. manual activities. Automation such as meant a slow economic death and the Drilling Contractors face further market- MMC has changed the driller’s role company finally ceased trading in 1967. driven rebalancing factors outside of removing the physicality but increasing pricing. During the previous upturn, drillers data processing skills. MMC has improved flooded the market with a surplus of new the accuracy of planning while reducing build drill ships and semi-submersibles. safety risks and reducing Non-Productive During the period 2008-2013 with no Time due to human related errors. downturn in sight and oil prices rising to Managed Pressure Drilling has also averaging over $100dpb (2011-2012) cash advanced the safety of operations in www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 99 Features

geographical areas where downhole drilling and “blend and extend” deals have seen the shorten machinery learning times for new parameters are tight. Typically offshore wells more lucrative long term contract prices employees. Human Factor training is also were drilled in an “open” circulating system, reduced in favour of continued operations. being implemented into training programs monitoring flow and volume at surface. The majority of contracts awarded now are to develop operational capabilities. There is MPD allows drillers to run a “closed” for short term operations. Today’s rates for a greater emphasis on the development of circulating system at an induced monitored drillers are priced at $150K-$250K per day, so-called “soft skills,” situational awareness pressure. The benefit of which is a reduction some $400K cheaper than at the top end techniques, stress management, and hands- of the mud weight required to drill, of the market in 2013. on well control (similarly to Bridge therefore reducing the hydrostatic pressure Resource Management). The future looks exerted on the formation penetrated. brighter, and opportunities will present for The downturn and supersaturation of the next generation of seafarer interested offshore drilling markets have resulted in in Dynamic Positioning and offshore some anomalies along the way. Case in operations. As with any other sector of the point is the drillship Cerrado which was marine industry machinery is just built by SHI (S.Korea) in 2011 for machinery, it’s the people along the service approximately $650million. The vessel sold line who make a competitive advantage at auction following the bankruptcy of her real. As drilling contractors put assets back operators in 2016 for just $65 million, a to work, the challenge is to do so safely 5 x Ultra Deep Water drillships built post 2011 fraction of her depreciated cost. Drillers at maintaining control. H.R. teams must hire at approx. $650 million each “cold stacked”. the time were so fixated with staying afloat the right personnel, and operational teams or navigating through chapter 11 Of course, the downturn has not been all train them, allowing organizations to grow bankruptcy protection, purchasing doom and gloom; lessons are being learned. confidently. Experience must be balanced distressed assets was low on the priority The whole upstream oil and gas sector has effectively across the sector as a whole list. The sector has witnessed some significantly tightened its belt, executing while maintaining a sense of vulnerability spectacular M&A activity, which is likely to improved financial discipline. Daily drillship through the startup period. continue across supply chain from oil Operating Expenditures (for example) has companies to service suppliers. Ocean Rig, been reduced from $185K (2012) to $90K the company which purchased Cerrado for today. Smarter procurement decisions such $65 million were bought by Transocean, a as dealing directly with manufacturers, larger Drilling Contractor in 2018. have controlled cost. Condition-based predictive maintenance systems have been implemented, reducing reliance on unnecessary preventative maintenance. Standardization of operations and automation have reduced labour costs and enabled drillers to streamline similar processes effectively.

Over 70 mainly midwater or older floating vessels have been scrapped since 2015, more scrapping is still expected. An unwritten rule is that drilling markets need to be at about 85% asset utilization for rates to improve. Other assets are “cold/warm stacked,” either shut down and unmanned or manned by a skeleton crew on standby until market conditions favour Las Palmas quayside non-operational reactivation. Most analysist agree that the drillships as of June 2019. recovery will take at least a few more years. The offshore drilling sector has kept busy Latest estimates to reactivate these hi-tech developing the next generation of Drilling simulators – example of office rigs are between $30-$60million dollars per technology to increase operational based simulator vessel (hydraulics/PLCs don’t like to be efficiency, some examples include the switched off for any length of time!). development of big data analytics (GE Is Similarly to the downturn of the 1980s, the leading this advancement), digitization, industry has lost a wealth of experience in automation and IoT. A.I. technology is the process and re-education and advancing to drill virtually reality wells development will take time. building a better planned picture of Contracting has undoubtedly benefited the potential challenges. A.I. is being utilized to customer during the downturn, and it is my improve real-time data while drilling, opinion that rig day rates will need to predicting future impediments such as increase to rebalance business in the stuck pipe or the fracturing of a formation, interests of all across the supply chain. warning the operator ahead of time. Onboard drilling simulator replicating drill Today mobilization fees are uncommon, Simulators are appearing offshore to floor control systems

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THE HONOURABLE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS HONOURABLE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS LADIES’ CENTENARY GROUP [Consorts] HCMM LADIES CENTENARY GROUP HI STORY Have arranged for the National Trusts Chartwell's Learning Officer to give a talk on; In 2018 following the formation of the Centenary Fund the Mistress canvassed "WHO WAS CHURCHILL" Members’ consorts to ascertain the viability of a group not only to support the Members OCTOBER 05 2019 1400 HRS in this aim but to develop and maintain the At the Tunbridge Wells friendships and connections made onboard. Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadet Detachment In 2026 when the Company will celebrate Albion Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1PF its 100th anniversary, it is hoped to hold a very special function, and to this end The talk will last about one hour various efforts will be made to raise extra with questions being taken at the end. funds to ensure a night to remember. Tea, coffee, soft Drinks and homemade refreshments will The Mistress and Wardens’ Consorts feel be served following the talk. they would like to make a contribution and wish to invite all Members’ consorts to join If you wish to attend the cost is £10.00 per person and them in doing so. Their intention is to meet, tickets can be purchased from the current Master's wife; have fun, and develop friendships whilst Elizabeth Barclay. ([email protected]) adding to the Centenary fund. 2026 is quite All proceeds will go towards The Ladies (HCMM) some time ahead but to accumulate a Centenary Celebration Fund. worthwhile sum does take time, however, the fun and friendship would give an All Members, their Family and Friends will be welcome. immediate and lasting return. It is hoped that the Group will continue in support of We look forward to your company for what promises to be HCMM and The Wellington Trust post 2026. a very interesting afternoon OUTPORT PARTNERS It is hoped that Outports will form their Map showing the Car Park at Camden Court own autonomous Groups but in support and route to the Sea Cadet Unit, TS Brilliant. LONDON FLYING of HCMM members of that Outport . Any funds raised would be used solely at the Distance approximately 0.1 mile (176 yds) ANGEL COMMITTEE discretion of the relevant Outport Consort Group. TS Brilliant LONDON & DISTRICT GROUP The initial outing to the London Freemasons’ Hall followed by an Italian lunch was successful. Twelve ladies attended and gave positive and encouraging feedback. The second outing to Somerset House, again followed by Raising Funds for the Mission to luncheon was supported by three Members, Seafarers including the Master, and Consorts and The London Flying Angel Committee, achieved twelve participants who raising funds for The Mission to Seafarers thoroughly enjoyed themselves. to benefit Seafarers worldwide require to PROPOSED OUTING recruit some new committee members Reserve the date – 26th November, which historically have been wives of 2019 - Christmas Shopping with Master Mariners. It does not take up a Afternoon tea [1500hrs at the Cafe great deal of time, we meet 4 times a Rouge, Covent Garden] year on board HQS Wellington and arrange 2 Fund raising lunches also on INTERESTED? CAR PARK HQS Wellington, a Spring Lunch in May Further information can be obtained from and an Autumn Curry Lunch in November. The Mistress, Mrs. E. Barclay We would 1ove to hear from you and if [email protected] For those coming by train to Tunbridge you would like more information please The Immediate Past Mistress, Mrs. C. Booth Wells Station transport can be arranged at email Maureen Hockliffe Chairman of LFA [email protected] the time of booking. at [email protected] www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2019 • Page 101 Events Diary

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