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Hcmm Journal 1 2019 Online Issue 1/2019 Volume XXV No. 001 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 2018 MASTER Captain R B Booth AFNI SENIOR WARDEN Captain W J Barclay AFNI IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER Captain M Reed FNI RD* RNR WARDENS Captain D Chadburn; The Honourable Company Commander L A Chapman CMMar RN; Captain R F A Batt COURT OF ASSISTANTS of Master Mariners Commander P R F D Aylott MNI RN; Captain R W Barnes CMMar; Mr M F Burrow; Captain B A Cushing; Mr C S Dancaster; Captain PATRON S P Donkersley RFA; Mr H Dundas; Captain G English AFNI; Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN Captain I C Giddings FNI; Captain P T Hanton RFA; Mr D Ireland Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets MBE MRIN; Captain J M Simpson; Mr J Johnson-Allen FRIN; ADMIRAL Captain P J McArthur CMMar FNI FIMarEST MNM; His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Captain J K Mooney AFNI; Captain T Oliver; Captain M R Powell Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, KG KT OM GBE KCVO FNI; Captain M M Reeves MNM MNI; Captain N R Rodrigues; Captain S E Thomson CMMar; Captain S S S Judah MBE FNI; FOUNDER Captain H J Conybeare; Captain F K D'Souza FNI Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, Bt. b. 1869 d. 1951 CLERK OF THE COMPANY Commodore Angus Menzies MNI RN – [email protected] BUSINESS MANAGER – 0207 845 9872 Contents Mrs Alison Harris BA (Hons) – [email protected] FINANCE OFFICER – 0207 845 9875 Mrs Penny Burningham – [email protected] Company News Page 3 CHARTERED MASTER MARINER ADMINISTRATOR Lieutenant Scott Hanlon BA (Hons) AlnstLM, RNR Global Links Page 10 – [email protected] Latest News Page 12 RECEPTIONIST – 0207 836 8179 Gail Byrne – [email protected] Anita Matharu – [email protected] Features Page 21 HONORARY CHAPLAIN The Reverend Reginald Sweet BA RN Obituary Page 29 CORPORATE MEMBERS *Birchtree Limited; J&J Denholm Limited; Furness Withy Events Diary Page 30 (Chartering); *International Maritime Pilots' Association; John Swire & Son Limited; Maritime Underwater Securities Consultants Limited; P&O Ferries; PCA Maritime Ltd; Star Merchandise Inside Back Cover Reefers; Stephenson Harwood; The Baltic Exchange; Witherby's Publishing Group; X-PRESS Feeders; Bentley Stokes & Lowless (*Tenant company) Produced by Perfect Imaging Limited, Enterprise House, Cranes HQS WELLINGTON, Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, Farm 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 for the Catchalots Sea Pie supper. A very From the Master jovial affair; where we all sang the sea We are sorry to re cord the death of Captain R B Booth AFNI shanties in a very hearty fashion. On the following members (and past the12th a trip to Penarth for the Bristol members) of the Honourable Channel Outport Ladies Lunch and to Company of Master Mariners: oversee the handover of the Chair from • Captain Ian McDougall , Captain David Kettlety to Captain Rod 21 October 2018 McDonald, the new Secretary Ieuan Clark could not attend so Mike Reeves had to do • Captain Geoffrey Parker , one more function, well done to all. 26 October 2018 • Captain Michael Thompson , The Curry lunch at the end of February saw 8 January 2019 not only a good gathering for the Curry, but also the presentation of a further five • Captain Peter Widd , Chartered Master Mariner Certificates. It is 15 January 2019 pleasing to see that this is being taken up • Captain Anthony Vessey , by many who give of their time to promote 26 January 2019 the Maritime Industry to a wider audience. • Captain Tom Kelso , March sees Carol and I attending the 18 February 2019 Outports of Aberdeen and Glasgow for • Captain John William Bonner , their annual visits and to which we are very 28 March 2019 much looking forward. I also have the th , I am penning this quarter's offering from Court Lunch on the 6 just before Carol course, be the remit of the Wellington Trust the Master's Cabin on board Wellington, and I set off for the Granite City, then to look after them, however it has for some looking out on the Embankment to a very Glasgow to nearly bring my year to an end. considerable time been obvious that the odd February Day, bright sunshine and A year that has had its ups and downs, remit of the Trust to maintain the ship and spring like temperatures!! some good, some not so, they tell me the moorings has fallen well short of I left off my last bit from the Master as role of the Master is ceremonial, pity the expectations . It has therefore been decided Christmas was upon us and the end of word has not got out to all. to look at ways of supporting the Trust to another year, my how they seem to fly past However I am reasonably certain that we replace the dolphins. This has not been a these days, and only three months to go. have resolved most of the problems that rash decision and has been under have arisen during the year, maybe not to discussion for some time, to the point The year started slowly with a quiet where the Trust officially requested the January, a trip to Liverpool to inaugurate the satisfaction of all, but then it is never possible to placate everyone. company to guarantee some of the one the new Outport Wardroom in the Hole in million pound spend needed to replace the the Wall Pub, a long way to go but worth After our initial problems with the th dolphins just before Christmas. We have a the effort. On the 28 a very nice Lunch chartership we are still awaiting news number of options open to us to comply with the Judges at the Old Bailey, managed from the Aldermanic court, though the with that request, which it has been agreed to behave myself so got back to Wellington grapevine does sound very positive. The in principle by the Court of Assistants but without incarceration!! whole process did give us a chance to do a with caveats, which could possibly see the complete review of the chartership dolphins come into the possession of the documentation including the second Honourable Company. This is ongoing but schedule and a lot of positives came out hoped to be resolved by the April court of it. It also proved that we needed to when the Wardens will put the findings to have some robust administration of the the Court for approval. system process before going out even to the UK and Europe . In January we took We have also been continuing to review on Scott Hanlon, a very competent young the way the Company is organised in an man who was tasked with putting administrative sense and pulling together together a robust administrative system to the operating documentation into a formal run the chartership process for the administrative manual. Never an easy task, Honourable Company. He has under but a necessary one to ensure we operate a guidance from Peter McArthur, been modern transparent management structure. setting up the systems needed to run the It is hoped that this will be completed in scheme and cope with the many the not too distant future. applicants. Having seen a demonstration The mentoring scheme continues to of the system, I am now confident that we flourish, bringing in the essential youth can proceed and will have the ability to that will hopefully provide the members of make it work successfully. the future. You may also have listened to February saw Sir David Attenborough on Also, I have no doubt you are aware of the the Podcasts from the Shipping Exchange, a board for Lunch to receive a MEDIA ongoing problems with the mooring young members initiative that has gone AWARD from The UK Maritime Foundation. dolphins, which are now 70 years old and down very well and a second series is in the then the following day off to Southampton well past their sell by date. It should of pipeline. The background management to www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 1/2019 • Page 3 Company News the scheme is now five years old and will CMMar Recipiants be put under active review as well. Clerk’s Corner Commodore Angus Menzies RN So we have not been standing still, and I am pleased to be handing over to the new Master a progressive Company moving forward into the future, with a growing base of young members who want to join in and become an active part of the Honourable Company. Thank you for allowing me to be your Master and I hope that I have lived up to your expectations in leading the Cmdr Philip Harper RN Company forward. Congratulations to the following on being sworn in as: Freeman: Captain Brent Bolton, Captain Tim Boyd, Captain Gabriel Ciortescu, Captain Mike Hitch, Captain Stuart Horne, Captain Rod MacLennan Member: Mr Doug Bedford, Mr Scott Hanlon, Mr Charles Phillips, Mr James Pine, Mr Dimitrios Zafeiroudis Captain Michael Lloyd Associate: Michael Doherty, Kyle Data Protection James, Jack McNab Without trying to bore you all yet again, I Apprentice: Oscar Brann, Alex Smith offer a much reduced and I do hope final note on the Data Protection Act 1998 and EU GDPR.
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