Memoirs

The Sugar Importer

Voyage to Trinidad

The 4,024grt Sugar Importer was built in 1955 by Hall, Russell at Aberdeen for Silvertown Services. In 1962 she was sold to Robert Jones & Co. (Uskside SS Co.), and renamed Uskport. In 1967 she joined Cie Maritime et Commerciale du Sud-Ouest as Laroche, and in 1973 she was sold to Macedonia Cia Naviera SA and renamed Macedonia. On 22nd January 1980 she arrived at Inverkeithing to be broken up by T. W. Ward & Co.
The 4,024grt Sugar Importer was built in 1955 by Hall, Russell at Aberdeen for Silvertown Services. In 1962 she was sold to Robert Jones & Co. (Uskside SS Co.), and renamed Uskport. In 1967 she joined Cie Maritime et Commerciale du Sud-Ouest as Laroche, and in 1973 she was sold to Macedonia Cia Naviera SA and renamed Macedonia. On 22nd January 1980 she arrived at Inverkeithing to be broken up by T. W. Ward & Co.

It was Monday the 28th March 1960 and I was at home and my leave was about to end, so I started to pack my things and prepare myself for another trip to sea. I left home one morning bright and early and caught the bus to town and then the train to Woolwich. From there I made my way to the royal group Docks.

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I reported to the federation offices in the docks and was given a ship I had been on before, the Sugar importer of Silvertown Services. I was to be the pantry boy again. As a pantry boy my job function was to keep the pantry area clean and tidy, I was to do all the washing up and some food preparation. I also had the job of cleaning the stairs and corridors from the bridge down to our cabin corridor.

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