British Defender
People say you always know where you were when John F. Kennedy was killed. I was a Deck Apprentice on British Defender somewhere in the Indian Ocean. My cabin mate was Les Jones (Years later we compared our Apprentices Journals of the time), the Master was Ashman and the Mate Milward. The Mate stood at our port hole about 0600 and told us the news. Indian crew I think.The ship was a 12!!! (12,000 dwt)
Saw the ship laid up on the Tyne and then years later as a dredger (Red Funnel as I recall)
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