Hello All
On 9th June 1957 the 2nd mate Doug Wardrop fell overboard from a British ship called British Monarch a Cargo ship on route from Cuba to Japan with a cargo of soya beans. She was owned by Monarch shipping company of UK.
About 4 days out from Panama towards Japan the 2nd mate was missing from his morning breakfast by the Radio Officer who did a quick search on board for him,
He was not found and the R/O informed the Captain who asked all hands to search for him----nothing found Captain Coutts asked R/O
Stan Mcnally to send out a urgency call (XXX) for all ships in vicinity
to look out for the 2nd mate in the water.
All hands on British Monarch lined the rails to look for Doug Wardrop
The 3rd mate was on the monkey island and he was the one who spotted Doug, a lifeboat was launched to pick him up after around 12 hours in the water and he was fit to stand watches again the next day after his big ordeal.!!
What we want to know is the NAME OF 3RD MATE at the time in 1957 who was on that ship at that time in June 1957, its a long time since that date and his name is now forgotton.
Stan really needs to know 3rd mates name as he has been invited
to tell this story in a Radio programme and would like to fill in a few blanks missing from the story.
So if anyone has the name please contact me or knows how to trace him any details would be very much appreciated.
Thank you in anticipation.
73.s to all from FTF
PS the full story is on a website www.mrmsw.co.uk Look under stories and you will find the story on there
On 9th June 1957 the 2nd mate Doug Wardrop fell overboard from a British ship called British Monarch a Cargo ship on route from Cuba to Japan with a cargo of soya beans. She was owned by Monarch shipping company of UK.
About 4 days out from Panama towards Japan the 2nd mate was missing from his morning breakfast by the Radio Officer who did a quick search on board for him,
He was not found and the R/O informed the Captain who asked all hands to search for him----nothing found Captain Coutts asked R/O
Stan Mcnally to send out a urgency call (XXX) for all ships in vicinity
to look out for the 2nd mate in the water.
All hands on British Monarch lined the rails to look for Doug Wardrop
The 3rd mate was on the monkey island and he was the one who spotted Doug, a lifeboat was launched to pick him up after around 12 hours in the water and he was fit to stand watches again the next day after his big ordeal.!!
What we want to know is the NAME OF 3RD MATE at the time in 1957 who was on that ship at that time in June 1957, its a long time since that date and his name is now forgotton.
Stan really needs to know 3rd mates name as he has been invited
to tell this story in a Radio programme and would like to fill in a few blanks missing from the story.
So if anyone has the name please contact me or knows how to trace him any details would be very much appreciated.
Thank you in anticipation.
73.s to all from FTF
PS the full story is on a website www.mrmsw.co.uk Look under stories and you will find the story on there