Sorry about the poor quality of the photo.
Maybe someone can fill in the gaps to the missing names.
A Kiwi in a Scottish ships' football team seems a bit out of place but I was probably only there for the free Ben Line T-shirt.
Back L to R
Gordon MacKay (D/Cdt.), Dave Keillor (Ch/Off.), Peter Birni
A rare sight on a container ship, an empty foredeck...!!! This was taken after a drydock in Hamburg in early 1974, crossing the channel to load up in Southampton. They were not happy ships to sail on as I was later to find out.
6/1930 Completed by Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow (Yard No. 834) for the Ben Line Steamers of Leith.
5,872 grt
3,723 net
425 x 56 x 29'
Triple expansion, 2,600 ihp by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd., Greenock. 12 knots.
11/9/1940 Sunk by gunfire of the German raider "KANDELFELS" (also known as &