leslie j thompson ampol

Northbound at Cape Flattery, Great Barrier Reef, 1963

Northbound from Botany Bay to Dumai, Sumatra 1963. Cape Flattery of James Cook fame in background.

Eastbound off East Timor from Dumai to Botany Bay, 1963. In 1970 I got my first job as Chief Officer on LJT.

She was laid down as Naess Dragon but was bought on the stocks at Cockerill in Belgium and was launched as Leslie J Thompson for Ampol Petroleum Ltd of Sydney. Like all Ampol ships up to 1965 she was under the UK flag. The pennants are the Qld Coast & Torres Strait pilots number. Early vhf sets