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Image courtesy of Tom McGrattan |
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Image courtesy of Tom McGrattan |
IONIC ( 3rd ) / GLENPARVA
BUILT BY CAMMEL- LAIRD AT BIRKENHEAD IN 1959. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO IBERIC,ILLYRIC AND ICENIC. IN 1978 SHE WAS SOLD TO A CYPRIOT COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'GLENPARVA'. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1979 AT KAOHSIUNG.THE TOP PICTURE SHOWS IONIC IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN MARCH 1976.
A FIRST TRIP TO SEA
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TOM McCAFFREY ( RIGHT ) & COLLEAGUE IN THEIR CABIN
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TOM McCAFFREY AFTER TOPPING THE DERRICKS |
SOME OF THE CREW A SHORE IN GREECE IN 1971 WITH TOM McCAFFREY IN THE FRONT AND MV IONIC IN THE BACKGROUND. |
PICAIRN ISLAND |
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THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN DURING TOM McCAFFREY'S FIRST TRIP TO SEA AS DECK BOY ON THE MV IONIC. THEY SAILED FROM KING GEORGE V DOCK IN LONDON ON 5TH JANUARY 1971. IONIC RE-FUELLED IN THE DUTCH WEST INDIES AND THEN THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO THE SUMARA ISLANDS AND ONTO NEW ZEALAND.THE RETURN TRIP WAS VIA PITCAIRN ISLAND AND INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ARRIVING BACK IN THE U.K ON 21ST JUNE 1971. ON THE 19TH JULY THEY SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW ZEALAND ONCE AGAIN. THE SHIP'S MASTER AT THE TIME WAS CAPTAIN CLIVE DOWNS ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF TOM McCAFFREY
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MARSHALL FRASER/GREASER IN THE CREW BAR ON IONIC |
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DUNCAN MONTGOMERY
< REGARDING THE PHOTOS OF TOM MC CAFFREYS TAKEN ABOARD IONIC THE ONE OF THE CREW MEMBER IN THE BAR IS OF A GREASER BY THE NAME OF MARSHALL FRASER HE WAS ON THERE IN 1969 WHEN I WAS THERE HE WAS A SOUTH AFRICAN AND A REAL HUMEROUS SHIP MATE LIVED IN THE FAST LANE LAST TIME I RUN INTO HE WAS ON ONE OF HAINES IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI I DID HEAR HE DIED IN THE LATE 70S HOPE THIS IMFORMATION IS OF USE TO SOMEONE >
