MEDIC / ODYEFS

BUILT BY SWAN HUNTERS IN 1963 AT WALLSEND.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO 'MEGANTIC'. HER RADIO CALLSIGN WAS ' GLNA'.

 THE LOWER PICTURE SHOWS HER ALONGSIDE MEAT LOADERS IN BLUFF.

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1979 TO A GREEK COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'ODYEFS'.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1987 IN PAKISTAN.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTGRAPHS  ( PLUS THE ABOVE ONE OF MEDIC ALONGSIDE ) WERE PROVIDED BY BRIAN DRUMM WHO DID A RELIEF TRIP ON MEDIC, WHILE THE PERMANENT RADIO OFFICER WAS SICK IN HOSPITAL. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BETWEEN THE 14TH AND 20TH SEPTEMBER 1968.THE MASTER AT THE TIME WAS J O WILLIAMS, WHO FLEW A BLUE ENSIGN ON THE STERN BECAUSE "THE OLD MAN HAD BEEN IN THE NAVY" .

THE RADIO ROOM ONBOARD MEDIC

ON THE LEFT IS THE MARCONI MARINE OCEANSPPAN MAIN TRANSMITTER. JUST TO THE RIGHT IS A SALVOR EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER, WITH THE MARCONI AERIAL SWITCHING UNIT ABOVE IT.TO THE RIGHT OF THE SALVOR IS THE ALERT RESERVE RECEIVER, NEXT TO IT IS THE ATALANTA MAIN RECEIVER. TOP RIGHT IS THE BATERRY CHARGING UNIT.

ANOTHER SHOT OF THE RADIO ROOM, FAR RIGHT IS A MARCONI MARINE " DYNATRON" BROADCAST RECEIVER. TO ITS LEFT IS A MARCONI MARINE SEAGUARD AUTO ALARM RECEIVER, THESE WERE USUALLY RACK MOUNTED OR OF THE 'UPRIGHT' TYPE, I DON'T RECALL SEEING A STAND ALONE DESK TOP VERSION BEFORE.