Chief Officer of the "Rothesay Castle" when she ran aground on the West coast of Scotland at full speed and was a total loss in 1940.   


Service Record

From

To

Rothesay Castle

Chief Officer


1/1940

Wrecked

Stirling Castle

1st Officer

1949


Dunnottar Castle

Chief Officer

8/1951

9/1951

Capetown Castle

Chief Officer

3/1952


Arundel Castle

Chief Officer

1953


Rustenburg Castle

Master

10/1955

1/1956

Bloemfontein Castle

Master

4/1956

6/1956

Riebeeck Castle

Master

10/1956

01/10/1956

Died

28 October 1956

Aged 47

Obituary - 1956

Seaview - Winter 1956/57

Capt G W Laurenson

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