Service History

Kinnaird Castle (1967)

•     Served as a Cadet ship, sailing from Coastal to Dry Dock, North Shields.
•     Route included Liverpool via Scapa Flow to North Shields.

Clan McTavish (1968 – 1969)

•     Heavy lift operations, transporting 90-tonne sugar boilers to Mauritius.
•     Voyages included London, Hamburg, Lobito, Cape Town, Durban, Dar es Salaam, Mauritius, Mombasa, Tanga, Beira, Durban, Cape Town, Walvis Bay,     Cadiz, Marseilles, Barcelona, Livorno, Genoa, Barcelona, Gibraltar, and Las Palmas.
•     Returned to London with a full cargo of fish meal.

Clan Mactaggart

•     Voyage to Mombasa.
•     The ship was later sent to Shanghai for scrapping.

King Alexander

•     Sailed to London as Junior Engineer.
•     Transported deck cargo including elephants and water buffalo.

Clan Alpine

•     Coastal service.

Pendennis Castle

•     Served until 1972.

Clan Macindoe

•     Served until 1973.

Additional Experience

•     Worked on all Mail Ships and Clan R ships in Southampton, temporarily attached to the shore squad.

Education

•     Cadet at South Shields College, 1966–1967 and 1969.

Rob sadly passed away on 27 May 2020 after contracting COVID-19 while in hospital.