Frank King

On Clan MacIlwraith

Service Record	From	To
HMS Conway Pre Sea	1956	1958
Umtata Cadet	1958	1959
Clan Buchanan Cadet	5/1959	4/1960
Hesperia Cadet	1960	10/1960 Vessel renamed
Clan Murdoch Cadet	10/1960	2/1961
Clan MacLay Cadet	1961	3/1962
King Arthur 3rd Officer	4/1962	11/1962
Clan MacLay 3rd Officer	11/1963	7/1964
Clan Forbes 3rd Officer	11/1964	6/1965
Clan MacLean 2nd Officer	12/1965	3/1966
Rowallan Castle 2nd Officer	7/1966	1967
Clan MacNair 2nd Officer	4/1967	6/1967
Clan MacIlwraith Chief Officer	1967	1967
Clan MacIntyre Chief Officer	10/1967	2/1968
Clan MacLay Chief Officer	11/1968	8/1970
Clan MacLennan Chief Officer	1/1971	6/1971
Rotherwick Castle Chief Officer	8/1971	11/1972
Rotherwick Castle Chief Officer	4/1973	10/1973
Clan MacIntosh Chief Officer	2/1974	7/1974
Clan MacIlwraith Chief Officer	1975	3/1976
Clan Graham Chief Officer	1977	8/1980
Scirocco Universal Chief Officer	1983	11/1986
Al Zahrah Master	1/1987	8/1987
Uranus Master	6/1989	11/1989
Uranus Master	2/1990	8/1990
Meltem Master	11/1990	5/1991
Uranus Master	1991	9/1992
Pluto Master	10/1992	1993
Al Zahrah Master	8/1993	1994
Bering Universal Master	5/1994
Died	29 August 2022

Memories of Frank King

Richard Precious

Did an East Africa trip on the MacIlwraith with him - Nov 75 to March 76. He was C/O and I was 3/O. Carried four deck cadets, one of which was Dave Boniface.

A great guy - a bit eccentric - but a good officer

Andy McCulloch

My Chief Officer on a couple of ships. One was the Macnab and the other one of the Saudi reefers. My recollection of him on them was a slight faux pas on arrival in Jeddah. It was his first time there and when some local official came to see him he leapt to his feet and said "Shalom".

We took him to one side afterwards and explained why that wasn't really helpful!

David Innes

Sailed with him as cadet on the very first cadetship s/s Umtata in 1958

Tom Martel

Sad news. Spent some time with Capt. King out in Ulsan, South Korea for the build of Pluto and Uranus

Our last trip together was on Bering Universal for the handover to the Greeks.

Capt Frank King

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