Arriving at the fitting out berth

As African Lion

Some of the huge logs on No 4 hatch.

They were loaded at Abidjan in July and discharged at Mediterranean ports

Review - December 1964

I served on the King Henry as a junior to third engineer from spring 1967 to 1968 Corner Brook to Brisbane with newsprint.

Port Lincoln to Cochin in Southern India with bulk grain.

Then across to the Red Sea to load a land based oil rig ( 2 weeks to load from a tank landing craft).

Discharged in Dammam in the Persian Gulf.

Light ship to Reunion.

Bulk sugar to Marseille.

Light ship Marseille to Corner Brook then off to Brisbane again with Newspriint.

Port Pirie to Avonmouth with lead and zinc concentrates.

Terrific storm in the Australian Bight. Is there any one out there that sailed on that 13 month voyage.

It was a wonderful ship. The engine room was tip top

Stopped at sea twice in 2.1/2 years to change exhaust valves!!

Peter Gibbs - Junior Engineer

KING HENRY was photographed passing Portishead, outbound from Avonmouth,

on 23rd May 1970 while on charter to Eastern Africa National Shipping Limited

Photograph by Malcolm Cranfield

Review - October 1958

1972 Sold to Greece