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Letters to the EditorThe pages of Sea Breezes are open for free and temperate discussion on matters of interest to those with a professional or vocational interest in the ships and the sea. Typewritten letters are better but hand-writing is acceptable as long as unusual names are printed. The writer’s name should always be printed under the signature. All e-mail communications should also contain the full mailing address of the correspondent. Anonymous letters will not be accepted. Please keep letters as short and to the point as possible.

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Stranding of the “Caledonia”

THE ENTERTAINING ACCOUNT OF THE STRANDING of the paddle steamer Caledonia in the Kyles of Bute in 1957, (Sea Breezes, June 2010) occasions some surprise at the apparent lack of professionalism by the crew.

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Left Funnels

I QUITE ENJOYED BRIAN COOIL’S ARTICLE ‘F is for Funnel’ in the March 2010 issue of Sea Breezes. His parting remark was “Didn’t some ships going up the Manchester Ship Canal leave their funnel tops at the beginning of the canal?”

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More Abandoned Whalers

WITH REFERENCE TO THE ARTICLE IN THE JUNE 2010 Sea Breezes, ‘Abandoned Whalers Salvaged at South Georgia’, the company I worked for before retiring, Seabulk Offshore SA, had one AHTS vessel, Seabulk Condor, stationed in the Falkland Islands on charter to the MoD. At least once a year the vessel would visit South Georgia with supplies etc and various Masters and officers sent me photos of their voyages.South Georgia Whaler

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“Empire Cato”

IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED if anyone can help me obtain a photo of the Empire Cato, built by the Ministry of War in 1942 and operated by Hain Steamships. The vessel was sold in 1948 to the Clan Line and renamed Clan Mackenzie.

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