Monday, 16 August 2010 21:58
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.
Letters to the Editor

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.
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?”
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.![]()
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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