JIM ARCHBOLD
2ND MATE, M.V. "KENYA CASTLE"
E-mail 29/10/2006
Delighted to see your Register! I joined U-C in 1952 after obtaining
my 2nd
Mate's Certificate.I was 4th on the Llanstephan Castle and voyaged
in her to
the breakers yard in Newport Feb 1952.
I Joined Edinburgh Castle as 4th Officer in April'52.
Subsequently Durban Castle 4th Officer 1952., Rowallan Castle 1953
3rd and
2nd officer, Roxburgh Castle 1953-1954. 2nd Officer, .Obtained 1st
Mate Feb
1955 and served as 3rd Officer on Capetown Castle from Feb 1955 to
May 1956.
Extra 2nd Officer on Dunnottar Castle from 1956 to 1957., 2nd
Officer
Arundel Castle April 1957 to Sept 1957
(Married Sep 57),
2nd Officer Kenya Castle from Nov 1957 to Jan 1958 . I left the sea in 1958 and emigrated to South Africa,.
Regards
Jim Archbold.
30th. September 2007
Whilst visiting Cape Town in August I had the pleasure attending the lunch organised by Dudley Ellam for the 'old guard', British & Commonwealth people from ashore and afloat to remember the last sailing of the "S.A. Vaal". I sat next to Jim and we must have bored to tears those around us with our "do you remember old so and so" stories. But it was great to meet someone who until that time I knew only as an e-mail address, Jim was very much senior to me in the Company.
OGK
