Merchant
Navy Seafaring Experience: Jack Adamson
1936-1958 |
History:
- 1936 - 1940: Joined merchant navy as an apprentice
for Douglas & Ramsey Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland
serving on Foreign Going Steamships.
- 1942: Mate Home Trade Certificate - Leith Nautical
College
- June 1947: Joined C.T. Bowring Steamships Ltd.,
London, England
- 1949: 2nd Mate Foreign Going Certificate - Leith
Nautical College
- 1951: 1st Mate Foreign Going Certificate - Leith
Nautical College
- 1953: Master Foreign Going Certificate #71390
- Leith Nautical College
|
| Year |
Rank |
Ships |
1940 |
Able Seaman |
Member of Merchant Navy Reserve
Pool for duration of the war. |
1940-42 |
Able Seaman |
SS. Stanlake |
| |
Bosun |
SS. Orkla |
| |
2nd Mate |
SS. Durham Coast
(H.T.) |
1944 |
3rd Mate |
SS. Barrington Court (F.G.) |
1947 |
2nd Mate |
SS. Blyth (H.T.) |
| |
3rd Mate |
MV. Luculus (Tanker) |
| |
3rd Mate |
MV. Empire Newfoundland (Heavy
Lift) |
| |
3rd Mate |
El Gallo (Tanker) |
| El Gallo 1941 - ex- Empire
Emerald, 1946 purchased from Ministry of War Transport
renamed El Gallo, 1959 scrapped. 8,032 tonnes. |
1948 |
3rd Mate |
SS. Cape Breton (Cargo) |
| Cape Breton 1940 - 1962
scrapped. 6,044 tonnes. |
| |
3rd Mate |
MV. Regent Lion (Tanker) |
Regent Lion (1) 1937 17th
February 1945 torpedoed & sunk SW of Gibraltar. 9,551
tonnes.
Regent Lion (2) 1945 ex- Empire Trinidad , 1943 purchased
from Ministry of War Transport, renamed Regent Lion,
1955 renamed Camillo, 1960 scrapped. 8,217 tonnes. |
| |
3rd Mate |
MV. Regent Jaguar (Tanker) |
| Regent Jaguar managed 1941
formerly - Empire Jet, 1946 purchased from Ministry of
War Transport, renamed Regent Jaguar, 1959 scrapped.
8,134 tonnes. |
| |
3rd Mate |
MV. Regent Tiger (Tanker) |
Regent Tiger (1) 1938 -
8th September 1939 torpedoed & sunk west of Ireland.
10,176 tonnes.
Regent Tiger (2) 1946 - 1954 renamed Capulet, 1966 scrapped.
9,960 tonnes. |
| |
2nd Mate |
MV. Regent Tiger (Tanker) |
| See above. |
| |
2nd Mate |
MV. Regent Lion (Tanker) |
| See above. |
| |
2nd Mate |
MV. Regent Leopard (Tanker) |
| Regent Leopard acquired
1949. 1960 renamed Prospero, 1960 sold to France renamed
Pontigny. 8,439 tonnes. |
| |
1st Mate |
MV. Regent Tiger (Tanker) |
| See above. |
| |
1st Mate |
MV. Regent Leopard (Tanker) |
| See above. |
1954 |
1st Mate |
SS. Cape Breton (Cargo) |
| Cape Breton 1940 - 1962
scrapped. 6,044 tonnes. |
1957 |
1st Mate |
MV. Regent Lion (Tanker) |
| See above. |
| |
1st Mate |
MV. Camillo (Tanker) |
| See Regent Lion above. |
1957-58 |
Master |
SS. Sept-Iles (Bulk Carrier - Oil/Ore) |
| YEAR |
RANK |
SHIP/TRAINING |
