Journal kept by Frank Dawson, navigating officer apprentice with BP Tanker Co. Ltd.
A navigating officer apprentices' journal kept by Frank Dawson during his training with the BP Tanker Co. Ltd., the main shipping organisation of British Petroleum, 1957-1961.
Dawson kept his journal as a requirement of his training, between 29 May 1957 and 21 January 1961. He records movements of the tankers BRITISH BULLDOG (1951), BRITISH SERGEANT (1954), BRITISH SPLENDOUR (1950), BRITISH DESTINY (1959) and BRITISH PILOT ex EMPIRE MacCOLL (1943), with details of their navigational equipment, crews, and ports of call. The more personal entries discuss life on board, various jobs he was given, difficulties in sleeping due to hot weather and rough seas, preparation for examinations, and trips ashore. The text is accompanied by newspaper cuttings, postcards, various tickets and his own drawings.
Dawson kept his journal as a requirement of his training, between 29 May 1957 and 21 January 1961. He records movements of the tankers BRITISH BULLDOG (1951), BRITISH SERGEANT (1954), BRITISH SPLENDOUR (1950), BRITISH DESTINY (1959) and BRITISH PILOT ex EMPIRE MacCOLL (1943), with details of their navigational equipment, crews, and ports of call. The more personal entries discuss life on board, various jobs he was given, difficulties in sleeping due to hot weather and rough seas, preparation for examinations, and trips ashore. The text is accompanied by newspaper cuttings, postcards, various tickets and his own drawings.
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