Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Brian_C on November 11, 2007, 09:43:32 pm

Title: UNUSUAL RARE & ODD SHIP PICTURES
Post by: Brian_C on November 11, 2007, 09:43:32 pm

found this old paper cutting in my late fathers collection,,      its the graf spee in montevedeo harbour, the signatures are of the 23 british masters and officers onboard during the engagement,  it was taken 2nd jan 1940                (there must be more oddball pics of ships out there) let us all see them.. O0

Title: Re: UNUSUAL RARE & ODD SHIP PICTURES
Post by: MikeK on November 12, 2007, 08:09:36 am

We took coal to Montevideo around 1959 and made friends with a group of people ashore. They invited us to their home for a meal the following day where we were introduced to their parents. It turned out the father was a cook from the Graf Spee who had settled there.I remember it was an odd feeling talking to someone linked to a piece of history so well known.

MikeK