The Bitter End

The Voyages of Steve Monks

m.s. CANARA

27/09/1967 - 11/03/1968 - 1st Trip
08/04/1968 - 21/06/1968 - 2nd Trip

PARTICULARS

Ships Official Number:	168302	Builders:	Barclay Curle & Co. Ltd.
Registered in	London		Glasgow, Scotland
Owners:	B.I.S.N. Co.
Gross Tonnage	7024	Net Tunnage	3990
Summer Deadweight	9875	Draft	27 ft 03 in
Overall Length	488 ft 06 in	Overall Beam	62 ft 11 in
Engines	Twin Screw Doxford opposed pistons	BHP	7200
Ships Callsign	MAGZ

OFFICERS

Commander	Captain R.C.Old	Chief Engineer	Mr N. Dodds
Chief Officer	Dave James	2nd Engineer	T.M.B. Knottle
2nd Officer	Robin Leighton	3rd Engineer	D.J. Tranter
3rd Officer	Chris Fox	3rd Engineer	H. Brown
Cadet	Steve Monks	4th Engineer	Dave Yanik
Cadet	Jim McNamara	Junior Engineer	K. Jackson
Cadet	Chris Rudd	Junior Engineer	Alistair Wells
Cadet	Tim Maloney	Junior Engineer	R.S. Wilkinson
Radio Officer	M. Nash	Junior Engineer	Dave Burnett

VOYAGES

1st Trip: Joined on 27/09/1967 at London King George V to Antwerp, Hull, Middlesborough, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanga, Mombasa, London (Tilbury). Ended 11/03/1968.

2nd Trip: Rejoined on 08/04/1968 at London (Tilbury) to Durban, Jeddah, Port Sudan, Massawa, Aden, Bombay (where transfered to Dwarka on 21/07/1968).