In the alley on the lower deck, I find seamen from all over India sharing jokes and working with clinical efficiency. |
Eleven seamen were killed, others were wounded, and many were subsequently interned. |
Even before the ship had left Buenos Aires some of the British seamen objected to sailing with Greeks. |
Crew from the admiral down to ordinary seamen had no enmity towards their opposite numbers. |
The main thing now is that 90 per cent of all lifeboatmen are not seamen traditionally and we are having to train people from the very start. |
While the sunset is a moment for quiet reflection for landlubbers like me, for the seamen it is the time for extra vigilance. |