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my dad sailed on the mv pacific president, went down in 1940 dec 2nd, I thought he went down on russian convoy. HECTOR MACKAY merchant navy 1953-1962 .

My dad was Terence Fairbrother (Chief Steward or Catering Officer) on the Lycaon during the falklands conflict, My mum was pregnant at the time with my brother. I was 10yrs, mum had my brother craig 16th Sept. Just after my dad came home. I have been trying to find out things about him and the people on the Lycaon during the Falklands as he died in 1995 before I could appreciate the things he told me. Lorraine

My father Roland Dodds was an engineer on the City of Cairo. He didn't really talk much about it until his later years. He criticised the book as he was placed in the wrong lifeboat. I remember him telling me that they hoped to get to St. Helena but that if they missed it there would have been no chance of survival. He also said that when they landed at St. Helena the men ran to the Governor's House. I didn't realise until years later that the Governor's House was high up on the hilly island.
i understand that he and some other men had the use of a car while they were there. Unfortunately the brakes failed on this car and they had to jump out of the car to save their lives!
My father suffered from nightmares and asthma in the early post war years which obviously came from the stress involved in the sinking of the City of Cairo......

It was lovely to see Dad's photo on your website

I was a Ganges boy 1967 did you know there was a ganges web site nice to see the old MAST now and again did you know there was a tv program about the ss city of cairo sinking also serialisation in the sunday express. i have tried to find out more detail. the person i am interested in is lewis scaife chief engineer on the ss templeyard, looks like he was heading home on the ss city of cairo.

Hugh, I came across this site by accident. I only wish to say well done on your achievement here and I wish you every success in building upon this project. Best wishes, a former matelo.......Tom

Well done on the hard work a good site hope you keep it going a lot of people from Scotland can see your site now.
Regards Hugh.

Many thanks for the website.

My grandfather, Alexander Marshall, was in Boat 8. Was moving to read the book, and yr site is a gr8 resource.

Blessings
Andy

What a wondeful WW2 MN website! Well laid out, easy to use and nice to look at, I came across it via a guest book entry in Danny Omara's Operation Pedestal site.

Obviously a great deal of care, time and effort has gone into your work and I'm sure it is appreciated by the families of those lost from the SS City of Cairo.

Having a similar interest in a couple of WW2 ships (SS Ceramic and MV Melbourne Star), I've been fascinated by the wealth of detail you have researched for your commemorative tribute. Thanks for sharing it all. Best wishes,

Frank

I stumbled on your super site whilst searching for information on Dr Douglas Quantrill. Congratulations on a splendid tribute to your father.
I regret to tell you that Dr Quantrill who had been a valued customer and later a friend passed away in 2005. We shared a dram only a few days before.

This is a beautiful tribute to your father and those others who were on that ill-fated ship. Very well researched and presented and no doubt you spent a lot of time compiling it.Some of today's moaning minnies should have a shufti at your site and realise how well off they are. I served some 30 years as Sparks with the RFA and cannot imagine the horror of taking to lifeboats in the middle of the ocean especially in those days.
Thanks for a most interesting site.