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    SHIPS MAIL

    Dec 24, 2021 4 minutes

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    AN EARLY WINGSAIL ON A CARGO VESSEL

    The photograph of the coaster Ashington passing Canberra (SM, Nov 2021) brought back happy memories. I was the master of Ashington, which we called ‘Ashcan’ with affection. The wingsail with which she was fitted was on its maiden voyage, having come from King George V dry dock, and the ship was bound for the Shannon, to load a cargo of Alumina for Alcan in Blyth.

    The wingsail was landed ashore a couple of weeks after I left the ship to take my Trinity House Deep Sea Pilot’s Certificate, a job I did for 21 years until retirement in

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