Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

By Randolph Magri-Overend I am perched on the edge of my seat at the rear of the 9.30 am bus from Lake Taupo to Wellington, a lens stuck...

Shaw Savill's Gothic was refitted to become the royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Royal Yacht Britannia was...

By Randolph Magri-Overend. Randolph Magri-Overend was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1940. He ran away to sea as a Cadet Purser with Canadian...

From Purser to Punter By Randolph Magri-Overend P&O ARCADIA On Wednesday 26 February 2014 Jenny, Siobhan and I caught the 9 pm from...

By Jamie Shedden The Boat Train Has Arrived After 37 with Air New Zealand, you would think that Jamie Shedden would know all there was to...

By Jamie Shedden The Shaw Savill Society was formed in 1975 after Shaw Savill sold the remaining units of our passenger fleet, with first...

P&O Purser Cadet - Passing out in 1974 - Cheeky face of Terry Williams (Front 2nd Left) Shaw Savill Pursers taking a well-earned break....

An Officer’s Stripes created quite a debate. A lot of old Seadogs believed that too many cruise ship personnel are now classed as...

Tony McGuire recalls the day he was shot by the Chief Steward onboard RMS Durango in 1966 The RMS Durango after a shooting incident,...

Carnival Mardi Gras - Roller Coaster Ride 2021 has certainly been a roller coaster ride for the cruise industry and l am not talking...

Capt. Peter Love. Capt. Jock Leferve and Cruise Director Chris Chapman. Not sure who Santa was. Although I spent a few Christmases at...

Old Seadogs like myself just love to reminisce about the wonderful times that we all spent at sea. I love it when you share your...

By Jamie Shedden As junior purser on Shaw Savill's ss. Southern Cross I had a grandstand view from the bridge when I was ‘berthed’ in...

I love it when fellow Seadogs get in touch and share some of their antidotes about life at sea. I have regular contributors that share...

Shaw Savill A Ships By Jamie Shedden When I joined Arawa in January 1970, I was surprised that the Purser's staff were made up with...

By Jamie Shedden When I joined Shaw Savill in 1967 as assistant Purser, one of the many jobs of the Purser was to “wear” the baggage...

Jamie was a purser with Shaw Savill and has been sharing some of his stories here on “Ramblings of a Salty Seadog”. This week I received...

Prior to getting the job at sea, when I left school, I had a job with the British Linen Bank, in Glasgow, one of many branches in the...

On my first voyage (Dec '67) on Shaw Savill's Southern Cross, after the incident in Papeete, I had to keep my head low and try to do the...

It's great when fellow Seadogs get involved and share their story. John Martin tells of the final voyage of Elder Dempster's passenger...