John Davies (South Africa)

My name is John Davies, born 1953 in South Africa. My parents moved  to   UK with the family  in   the 1960’s. I  attended   Brunel  Technical  College,  Bristol  1977-79, obtaining the MRGC and radar certificates. My first few ships were with Unicorn lines of Durban, South Africa and in 1980 I joined Swire Pacific in Hong Kong, sailing on all sorts of vessels including cargo, container, two cruise liners and a VLCC. In 1988 I   transferred  to  their   offshore division and worked as ETO on Heavy Lift and Dive Support vessels. In 1983 I  had  returned to    Brunel  to  do  the  Diploma in Marine Electronics, and met Graham Wright, G4FUJ, who is included in these biographies. Graham and I used to study together and cram for the exams, forgetting it   all later after consuming vast quantities of beer!  The photo shows me with my daughter aged 5 on the cruse ship “Coral Princess” in 1987. I lived in Thailand   for  ten  years until 1991 when I moved to Singapore and got a shore job. Now I am back at  sea   again as  ETO on board a Dive Support Vessel working in Asian waters. I am quite active as a radio amateur from Singapore with the call 9V1VV, especially on the low bands. 73 de John