Jon ROBERTS (England)

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Hailing originally from Manchester – UK, born 4th March 1952, I attended the International Marine Radio College in Brook’s Bar Manchester from September 1969 through to December 1971. During that time, I obtained my MRGC Certificate – M/70 and the Board of Trade Radar Maintenance Certificate – 4522 and swiftly gained employment with the Cunard Steamship Company (Radio & Electronic Services) as a Radio Officer onboard the ACL Container ship – Atlantic Causeway -GZML. I may hasten to add, that this was in a Junior capacity as I still needed my qualifying sea-going time to endorse my maritime qualifications. Further voyages on the Atlantic Causeway-GZML & Atlantic Conveyor-GZMM soon had my ticket endorsed and me being packed off around the world to fend for myself.
I worked on various vessels of the Cunard Fleet: Container-RoRo, Reefer, Tankers, Bulk Carriers and even had a daliance with J. Marr trawlers off Iceland.
My maritime career was fairly short as I started in the summer of 1971 (Trawlers) and took my final exit in March 1977, a most enjoyable and memorable experience. I now operate the amateur callsign G4ZMM in memory of the S.S. Atlantic Conveyor-GZMM and her crew, sadly lost in the Falklands conflict of 1982.

1971-Aug    Zonia Stern Trawler – GPTU
1972-Jan    Atlantic Causeway – GZML Container RoRo
1972-June  Atlantic Conveyor – GZMM Container RoRo
1972-Sept  Port Brisbane – GWRC Cargo Reefer
1973-Apr,   Port Caroline – GYJV Cargo Reefer
1973-Apr,   Port Alfred – GHHD Cargo Reefer
1973-Aug   Lucigen – GKGE Product Tanker
1974-Mar   Lumen – GPAL Product Tanker
1974-Oct    Luminous – GYUR Product Tanker
1975-May  Cunard Carronade – GPOC Bulker
1976-Jan    ACT 3 – GZKA Container
1976-Sept  Matangi – GHQA Cargo Reefer

Photo on my first ship, in the Radio Room of the Atlantic Causeway-GZML circa February1972