William Currans Merchant Navy Years

This is an account of my time in the merchant navy from

1948- 1952

photo taken at Buenos Aires, 29th October 1948

 

Ships

• Viking 
• St Trillo 
• SS Louth
• MV Apapa
• SS Brita/Ballyhome Bay
• MV Darro
• MV Doric
• SS Ousel
• SS Alca
• MV Australind
• British Holly
• Captain Hobson
• Rippingham Grange 

Certificates

• City Of Liverpool, “Preliminary Course of Training for Boys” [May 1948]
• Certificate of Discharge, “SS Viking” [10th Aug 1948]
• Certificate of Discharge, “MV ST Trillo” [22nd Sept 1948]
• Discharge Books 1 – 2 – 3

William Curran [Billy] was born on 11th February 1933 in the city of Liverpool, and as a young boy he had to live through the horrors of the blitz.

Billy was the third son of  John [commonly know as Jack] and Marjorie Curran, and had 4 brothers and 2 sisters: Ronnie, Donald, Tony,  Jimmy, Molly and Noreen. 

A  natural choice for a young lad from Liverpool was to join the Merchant Navy after the Second World War. Billy spent 4 years at sea travelling the world, before joining the Royal Air Force in 1952. 

This website is an account of those 4 years in the Merchant Navy, and the different ships he sailed and worked on.

Also on this website is the account of Billy’s father [John/Jack Curran] who was in the Merchant Navy for many years, and witnessed Hitler’s campaign to destroy Britain’s live line, by sinking as many merchant ships as possible carrying vital supplies. Jack Curran’s ships were unfortunately sank 3 time by Hitlers U-Boats.