My Grandfather, Wilfred William Halliday, joined the Merchant Navy in 1912 (Elders and Fyffes) as a Junior Officer. He rose through the ranks and became Chief Engineer in approximately 1927.

He was the chief engineer on a merchant navy ship, who left his college-student daughter and wife back. It was supposed to be a routine trip. On July 22, 2014, while on their way from Ghana to ...

And the tragic hero in this real life depiction is the indefinitely docked tug MV Brahmekshara’s Malayali Chief Engineer, T S Sreekumar--’marooned’ on board the vessel for over six months ...

He said: “I am the third generation of my family to serve in the Merchant Navy. "My maternal grandfather, an Engineer Officer, was fortunate to survive when his oil tanker was torpedoed during ...