Author: david

  • 24 July, 2023
    Waratah's second voyage to Australia commenced in April 1909. On 27th July, she was sighted by the cargo steamer "Clan…
  • 28 February, 2023
    From the brush of David Bray Sea Breezes issue: March 2023 The paintings this month represent three phases in the…
  • 27 January, 2023
    From the brush of David Bray Sea Breezes issue: January 2023 In 1960, my old friend Captain Peter Elphick found…
  • 15 December, 2022
    From the brush of David Bray Sea Breezes issue: November 2022 Mention the words "Union Steam" and the Union Steamship…
  • 22 July, 2022
    From the brush of David Bray January this year (2022) marked the 70th anniversary of a maritime event that briefly gripped…
  • 21 June, 2022
    From the brush of David Bray “We’re NEVER late….we’re the Mail Boat” I was very interested to read the article…
  • 21 May, 2022
    From the brush of David Bray In 1973 I was sailing as Second Mate on the RRS “John Biscoe”, a…
  • 23 February, 2022
    Published in Sea-Breezes magazine by David Bray and Simon Adams We have a breakfast bar in our kitchen, but it…
  • 29 December, 2021
    From the brush of... “Arlanza” was one of three ships built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, for the Royal Mail…
  • 24 November, 2021
    From the brush of... In the development of merchant and naval shipping, the ocean-going paddle steamer was ultimately a dead…