Category: From the brush of…

  • 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…
  • 25 October, 2021
    From the brush of... “Big ships need big tugs” said Sir William Hoy, Chairman of the South African Railways and…
  • 26 September, 2021
    From the brush of... When I was about 11 I started reading “Sea Breezes”. At that time the most interesting…