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of a transfer to another ship they quietened down
and remained orderly. Generally speaking the
crew remained to the last. I have been nearly
one year on this coast and made five similar voyages. I hold a 2nd Mates Certificate of Competency for
a Foreign Going Steamship and I was signed on as
Acting Chief Officer on the 18th July because the
injured)
Chief Officer hadens (his eye and was landed
for treatment. This is the first time I have acted
as Chief officer.
During the time I was on watch I kept an
all round lookout. I did not want the lookout man
to expect land on the port bow.
I was 2nd officer before acting chief
officer and consequently the navigation officer of the ship.
The compasses were adjusted in October,
1946, and they remained steady.
The foregoing is a true record of the evidence I have given.
Sd. R. C. Barker.