'Home from the sea'
Bos'n Gus
Me Last Cigar
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Merchant Ships 'Gus' Sailed On
'Home from the sea'
Bos'n Gus
Me Last Cigar
The vessels Ture 'Gus' Alfvegren sailed during his 40 years at sea
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Brig 'Brarr' 1901
(Swedish log book) Skou 'Emma'
1902
Skou 'Fridhem'
1903
Frigareso 'Amsterdam'
1905 Norway
Bark 'M.Roosvall'
1905 Norway
Angfartyget 'Reserve'
1906 Norway
Tyskeany 'Burgermeister Petersen'
1906 Philadelphia
BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE SS 'Rotterdam' 1907 Calcutta, USA
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SS 'Farringford' 1908 Port Said
SS 'Competitor' 1908 Foreign
SS 'Lord Downshire' 1908 USA
SS 'Wingrove' 1909 Mediterranean
SS 'Oxonian ' 1909 New Orleans
SS 'Waiwera' 1910 New Zealand
SS 'Teleconia' 1910 cable repair
SS 'Demosthenes' 1911 Australia (5 voyages)
TSS 'Lake Michigan' 1913 trooping (13 voyages)
SS 'Lake Manitoba' 1918 Montreal, USA,
SS 'Burmese Prince' 1919 France
SS 'Celtic Prince' 1919 Far East
The following are pictures of many the ships Gus
sailed on.
We would appreciate pictures or additional information on the ships listed above
and add them to this collection.
These pictures are solely for educational purposes
Bark 'M.Roosvall'
Schooner 'Emma' ?
SS 'Fridhem'
SS 'Waiwera'
SS 'Lord Downshire'
SS 'Demosthenes'
TSS 'Lake Michigan
SS 'Burmese Prince'
SS 'Celtic Prince'
SS 'Rotterdam'
SS 'Lake Manitoba'
After serving on the SS Burmese Prince he signs on to the S.S Corsair
U.S.S. 'Corsair', J.P. Morgan's yacht served as sub-chaser
during WW 1. Gus served as Bos'n aboard her.
Gus, upper left and crew of the S.S. 'Corsair'
SS Corsair in Genoa
Read the whole story,
adventures on board these ships across the 7 oceans, his experiences during World War One
aboard British Troop Transports and his encounter with U-Boat 100 in the North Atlantic
and the war diary of 1st Wireless Officer Austin Reginald Beynon and the day to day account from
'Bos'n Gus'
146 nautical photographs and illustrations,
British Board of Trade and Swedish certificate books, lyrics to Gus’s favorite sea chanties,
and more.
'when ships were made of wood and men of iron'
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