Book - Last Voyage to Wewak

[Lucy Knight]

This book Last Voyage to Wewak by Simon Hall is being published imminently. it is Simon's third book.


His first book about his Shell deck apprenticeship beginning 1969, Under a Yellow Sky, sold very well and was shortlisted for the Mountbatten Maritime Award - as a result the publishers asked Simon to write some follow up work.

The second book a follow on after he took his 2nd mates ticket continuing with Shell Tankers and then switching to General cargo ships, Chasing Conrad, did quite well in the UK although sold particularly well overseas, for some reason.

In his third in the trilogy, Last Voyage to Wewak it takes him to the end of the road. It received a good review in 'Books from Scotland -

I am including the link below.

http://booksfromscotland.com/2016/09/last-voyage-wewak/

[gray_marian]

Thank you Lucy for the link above and the others on here quite an eclectic mix, have ordered two already.

[Fairwinds]

Bank Line enthusiasts - see " Merchant Navy Apprentice 1951-1955" which is an account of 4 years plus travelling the world in post war Bank Line ships including a Liberty ship;a coal burning war built Fort vessel; a Bank Line passenger vessel and others... On AMAZON books