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A summary
of the Company’s history is available for download as a pdf.
It includes a tabulated list of all the Company’s ships as
well as a bibliography. A copy of the Blue Funnel brochure on “Conditions of Service for MIDSHIPMEN”, circa 1961, is available for download as a pdf. This 6 page document leaves no doubt as to the emphasis that Alfred Holt and Company placed on the development of a Midshipman’s character throughout his apprenticeship. Thanks are due to James E Cowden for kindly providing the original brochure from which this copy was made. Ian Jackson has written a delightful account of his first voyage as a midshipman with Alfred Holt and Company in 1943, and he has called it “Three Boys in a Ship”. Ian paints a colourful, and often humorous, picture of the training environment experienced by three first-trip apprentices on an old ship during the Second World War – a far cry from the cadet training ships era that was to follow later in peacetime. “Three Boys in a Ship” is available for download as a pdf here. Lawrence Holt drafted a letter to be sent to all Blue Funnel Captains, in which he set out Company policy and philosophy on how midshipmen should be trained in the post-sailing ship era. Lawrence Holt’s grandson, William Champion, has very kindly given permission for this draft letter to be reproduced, and it is available for download as a pdf here. NOTE ON DOWNLOADING To download pdf's please click on the links above or use the download panel on the right. PC Users: Using the right hand mouse button click on the link and choose 'save target as...' from the popup menu. MAC Users: Holding down
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