The Silvertown Kid joined the British Merchant Navy as a shy 17 year old in the early 1960's. This is his story of exotic ports-of-call, strange and funny incidents, engineering marvels, weird shipmates, violent storms, peculiar marine creatures, icebergs, an onboard murder, boozy bars, gorgeous women, and blatant lies
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