Pete Goddard
British Merchant Navy

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In 1947, 16 year old Pete Goddard of Rusthall in Kent, England, was trained at the Gravesend Sea School before shipping out as the "Bosuns Peggy" on the Shell Oil Tanker MIRALDA.

Until 1960, Pete sailed as Chief Cook and Chief Steward on ships of the UNION CASTLE LINE, P&O LINE, ORIENT LINE, ROYAL MAIL LINE, GENERAL STEAM NAV. CO, LONDON GREEK SHIPPING CO, and many others.

After leaving the sea, Pete worked first in Precast Concrete Construction and then as a maintenance engineer until retiring in 1995.

Following his retirement, Pete has been working as a civilian instructor with the Sea Cadet Corps at TS BRILLIANT in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

Together with two other members of the London Branch of the Merchant Navy Association, Bert Hunt and Dave Evans, Pete has spent several summer vacations coming to Baltimore to work and to crew the BROWN.