Marking An End to a Much Loved Ship
Introduction
When I first commenced building the Caronia Timeline I had little or no knowledge of the sequence of events surrounding the ship's demise. At that time it wasn't my intention to cover that part of her history.
However, as with the Yokohama Accident, I'm overtaken by the generosity of others who have kindly contributed their eye-witness accounts and lots of other vital information and pictures. The most popular pages on the Timeline relate either to the glittering commencement of Caronia's career or to her sad end.
For some while I have been amassing information which covers this latter period, however, the cement that joins it all into a cohesive story comes from two major contributors.
I'm especially pleased to have made contact with Annette Donner upon whose text the original solitary page here was based - a graphic account of Caronia / Caribia's final demise on the breakwater of Apra Harbour in Guam.
[Right:]
Bow view of Caribia at New York in 1971
[Photo: Courtesy of Rob Mason]
Thanks also go to Rob Mason for his written recollections of the last months that the Caribia languished at New York
and for his scans of various rare artefacts.
I add my thanks to Wayne Morris for the fascinating images that he has supplied subsequently.