Captain Peter Jackson(6 August 1973)
Follow link to comment or to contribute informationWork in progressBackground:DOB: 6 July 1922 at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Educated at St James's Choir School, Grimsby
Died: 24 December 2008
Navy Career:1938: started career with Blue Funnel Line at the age of 16
1939-1945: WW2 Service as a Junior Officer in the Merchant Navy, including
ferrying British Forces to Cherbourg and in 1940 was involved in the evacuation of Alied Forces from Dunkirk.
1942: Jackson’s ship "Mentor" was torpedoed North of Cuba on 28 May 1942 by German U Boat. Jackson was adrift for five days before being rescued by another Blue Funnel ship, Antilochus.
1948: Obtained Master’s Certificate
1968: First Command – RMS Franconia*
1973:Captain of QE2 on 6 August 1973
1976: Master of Cunard Countess
1982: Captain onboard QE2 for Falklands Conflict when the ship was requisitioned by the Secretary of State for Trade under the Requisitioning of Ships Order 1982
1983: Retired after 36 years with Cunard Line and 14 years as Master of Cunard Liners
Media Links and Sources:Cachalots - Obituary
http://www.cachalots.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Peter-Jackson.pdfThe Telegraph 19 January 2009:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4292123/Captain-Peter-Jackson.htmlPay to view
Daily Echo 1 January 2009
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4013485.Captain_who_skippered_QE2_in_Falklands_conflict_dies/BBC NewsFuneral of Captain Jackson
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7820748.stmLost Liners
Note: website moved but working on new web site.
Quote:*RMS Ivernia was a Saxonia class ocean liner, built in 1955 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard Line, for their transatlantic passenger service between the UK and Canada. In 1963 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed RMS Franconia, after the famous pre-war liner RMS Franconia. She continued to sail for Cunard until being withdrawn from service and laid up in 1971.
The QE2 Story Discussion Topics Featuring Captain Jackson:QE2 and the Falklands War
https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php/topic,127.0.htmlOfficer and Crew Memories Falklands War/Falklands Conflict
https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php/topic,1287.0.htmlQE2 Falklands War/Falklands Conflict
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